The fast spread of IT has generated a need for highly trained people to design and develop new information systems and to integrate new technologies into them. It is creating need for professionals who can fulfill the high performance standards in the technology-based industries. The IT professional plan, design, develop, support and manage the strategies and adopt them to fulfill basic objectives of the firm.

     The rapid in change technology requires the employees to have more skills and education. The companies look out for IT professionals who not only have sound technical knowledge of the subject but also have sound interpersonal and communication skills for the Jobs like Programmers, System analysts, Network administrators, Database administrators, Web designers, Information security analysts and Business process outsourcing personnel.

     The Department of Information Technology at Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology & Research (Deemed to be University) is Research-oriented, Student-Centered department offering undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Information Technology and Computer Applications. The department promotes world class research in computer related disciplines with absolute commitment to excellence in teaching. The department additionally offers value-addition programmes to give extra inputs like communication skills, soft skills and project management skills etc.,. The Department is determined to raise the confidence levels of its students and there by improving their competencies. This finally establishes them as full-pledged professionals for the software industry. The consistent growth and development of a student admitted into the IT programme at the institution is reflected in the extraordinary academic results, that is, a pass percentage of 85% and above in examinations, and early placement of good number of students in the IT companies.