Every student going into industry not only have an adverse impact on research output of the country, and availability of faculty for the academic institutions, at the same time it may not even be in their own interest to quit formal education after an undergraduate degree specially with the changing IT industry where it looks for specialized education and innovating capabilities . The IT industry in India has matured, and as its growth rate starts coming down (now 28 percent), the gap between supply and demand for average technical skills will narrow. As IT industry is poised to go up the value chain the demand for higher technical skills are also rising . In this scenario joining a post graduate program in engineering will be a decision which will be useful for long term for an individual as well as for industry .

The course work in the program pose challenges to students for advancement of their knowledge in various subjects while the M. Tech. Project makes them  a part of the various exciting research projects going on in the School.

An M. Tech. at CDAC, NOIDA prepares one for the highly sought-after industry jobs as well for exploring new frontiers of  research leading to a Ph.D. Degree in Computer Science/ Information Technology. The salient features of M Tech Program include

     1. Niche area research projects for dissertation work
     2. Project experience on live R&D projects and Technology Incubator at CDAC
     3. Well qualified and experienced faculty
     4. State-of-the-art IT infrastructure and ample lab time
     5. Regular interaction with Industry experts
     6. FIVE seats in each programme are reserved for sponsored candidates
     7. Scholarship to all GATE qualified candidates