About TEQIP-II This Short Term Course is sponsored by TEQIP-II. The goal of TEQIP-II is to scale up and support ongoing efforts of the Government of India to improve quality of Technical Education and enhance existing capacities of the institutions to become dynamic, demand driven, quality conscious, efficient and forward looking, responsive to rapid economic and technological developments occurring at the local, State, National and International levels. It has a clear focus on the existing objectives to improve the overall quality of Engineering Education. About the Institute Beant College of Engineering & Technology, Gurdaspur was established by the Govt. of Punjab in 1995 as an autonomous Institution through registered society. The college campus is spread over 70 acres of land which includes the instructional buildings, amenities, residential and other facilities. The college is fully equipped with state of art Labs in all the disciplines. This institute is situated on the national highway Amritsar-Pathankot (75 km from Amritsar and 35 km from Pathankot) and well connected via rail, road and air (nearest airport at Amritsar). About the Department The department was established in 1995 and offers four years B. Tech. Degree in Computer Science & Engineering. The department possesses the qualified, experienced and dedicated faculty. Apart from the teaching and academic activities the faculty of the department is actively involved in research work. Core competencies of the department are in the area of image processing, compiler design, network security and web Short Term Course on Recent Trends in Cloud Computing and its Applications 10-14 February, 2014 Name (Dr. /Mr. /MS.): Designation: Sex (Male/Female): Nationality: Category (Industry/Academician/Research Scholar/Student): Institute / College: Address: Phone /Mobile No. : E-mail: Registration Fee (Refundable): Demand Draft No.: Date Accommodation Required (Yes/No) : Signature of the Applicant Recommended/Forwarded by Signature of Head of Date: the Institution (with seal) Note: 1. Certificate of participation will be issued to duly registered participants only. 2. Demand draft should be drawn in favour of ‘Principal, Beant College of Engineering and Technology’, payable at Gurdapsur. Duly filled in registration form along with requisite fee may be sent to:- Dr. Sunil Kumar Gupta, Coordinator Associate Professor & Head Department of Computer Science & Engg., Introduction of the Course The cloud computing due to its unique characteristics has emerged as promising business concept to one of the fastest growing segment of IT industry. It is an evolutionary form of the Grid computing, utility computing, distributed computing and business computing. It represents a development trends of the IT industry that started with commencement of hardware to software , software to service and distributed services to centralized services,. It also provides to user with the business centric view of technology where applications and services are provided through purchase, rental or even can be developed at the will of the user. This course will be useful for the participants to get knowledge of latest advancement in Cloud Computing. The course will cover mobile cloud computing applications, working with cloud simulator, cloud security etc Resourse Persons Experts from the reputed Technical Institutions and Industries will be invited for the lectures. Eligibility Criteria Faculty members from the Engineering/ Polytechnic Institutions in the relevant disciplines, research scholars and Industry persons are eligible to apply for the course.