The Information and Communication Technology Services (ICTS) Department is responsible for identifying, providing and maintaining reliable computing facilities, computing network environment, communication facilities and related infrastructure to facilitate education, research, instructional and Institute approved business services.

The department administers all computer laboratories in the campus. The facilities are made available to the staff and students from 7.00 AM to 10.30 PM on all days excluding national holidays. The laboratories extend all facilities required by students to fulfill their requirements for academic purposes.

The department staff in these labs also assists students in their academic work. All staff rooms are also equipped with sufficient computers to help faculty to carry out their day-to-day academic requirements and also to help them in their research activities.

At locations where wireless connectivity is essential, Wi-Fi hotspots have been setup to allow users to connect to the campus network over wireless links.

Network cabling within a laboratory or a block is designed and implemented using the structured cabling approach. This allows flexibility and scalability for expansions in the future.

Core Services

• Campus-wide computing and networking infrastructure design.
• Hosting the campus network operations centre and network services.
• Administration of computer labs.
• Conduct of IT Training programs.
• Technical support to all departments on IT enabled services.
• Maintenance of all hardware and software systems.
• Maintenance of learning resource facilities.

The 13 computer centres of Amrita School of Engineering,Coimbatore are designed,laid out and equipped scientifically so that students can spend hours together at the terminal without fatigue. This includes the state-of-the-art CAD/CAM center,high end VLSI Design centre and an exclusive Digital Signal Processing lab. The CAD/CAM centre has more than 70 workstations,CNC Milling machine and CNC tuning machine along with an Industrial Robot. The software includeI-DEAS,ProE.CATIA,Unigraphics,ANSYS,ADAMS,MoldFlow,Autodesk Inventor Series,SolidEdge,Hyperworks,LS-DYNA,CADian and Abaqus. It also contains Paulson's CBT on injection Molding. The VLSI Lab has more than 80 high-end Computers with software such as Magma,ModelSim,LeonardoSpectrum,XILINX ISE etc.

The computer laboratories are equipped with more than 2000 desktop/workstations. All buildings are interconnected with high-speed fibre optic cable and all the computers are networked over fast ethernet link. The campus network is connected to the internet through a 25MB leased line.

CISCO Networking Academy

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is a Regional Networking Academy under the program. The academy was established in the year 1999, one of the few educational institutions to be selected to be a regional academy at that time. The academy is also currently the Cisco Academy Training Centre (CATC) for its Sponsored Curricula.

The department administers the Cisco Networking Academy in the campus. The academy is one of the foremost Regional Academies established by Cisco Systems in India. The academy supports over 50 academies located in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. The academy during the past years has won various awards and accolades in recognition of its contribution to the Networking Academy program. The academy is also the Quality Assurance academy for the region. The academy offers Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA), Cisco Certified Networking Professional (CCNP) and IT Essential courses to the students in the campus as part-time program. These courses help the students to secure industry certifications like CCNA, CCNP and CompTIA A+.The academy is the authorized instructor and student training centre for the following academy courses.

• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• CISCO Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
• IT Essentials I : PC Hardware and Software
• CISCO Job Offer @ Bangalore