The Department of Computer Science (DCS) focuses on academic programs in Information Systems, but also includes research on high-speed computing, human-computer interactions, information security, networked embedded systems, natural language processing, software engineering, and very-large-scale integration. It was instrumental in establishing the university computer centre and the CUSAT Intranet. It manages the funding of approximately Rs. 10.0 crores from several funding agencies including the MHRD, the ISRO, the DRDO, the UGC, the AICTE, the DST and the Nuffic of the Royal Government of the Netherlands.