Birla Institute of Technology and Science

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Birla Institute of Technology & Science
BITS Seal
Motto gnanam paramam balam
"Knowledge is Power Supreme"
(or "Where the Journey Begins")
Established 1929
Type Private
Chancellor K K Birla (Pro Chancellor: Kumarmangalam Birla)
Vice-Chancellor L K Maheshwari
Staff 347
Undergraduates 1365 annual intake
Postgraduates 185 annual intake
Location Pilani,India
Goa,India
Dubai,UAE
Alumni BITSAA
Affiliations ACU, WACE
Website BITS-Pilani,
BITS-Goa Campus
BITS-Dubai Campus
Molecule (Sciences), Lotus (Humanities), Rocket (Technology)

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India (popularly known as 'BITS Pilani') is one of the oldest and leading technology schools (along with IITs) of India. In addition to Pilani, BITS has campuses in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Goa, India, an extension centre in Bangalore, India, and a fourth campus under construction in Hyderabad. The institute is privately supported, fully residential, and admits both male and female students.

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[edit] Brief history

It was founded by Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla in 1929 as an intermediate college.

During World War II, the Government of India established a technical training centre at Pilani for the supply of technicians for defense services and industry. At the end of the war, in 1946, it was converted it into the Birla Engineering College with degree programmes in electrical and mechanical engineering.

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Knowledge is Power Supreme

In 1964, the Birla Colleges of Arts, Commerce, Engineering, Pharmacy and Science were merged to form the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS). In this period of inception (especially during 1964-1970), BITS Pilani received support from the Ford Foundation and benefited from an alliance with the MIT.

BITS Pilani started to expand in India and abroad since 2000. New campuses were established in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2000) and Goa, India (2004), and a fourth campus is to be opened in 2007 at Jawaharnagar (near Hakimpet Air Force station), Hyderabad. BITS also runs a virtual university and an extension centre in Bangalore.

[edit] Reputation and Rankings

Many reputed sources, including the UNESCO Science Report 2005 (ISBN 92-3-103967-9) make use of Asiaweek magazine's latest rankings of science and technology schools in the Asia-Pacific region, 2000. According to this ranking, BITS Pilani was ranked in the Top 20 in Asia (overall), and in the Top 5 in Asia in terms of 'Student Selectivity'.

The management programmes offered by BITS Pilani have also been ranked by Asiaweek (Top 30 Best Full-Time MBA, Top 30 By Reputation, Top 5 Distance MBA). These programmes have also been profiled by Business Week Online (The Best B Schools).

Annual rankings of engineering colleges in India have been published by the magazine India Today since 1997. BITS Pilani was ranked in the Top 10 consistently (1997-2004), but opted out of the survey since 2005. However, the institute participates in the Dataquest-IDC Survey as well as in the Outlook-Cfore Survey, and was ranked in the Top 10 T-Schools of India 2006 by both these surveys.

BITS Pilani was also the only Indian university to be ranked in the Top 20 Wired organisations of Asia by Business Today (January 18, 2004 issue).

The institute is accredited (with a five-star rating) by the Government of India's National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) for the period ending February 7, 2007.

BITS Pilani is also the institute of choice for toppers of the school leaving examinations in India. For instance, toppers of 21 educational boards including the CBSE and the ICSE chose to join the Institute in 2006. BITS Pilani is also reputed for an array of work integrated learning programmes for HRD of a vast spectrum of Indian corporates.

The Institute has strong alliances with various indian/foreign universities/industries for exchange of students/faculty, Distance Learning Programs, etc. A small list of colleges is given below:

1.MIT, Boston, 2.University of Maryland, 3.University of Otago, 4.University of Southern California, 5.Kathmandu university 6.University of Oklahoma, 7.Victoria University, 8.Kansas State University, 9.Arizona State University, 10.University of New South Wales, 11.Purdue University, and many more.

[edit] Undergraduate Admission Procedure

BITS admits students through revised admission procedure since 2005 via on-line computer test (BITSAT). BITSAT is held between May 1 and June 10 in many cities all over India. The exam tests subject-content in English, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Logical reasoning, and is focused on higher secondary curriculum in India. Prospective students are required to obtain minimum 80% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in their higher secondary examinations to be eligible for admission.

Toppers of higher secondary examinations are exempted from taking BITSAT test and are considered admitted. This exemption helps ensure that BITS retain the significant number (about 20) of first rank holders from across the country who join BITS every year.

Acceptance rate in BITS is very low (2.6% in 2006) making it one the toughest schools in India and the world to get admission into. For more information, see BITSAT.

[edit] Pilani Campus

[edit] Highlights

  • 328 acre (1.3 km²)[ This is the area under BITS. The total area of the Vidya Vihar campus , which houses several other smaller facilities - some of them under the Birla Education Trust- encompasses an area of over 1000 acres )
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Clock Tower-Pilani Campus
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Saraswati Temple-Pilani Campus
  • Museum - This is a Science Museum of its kind in India. Having various Science experiements and live demonstration of that.
  • Saraswati Mandir
  • An excellent library
  • Shiv Ganga
  • Sky Lawns
  • SCW
  • BITSConnect
  • Gliding Club( Now inoperational )
  • Students Activity Centre.
  • Information Processiong Centre (IPC)
  • C'not Shopping Area

[edit] Hostels

There are 12 student hostels or 'Bhawans' on campus named after historical or mythological characters of India (such as Ashok, Bhagirath, Budh, Gandhi, Krishna, Malviya, Meera, Ram, Rana Pratap, Shankar, Viswakarma and Vyas). Meera Bhawan is exclusively for women, and the rest are exclusively for men. There are 7 dining halls or 'messes' associated with these 12 hostels.

[edit] Current Initiatives

BITS Pilani is the pioneer of university-industry linkage program in India. It is also setting new standards in distance learning programs with its virtual university going online. BITSConnect, an alumni initiative, has commissioned a $50 million VLSI Lab initiative which aims to conduct semiconductor research and development, now called as the "O-Lab". BITS Pilani is a key partner in several international initiatives like the development of JournalServer open-access digital library, the Project IPV6, MIT iCampus initiative, etc.

While countless seminars, workshops, conferences and symposia for years have paid lip service to fostering university - industry linkages, BITS Pilani has gone way ahead of others in successfully implementing the same in India Today.

BITS Pilani since 1973 has made a pioneering contribution for the development of institutionalized linkages between university and industry. The early start evidently helped, for the Institute today, has tie-ups with a staggering number of corporates across the globe.

The Practice School Program of BITS takes all its students to the industry for seven and half months as an integral component of the academic curriculum like the medical internship. In terms of Practice School - I Programme, which is presently implemented for two months at the end of second year for all its campus programmes, the number of industries has grown from 14 stations and 244 students in 1975 to 129 stations and 1376 students in 2006. In terms of Practice School - II programme which is implemented for five and half months in the final year for all its campus programme students, the number of industries has grown from 1 station and 24 students in 1973 to 135 stations & 1092 students in 2005.

The off campus work integrated learning programmes of BITS addresses the Human Resource Development needs of the industry. In terms of off-campus degree programmes, the enrollment has grown from 30 students in 1979 to over 10,000 students in 2005. The off campus doctoral program of BITS allows industry professionals to pursue PhD from their employing organizations.

Since 1979, the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani has been participating in the human resources development activities of the industries through several degree programmes by integrating the working environment of the employees with the learning environment required by the Institute.

Considering that present day information technologies can allow a rich interactive learning experience that may surpass the interactivity of a traditional classroom, the BITS model of off-campus education emphasizes on acquisition of knowledge and skills through mediated information and deploys synchronous instruction through Internet based desktop video conferencing as well as asynchronous instruction through on-demand lectures.

Presently, BITS Pilani has dedicated memorandum of understanding with a vast spectrum of national and international organizations which include Ashok Leyland, Bharat Forge, Bharat Dynamics, GRASIM, Chambal Fertilizers, Hindustan Zinc, NTPC, Sankara Nethralaya, Madras Medical Mission, Frontier Lifeline, LV Prasad Eye Institute, CMC Vellore, Bombay Hospital, Dr Reddy's, IPCA Labs, ITRC Lucknow, Strides Arcolabs, TIFR, CDC Delhi, IIQM Jaipur, Cognizant, GEITC, Honeywell, HCL, HP Labs, IBM, Intel, Microsoft Research, Motorola, Nokia, Patni, Philips Software, Qualcomm, Satyam, Tech Mahindra, Texas Instruments, Wipro, etc.

BITS Pilani has indeed set the Benchmark for Industry University Collaborations.

[edit] Goa Campus

[edit] Highlights

  • Located on the banks of Zuari river, about 5 km from the airport.
  • Spread over 188 acres of land owned by the Zuari industries.
  • Newly constructed hostels for students.
  • An air conditioned auditorium with seating capacity of 2200.
  • Air-conditioned classrooms and lecture halls.
  • A huge library.
  • Student activity centre.
  • Shopping complex including a cafetaria.

[edit] Hostels

Well furnished hostels with single rooms accommodation provided to all the students from the 2nd year onwards. Some 1st yearites live two per room and some get a single room. Presently, there are 13 hostels, 8 hostels for boys and 3 hostels for girls, all with a 100mbps LAN connection in every room. Few more hostels are also being built for the next coming batch. Apart from this all the hostels are well connected to the main building through ingeniously designed walkways that protect the students from rain and the sun. Also every hostel has a common room with a tv and a phone with intercom facility.

[edit] Latest news

  • Scream 2006 successfully completed on.
  • The campus successfully organized an International Workshop On Biosensors(Feb 21-23 2006)
  • Formally inaugarated on 5th may,2006 by the honourable prime minister of India,Dr.Manmohan Singh.
  • CSD(Centre for Software Development) launched an unofficial student forum @ www.bitszone.tk.
  • Abhigyaan-Literacy Mission to teach the underpriveledged was started under the able guiadance of Dr. T.C.Goel, the Director of Goa campus.
  • PS1(Practice School-1) which is on the lines of Pilani Campus was successfully completed for the 1st batch of students.Over 200 reputed companies participated in the process.
  • The 3rd batch of the new campus joined on 1st august,2006.

[edit] Dubai Campus

[edit] Highlights

  • Currently located in Dubai Knowledge Village.
  • Currently has over 1200 students on its rolls.
  • The largest IEEE, Students Section in the U.A.E
  • Started with just 2 programmes but currently has 5 programmes comprising of
    • B.E.(Hons.) Mechanical Engineering
    • B.E.(Hons.) Computer Science
    • B.E.(Hons.) Electrical and Electronics Engineering
    • B.E.(Hons.) Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering
    • B.E.(Hons.) Chemical Engineering
    • B.E.(Hons.) Civil Engineering

[edit] Future Plans

  • Shifting to Dubai Academic City by the 2007 end.
  • Introduction of new programmes and faculty base expansion.
  • Commencement of Post Graduate and Management Courses

[edit] Annual Festivals

[edit] Conquest - The International Business Challenge

The Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) has been set up “to create business leaders in all spheres of life with an entrepreneurial thinking.” It is one of the top five Entrepreneurship Centers amongst Indian universities and is a Co-founder of the National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN).

Unprecedented in its reach and a well-etched out stratagem, Conquest - The Business Challenge has trailed off a success story that’s for real. Conquest is a unique business event conducted by CEL which helps to transform ideas into reality. This business-plan competition includes intensive mentoring by industry champions and a rigorous simulation involving real-life start up conditions.

The Winners share a prize money of INR 2 lakh and they are offered free incubation in the Technology Business Incubator at BITS Pilani. They are also given an opportunity to pitch their business ideas to some of the best VC forums in the country.

[edit] APOGEE

A Professions Oriented Gathering Over Educational Experience (APOGEE) -- it is the annual Technical Festival of BITS, Pilani with projects ranging from Generational Garbage Collector for .NET ,MaveRak AV Player, Hide n Seek.jpg, Via Voice, Highway Traffic Control Systems to Natural language Parsers to Optical Character Recognition Tools. The highlights of this 5 day festival are the many projects on display by the students, technical paper presentations, numerous contests (both fun science and hard-core tech) , Cyberfiesta (software design contest)and the two quizzes: Brain of BITS (BOB), which have teams of one, and Over Head Transmission (OHT), a team quiz. Also, the Computer Science Association conducts an event called Gamophilic for all the gaming freaks, wherein famous multiplayer games like Quake and CounterStrike are organised. For more information on the fest, please click on APOGEE

[edit] INTERFACE

Interface, the annual All India Management convention organized by the Management Association of BITS, Pilani encompasses a wide spectrum of activities. During the three days through which the convention spans, the organizing and the innovative skills of the students are tapped to the maximum.

The main objective of the convention is to bridge the gap between management theory and practice. Scheduled to be held from the 4th to the 6th of February 2005, Interface-2005 will serve as a meeting place for the top notch professionals from the business world and the students from premier business institutes.

Over the past 27 years, Interface has metamorphosed into one of India’s foremost management conventions. Management students and professionals from all corners of the country meet for a three-day showdown, to exchange ideas and to update themselves on the latest developments in the world of management. To this is added a splash of entertainment in the form of Management games, Business quiz and Workshops, conducted on an all India basis.

This year Interface 2005 is being launched with the theme ‘Creativity in Entrepreneurship'. Interface 2005 focusses on creativity and innovation that is required to make an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurship is one of the emerging trends in the world of managerial careers and hence the focus. The activities during the three days would focus on varying topics revolving aroung the latest management strategies.

[edit] BOSM

The BITS Open Sports Meet (BOSM) is the annual All India sports festival held in the month of September organised entirely by the students of BITS, Pilani. It attracts as many as 1000 participants from all over India.

[edit] OASIS

Oasis is an All India cultural festival organised entirely by the students of BITS, Pilani. Oasis is organised in the month of October.Around 1200 Participants from colleges all over India participate in Oasis.

The Budget of the fest is around 26 lakhs (i.e., Rs 2.6 million). For the past 35 years, Oasis has been providing a platform to students from all over the country to showcase their talent and is a highly coveted event.

For BITSians, OASIS is a passionate exercise for perfection to make something in an inward condition of the mind and spirit rather than having something in an outward set of circumstances.

For BITSians OASIS 'Open Accessible Student Integration System" is the widening of the mind and of the spirit and epitomizes the process by which a person becomes all that they were created capable of being.

For BITSians OASIS with a budget of 26 Lakhs is all about Passion driven by Passion and that is why it continues to remain as the jewel in the crown among college festivals in India name it Pulse, Mood Indigo, Spring Fest, Saarang, Antaragni, Alcheringa, Rendezvous, Thomso and what not.

October each year is the time of metamorphosis of BITS-Pilani. The quaint town in the middle of a desert turns into a pulsating amalgam of youth. A dollop of dance, a sprinkle of drama, a dash of quizzing with a delectable garnish of music sets up a recipe of fun for nonstop 96 hours that none would like to miss.

For a BITSian, every OASIS is a passionate Project which is non routine, non repetitive, one time undertaking, with time, cost and performance goals. If you have doubts about this, ask any of our headline hogging BITS Alums i-flex Rajesh Hukku, Texas Pacific Vivek Paul, ATA Airlines Subodh Karnik, Cisco Amit Sinha Roy, Reflexis Palakurthi, Bharat Forge Baba Kalyani, PMO office MOS Prithivi Raj Chauhan, Harvard Professor SP Kothari, Film Maker Mani Shankar, Music Maker Vivek Philip, Film Star Anu Hassan, Fiction writer for Penguin Shashi Warrier, Picador award winner for nonfiction Dilip D'Souza, Bridle Ramki and a galaxy of others shining in every profession one can think of to vouch for it.

OASIS indeed is a once in a lifetime experience that no one even remotely connected with it once, would even dream of missing ever again.

In fact the Passion is so much that the OASIS 2006 Alumni edition is scheduled on October 28th this year at New York.

For a BITSian, OASIS indeed is much more than an isolated area of vegetation in a desert.

Visit the page OASIS for further details

[edit] WAVES

The BITS-Pilani, GOA Campus annual culfest|cultural festival. It is organised entirely by the students of BITS-Pilani, GOA Campus.It is the only institute in the country where the event was taken to inter-collegiate level within 1 year of its inception. ZEPHYR BITS-Pilani,goa campus annual interhostel festival.It is organised by the students association in bits-pilani,goa campus and invokes strong interhostel rivalry.There are a total of 12 hostels with the numbers expected to increase next year.Zephyr06 was just completed with bh-2 emerging winners followed closely by bh-1.Bh-8 finished third.

[edit] SCREAM

The BITS-Pilani, GOA Campus annual Dance Night.

[edit] QUARK

The annual Tech-Fest of BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus.

[edit] Centers at BITS-Pilani

  • Centre for Software Development - CSD
  • Technology Business Incubator - TBI
  • Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership - CEL
  • Centre for Robotics and Intelligent Systems - CRIS
  • Centre for Desert Development Technologies - C-DDT
  • Centre for Women Studies - Centre for Women Studies
  • Rain Water Harvesting - BITS-RANA
  • Professional Development Center - BITS-RIT APEX CENTRE

[edit] R&D Centers at BITS-Pilani

  • iSERC - Software Engineering Research Center (India)
  • Centre for Excellence in IBM Visual Age for Java and IBM DB2 UDB
  • Centre for Instructional Software
  • Centre for Material Science & Technology
  • Centre for Research on Educational Innovation & Institutional Development
  • Centre for Renewable Energy and Environment Development
  • Centre for Robotics and Intelligent System
  • Centre for Software Development
  • Embedded Controller Application Centre
  • Technology Innovation Centre
  • Other Specialized Laboratories, such as Fiber Optics, Process Control, Flexible Manufacturing Systems

[edit] BITSAA (BITS Alumni Association)

  • BITSAA International Inc. is a not-for-profit company registered in New Jersey, (Federal EIN# 22-3835037) and has been granted tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)3 of the IRS tax code as of October 12, 2001. Click here for a copy of the IRS ruling.

The primary purpose of BITSAA International is to engage in charitable and educational activities by raising funds for setting up endowments, creating scholarships, rewarding teaching and research and generally promoting the development of resources at Birla Institute of Technology & Science at Pilani. BITSAA International also aims to strengthen the ties, friendship and communications amongst former students, current students, faculty and friends of the Institute. BITSAA International provides a number of channels for people to stay connected with each other and the Birla Institute of Technology & Science.

Chapters

  • North America : Arizona , Atlanta/Georgia, East Coast (NY,NJ,CT,DE), Midwest,Boston/New England, North West, Pittsburgh, Research Triangle Park, Silicon Valley, South/Texas, Southern California, Vancouver/Canada, Washington DC
  • India : Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal*, Calcutta/Kolkota, Chandigarh*, Chennai, Hyderabad,

Jaipur, Goa, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Pune, Vizag

  • Asia & Middle East : Bangkok/Thailand, Dubai/UAE, Hong Kong*, Middle East/GCC, Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia, Shanghai/China, Singapore, Tokyo
  • Europe : London/UK, Paris/France, Amsterdam/Benelux, Munich/Germany, Moscow/Russia
  • Australia : Sydney/Australia, Wellington, New Zealand

[edit] BITSians of Note

Award Winners

  • Dr. D. Balasubramanian - Director, LV Eye Institute - Padma Shri and Order of Merit by the President of France

Winners of the Dewang Mehta Award for Innovation, India's Highest Award for Technology

  • Dr. Vijay Chandru - Inventor of the Simputer, Founder of Strand Genomics, Professor of IISc Bangalore
  • Rajesh Hukku, Chairman & CEO, I-Flex Solutions

Indian Government & Government Institutions

  • Prithviraj Chavan - Minister of State, Prime Ministers Office, Government of India (2004 onwards)
  • RK Arora - Former Executive Director / Head of CDAC, Inventors of the PARAM Supercomputer
  • SN Zindal - Chairman, Software Technology Parks of India
  • TN Sheshan - Head, Election Commission of India
  • B. Sandhya - police officer and author

Corporate Leaders

  • SK Roongta, Chairman, Steel Authority of India Ltd., India's largest public sector steel company with $6.5 billion in revenues.
  • Shivan Subramanian, Chairman & CEO of FM Global, $3 billion commercial and property insurance company in the US
  • Vivek Paul, Partner in the Texas Pacific Group, Ex-Vice Chairman of Wipro Ltd. & CEO, Wipro Technologies - Named one of the world's 10 best managers by Businessweek in 2003 and one of two Indians (Vivek, Balaji both happen to be BITSians) as 2004 Business influencials by Time in 2004
  • Balaji Krishnamurthy, CEO of Planar Systems - Named as 2004 Business influencials by Time in 2004 (one of two Indians - Vivek, Balaji both happen to be BITSians)
  • Rajesh Hukku, Chairman & CEO, I-Flex Solutions - Named Star of Asia, Businessweek 2003
  • Anil Sethi - Executive Vice President Sony of Canada, Former Managing Director Sony Direct Marketing Europe, Managing Director Sony Robotics Europe and Managing Director Sony Saudi Arabia
  • Prem Jain, Former Senior Vice President, Cisco Systems, founder of Crescendo, sold to Cisco for $90 million
  • Gunendar Kapoor, Board of Directors & Head of Foods Division, Hindustan Lever Ltd.
  • Sunil Duggal, CEO of Dabur Group
  • Rakesh Kalra, CEO of Eicher Motors
  • Baba Kalyani, CEO of Bharat Forge
  • Manoranjan Mohapatra ,COO of Aricent

As a founding member of the Hughes Software Systems (HSS) organization in 1992, Manoranjan is considered a pioneer in the offshore software services world. He has been President and Chief Operating Officer of Aricent Software since August 2006. Previously Manoranjan was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Flextronics Software Systems following the acquisition of HSS by Flextronics in 2004. He holds a B.S.E.E. from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (India).

  • Gurdeep Singh Pall, Corporate Vice President, Unified Communications Group
  • Gulu Mirchandani, Chairman & Managing Director of Mirc Electronics, Co-Founder of Onida India

Well Known Entrepreneurs

  • Sabeer Bhatia - Founder of Hotmail (sold to Microsoft for $400 million), left for Caltech after two years.
  • Mukesh Chatter - Founder of Axiowave and Nextabit (sold to Lucent for $900 million)
  • Jayan Ramankutty - Co-founder of Lara Systems (sold to Cypress Semiconductor for $250 million)
  • Ajay Chopra - Founder & Chairman of Pinnacle Systems ($300 million NASDAQ traded company: PCLE sold to )
  • Vinod Agarwal - Founder & Chairman of SEMINDIA, India's first semiconductor fab, and Founder & Former Chairman, LogicVision ($100 million NASDAQ traded company: LGVN)
  • Diaz Nesamoney Co-Founder, Informatica ($500 million NASDAQ traded company) and Founder, Celequest
  • Manoj Saxena Founder, Chairman and CEO, Webify Solutions Inc. (sold to IBM reportedly for ~$100m in 2006); Founder & CEO, Exterprise (sold to CommerceOne for $78 million in 2001)
  • Dr K R V Subramanian Founder & CEO, Ascendum Systems Pvt Ltd, a Global technology service provider
  • Sriram ChandraSekaran Founder & CEO, Logical Digital Corp, an international OpenSource technology developer
  • Ramakrishna Gaddipati Founder & CEO, BridleIT Solutions. Also nominated as the Asia's Best Entrepreneur Under 25 - Link

NGO's

  • Matthew Cherian CEO, Help Age India

Professors/Educators

  • Dr. Krishna Saraswat, Stanford University
  • Dr. S. P. Kothari, Head of Dept of Economics, Finance & Accounting, MIT Sloan
  • Dr. D. P. Kothari, IIT Delhi
  • Dr. Nitin Vaidya, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
  • Dr. Bala Natarajan, Kansas State University
  • Dr. Srinivasan Ramasubramanian, University of Arizona
  • Dr. K. Narayan Kumar, Chennai Mathematical Institute
  • Dr. R. Ramanujam, Institute of Mathematical Sciences
  • Dr. S. R. Sonkusale, Tufts University
  • Dr. V.N. Venkatakrishnan, University of Illinois at Chicago

Writers

Movie Stars & Directors

  • Mani Shankar - Hindi Movie Director
  • Anu Hasan - Telugu / Tamil Movie Actress
  • Padmini Chettur - Dancer
  • Kaniha - Telugu / Tamil Movie Actress

Upcoming Entrepreneurs

  • Anand Morzaria - CEO, Pennywise Solutions.
  • Sasi Kanth Chemalamudi - CEO, Habits - Chosen as one of Asia's 20 Best Entrepreneurs under 25 by BusinessWeek. Sasi Kanth graduated from Pilani 2004 with a BE(Hons)EE degree. He keeps asserting always that he owes a lot to the senior alumni and faculty. His interview in 'The Hindu' - He has what it takes

[edit] External links

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