One of the major uses of Computers is in facilitating communication of secure information over the Internet. One of the major developments in this respect is the World Wide Web (WWW) - also called simply the Web. The WWW have made major inroads in development of web based communities, collaboration, services and applications such as social networking sites, video sharing sites, wikis, blogs etc. Today many technologies and services are available through the Internet. Internet has caused permeation of information at grass root level.

The basic objective of this course is to make the student aware that we are living in an information age. The course begins with the basics of Information and touches various aspects of Information Systems and information technology. (You may go through the CIT001: Fundamentals of Computer Systems to learn about the technology part viz. computer hardware, software and networking.)