# Deerwalk Institute of Technology

The Deerwalk Institute of Technology is an Tribhuvan University affiliated college. Deerwalk Institute of Technology provides extensive undergraduate programs, namely the Bachelor of Science in Computer Application and Information Technology (B.Sc.CSIT) and the Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA).

## History

Deerwalk Institute of Technology was founded by Rudra Raj Pandey in 2010. It was first established collaboration between Nepalese entrepreneurs and the US-based software company, Deerwalk Inc. The first batch had a total of eight students.

## Buildings and Infrastructure

The DWIT campus is situated in Sifal, Kathmandu. With lavish gardens, large and extended campus area, and canteen in its front yard, DWIT is spread over 11 ropanis campus. The top-floor of the main building is occupied by Sagarmatha Hall where all the major sessions are held. It is a spacious establishment with a capacity of over 250 people.

### Library

DWIT Library consists of a significant number of books related to Computer Science. It is solely handled by Students interns at DWIT.
All of the library transactions are done using Gyansangalo, DWIT's Library Management System.

### Cafeteria

The DWIT cafeteria is situated at the front yard of the DWIT building. An online portal, Canteen Management System is used to carry out the canteen transactions.
All members associated with DWIT can login into the system using their respective DWIT emails and order the food from a range of food options.
Well Equipped Classrooms
All the classrooms in DWIT have access to artificial lighting, floors, internet, TV, well maintained tables and chairs.

## Academics

DWIT offers Bachelors of Science in Computer Science and Information Technology (B. Sc. CSIT) and Bachelor in Computer Application (BCA) run under the curriculum of Tribhuvan University. These are among the comprehensive computer science courses offered by Tribhuvan University. The four-year course is categorized into two domains – Computer Science and Mathematics. In the first three-semester the course mainly consists of mathematics and basic programming concepts. In the latter semesters, the course progresses towards computational theory and artificial intelligence.

## Student life

The students in DWIT come from only various cities and towns around Nepal.

### Clubs and activities

There are twelve student-run clubs in DWIT, considered and established by students solely. Each club has a club president, a club vice-president, and five members at its core. Major activities and fundraising events are organized by the clubs.

### Internship
#### Deerwalk Services

Deerwalk is a privately held company based in Lexington, Massachusetts, with over 300 employees worldwide, including a technology campus, DWIT. DWIT and Deerwalk Services occupy the same territory.

#### Deerwalk Compare Nepal

Deerwalk Compware is a subsidiary of Deerwalk Group and was founded in July 2017. It is the provider of IT consulting services, custom software development and IT products-distributor in Nepal.
Deerwalk Teaching Fellowship Program
In between 6th and 7th Semester, students of DWIT participate in a Deerwalk Teaching Fellowship Program. Deerwalk Institute of Technology has partnered with institutions like Edu Tech Nepal for this purpose.
Deerwalk Incubation Center
Deerwalk Incubation Center provides transitory and facilitative assistance to students who want to venture out with their own startups. Students are provided with basic office infrastructure and both legal and business counselling services.

## Research
### DWIT Research and Development Unit (R&D Unit)

The DWIT Research and Development (R&D) team is the innovative unit of DWIT. The goal of the team is typically to research new products and services and add to the DWIT facilities and the society. The students of DWIT work in this department as interns.
The major task of the team is the production of digital video classes. The video lectures are distributed for free by Deerwalk Learning Center. The videos are interactive learning resources for Grades 4-12, designed as per the curriculum prescribed by Curriculum Development Center. The videos have an estimated reach of more than 30 Lakhs in Nepal.

### DWIT Incubation-center

DWIT provides a workplace for budding and neo-startups, known as the Incubation Center. It is a space given to student entrepreneurs to develop their businesses in the initial and transitional phases. The facility is provided until the start-ups are moderately stable.

## Major events

DWIT boasts of major events.
* DWIT Job Fair - DWIT JOB FAIR is an annual event run by DWIT. The idea behind the fair is to bring together the IT Academia and IT industry in one common place providing a platform to directly interact with each other. In its first edition, DWIT JOB FAIR 2017, more than 20 different software companies participated in the event with over 1200 participants. This year we have 25+ companies participating in the event. More than 1500 students and graduates have already registered for the event.
* DeerHack - DeerHack is an annual hackathon event organized by The Software Club of DWIT in association with the college. This is a 48 hours contest where teams from Nepal participate. The first edition of the event was held on May 5th - May 7th 2023 at Deerwalk Complex, Sifal.