PGCP-AC – Program Summary
This PG – Certificate Programme in Advanced Computing (PGCP-AC) is a post graduate course and is the flagship programme of ACTS. The course is targeted towards engineers and IT professionals who wish to venture into the domain of advanced computing. The course aims to groom the students to enable them to work on current technology scenarios as well as prepare them to keep pace with the changing face of technology and the requirements of the growing IT industry. The course curriculum has been designed keeping in view the emerging trends in advanced computing as well as contemporary and futuristic human resource requirements of the ICT industry.
Infoway Technologies Pvt Ltd, Pune has been running the PGCP-AC course successfully for more than Twenty years and has yielded more very high percentage of placements in every batch.
Eligibility: Refer Programme Information.
Contents: See Programme Information section
Duration: 6 months
Admission: CDAC Common Entrance Program (CCAT)
Evaluation: Centralized Mid-course Examination (CMCE) and Centralized Course End Examinations (CCEE)
Placement: Common Placement Program (CCPP)
Program Information
| Details of Course | ||||
| COURSE NAME | MODE OF DELIVERY | ELIGIBILITY* | MIN. % | FEES |
| CATEGORY II (Sections A+B in C-CAT) | ||||
| Post Graduate Certificate Programme in Advanced Computing (PGCP-AC) |
Fully Physical |
. Common eligibility criteria, OR . Graduate in any discipline of Engineering, OR . MCA, MCM, OR . Post Graduate Degree in Physics / Mathematics / Statistics, OR . Post Graduate Degree in Management with graduation in IT / Computer Science / Computer Applications |
55% | 99000/- plus GST |
| Please refer ” acts.cdac.in” for Other PG Certificate Programmes | ||||
| *Ref: Admission Booklet published on acts.cdac.in | ||||
Course Duration
PGCP-AC is a 6 months full time course. The complete schedule is published and is available on to students on notice boards and is also available on Infoway Students Portal.
There are classroom sessions as well as Computer Lab Session daily
Admission Process
Admissions to PG Certificate Programmes of C-DAC is done through C-DAC’s Computerized Common Admission Test (C-CAT). Every year, C-CAT is usually conducted in June/July (for August admissions) and December/ January (for February admissions).
| C-CAT Syllabus | ||
| Indicative syllabus of the different sections of test papers in C-CAT. | ||
| TEST PAPER | TOPICS | DURATION |
| Section A | English, Quantitative Aptitude, Reasoning, Computer Fundamentals & Concepts of Programming | 1 hour |
| Section B | C Programming, Data Structures, Object Oriented Programming Concepts using C++, Operating Systems & Networking, Basics of Big Data & Artificial Intelligence | 1 hour |
| Section C | Computer Architecture, Digital Electronics, Microprocessors | 1 hour |
The medium of C-CAT is English.
Important Note: A candidate can appear only for the specific section(s) in C-CAT as per the category of the courses opted by him/her at the time of filling the online application form. (For Other Courses refer “acts.cdac.in”)
Every section in C-CAT will have 50 objective-type questions. Each objective-type question will have four choices as possible answers of which only one will be correct. There will be +3 (plus three) marks for each correct answer, -1 (minus one) for each wrong answer, and 0 (zero) marks for each un-attempted question.
PGCP-AC – Course Content
| Module Name | Hours |
| CCP Programming | 90 |
| Algorithms and Data Structures Using Java | 90 |
| Concepts of Operating Systems and Software Development Methodologies | 60 |
| Database Technologies | 90 |
| General Aptitude and Communication | 60 |
| Effective Communication | 60 |
| Microsoft.Net Technologies | 120 |
| Object Oriented Programming with Java | 150 |
| Web Programming Technologies | 150 |
| Web-based Java Programming | 150 |
| Software Project | 180 |
Evaluation:
CDAC ACTS conducts the Centralised Mid-Course Examination Centralized (CMCE) and Course End Examinations (CCEE)
Placement:
The Placement Cells of C-DAC ACTS organize Common Campus Placement Programmes (CCPP) for its PG Certificate Programmes students.