The BIT students have been working this semester on developing something that most IT departments in colleges have to outsource to third parties; they have developed and launched their own campus software. The project is being conducted within the Texas Imaginology Program, under the guidance of Mr. Durganand Panjiyar, and it has successfully replaced what the college had been paying for before.
This is how it becomes a reality, and not just an experiment done and locked up somewhere in a folder. All BIT and BCS students at Texas College are now registering their attendance through software developed by their fellow students.
| Detail | Information |
| Initiative | Texas Imaginology |
| Led by | Mr. Durganand Panjiyar, Mentor, Imaginology |
| Developed by | BIT students |
| Systems live | Attendance System, Canteen Management System, Leave Management System, Learning Portal, Job Portal |
| Replaces | Schoolworkspro (previous LMS of Texas College of Management and IT) |
| Mobile apps | In the Testing Phase |
| Status | In active use across BIT and BCS, Fall Semester 2026 |
What the Department of Imaginology Has Built
Here is what the application output to date encompasses that touches upon a big chunk of daily activities of the college:
• Texas Learning Portal – database of academic material including notes and syllabus
• Texas College Management System
• Canteen Management System
• Feedback System
• Texas Job Portal – job advertisements with full features of add, edit, and delete
• Digital Certificate Generator and some other systems that are under development
“The major part of this output is working now. The next phase is developing the mobile application version, and we have submitted it to the Google Play Store and Apple App Store,” said the Department of Imaginology.
Out With the Old
The most definite indication of how far things have gone is that the third-party system that Texas College had been using until now has officially been discontinued, with this fall semester being the last one. This is because all their attendance and notification systems are in-house-developed tools.
Why This Matters for BIT and BCS Students
A project such as this is one where the resume line can’t do justice to the work done until you actually get it done. Creating something that is used by real people and that actually works is a different experience from being assigned something to do for marks. There’s a production database involved, there are real users reporting bugs, and there’s a deadline that won’t budge because the college needs it up and running.
There’s also an extension of everything that the BIT and BCS degrees were designed to cover: full stack development, databases, mobile applications, and UI/UX for an actual problem that is known to the students because it affects their lives. This is exactly the kind of project that would impress an internship interviewer or a recruiter at the Texas Jobs portal.
The Team Behind It
None of this happened by accident. It’s the work of a specific group of students, each of whom owned a piece of the system:
| Name | Role | Contribution |
| Chitra Bahadur Thapa Chhetri | .Net Full Stack Developer | Built out the backend for the Texas Attendance System, including the database architecture and a fair amount of the front end covering QR-code attendance, routines, classes, substitute teachers, and more. |
| Alisha Nepal | Job Portal Dev (.Net) | Ran the Job Portal end-to-end: front end, back end, and database, with full create, update, and delete functionality for job postings. |
| Bigyan Raj Pudasaini | Mobile App Dev (React Native) | Building the overall system for Texas College of Management and IT in React Native. |
| Om Prakash Pant | UI/UX Developer | Designed and built the complete front end of texasattendance.com, for both the admin panel and the student panel. |
| Indra Bahadur Tamang | Full Stack Dev (.NET Core) | Delivered the Online Certificate Management System on .NET Core, start to finish. |
| Yamuna Acharya | Leave Management System | Developed the Leave Management System that lets staff apply for leave digitally. |
| Sudeshna Devkota | Learning Portal & Library Management | Worked on the front end and database for the Notes module of the Learning Portal, with add, update, and delete functionality for notes and syllabi, and contributed to the Library Management System. |
| Dorjee Sharpa | Learning Portal | Focused on the back end and database of the Learning Portal, managing and rolling out new features and updates. |
| Tshering Funchok Lama | Learning Portal | Focused on the UI/UX of the Learning Portal while also contributing to the back end and database, including note uploads and new features. |
| Nirmal Rana Magar | Feedback System & Canteen Management System | Working as a full-stack developer on this system. |
What’s Next
- Live presentation to the senior management team so that the management of the college gets firsthand experience of the work done by Imaginology.
- Finalization of the project and launch of mobile apps on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
- Development of the other systems that are still under construction.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Texas Imaginology?
It’s a student-led development initiative at Texas College where BIT and BCS students build real, deployed software for the college, mentored by Mr. Durganand Panjiyar.
Are these systems actually in use or still in testing?
They’re live. Since Fall Semester 2026, all BIT and BCS students have used the Texas Attendance Management System and Texas Notice Management System day-to-day.
What happened to SchoolWorksPro?
It has been officially discontinued and replaced by these in-house systems as of the Fall Semester 2026.
Will the apps be on mobile?
Yes, they’ve been submitted to the Google Play Store and Apple App Store and are awaiting approval.
Final Thoughts
The classroom provides them with the concepts, while projects such as these provide them with the confidence and portfolio to back themselves up. Kudos to all the student developers mentioned above, and thanks to Mr. Durganand Panjiyar for mentoring them to make this project happen. This is the exact reason why Imaginology was created: students solving problems at their own college and delivering results.
