Birla Institute of Technology

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This article is about the institution commonly abbreviated as BIT, located in Ranchi, India. For the institution commonly abbreviated BITS in Pilani, see Birla Institute of Technology and Science.
Birla Institute of Technology
बिरला प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान
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Established: 1955
Type: Private
Chancellor: Syed Sibte Razi (Governor of Jharkhand)
Faculty: 205
Undergraduates: 2955 annual intake
Postgraduates: 1013 annual intake
Location: Ranchi (as well as overseas centers in Bahrain, Muscat, Oman and UAE), India
Website: http://bitmesra.ac.in/ (Mesra Campus)

http://www.bitic.edu.bh/ (Bahrain Campus)
http://www.waljatcolleges.edu.om/ (Muscat Campus) http://www.rcast.org/bitcentre.htm (Ras Al Khaimah, UAE Centre)

http://www.biteclalpur.ac.in/ (Lalpur Extension Centre)
Institute Main Building, BIT Mesra
Institute Main Building, BIT Mesra

Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, (Hindi: बिरला प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान मेसरा ) (commonly known as BIT, Mesra or BIT, Ranchi) is a premier autonomous engineering institute located at Ranchi in India and is reputedly one of the top ten engineering institutes in the country today. It is a deemed university under Sec. 3 of the UGC act 1986.

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[edit] Administration

BIT functions under the overall supervision, direction and control of a Board of Governors, comprising representatives of the Ministry of Education, Government of India, the U.G.C., the State Government, The Chancellor, the A.I.C.T.E., The Hindustan Charity Trust and the Institute Faculty. G.P. Birla is the Chairman of the Board of Governors. The Governor of the state of Jharkhand is the Chancellor of the Institute. The Technical Council decides the academic policy of the Institute.

[edit] Admissions

Undergraduate admission is made through merit at All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) conducted by C.B.S.E., New Delhi. Quite a few candidates with top ranks in AIEEE opt for this college.

[edit] History

The Birla Institute of Technology was established in the year 1955 at Mesra, Ranchi, by the Philanthropist- Industrialist Mr. B M Birla with a vision to be recognized as a world-class learning institution for engineering and technology by providing the highest-quality academic programmes that foster student development and connect knowledge, practice, and outstanding scholarly research.


Ranchi
Kolkata
Allahabad
Noida
Jaipur
Chennai
Patna
Deoghar
Campuses & Extension Centers Within India: Lalpur, Allahabad, Kolkata, Noida, Jaipur, Chennai, Patna & Deoghar

BIT was the very first Institute in India to establish a Department of Space Engineering & Rocketry in the year 1964. BIT also introduced the concept of Small Industries Entrepreneurs' Park and became the first and the only Institute in the country not just to provide 'nursery sheds' and central designing and workshop facilities to young entrepreneurs, but also to facilitate the initial project funding. BIT became the very first technical University to establish overseas extension centers in the year 2000. It is one of the few Universities to be accorded a Super Computer at the core of its ultramodern IT infrastructure.

Over the last fifty years, the Institute has not just kept pace with the times; it has often taken a lead in introduction of programs in emerging The Institute has also been active in initiating as well as becoming a part of International ventures and tie-ups. It has collaborative arrangements with Universities in the USA, UK & Canada. It is an active member of the EAGER NETWIC Project of ASIA LINK programme of European Commission for establishing a world class academic network of Higher education in the rapidly growing field of Wireless and Mobile Communication between the five partner Universities. BIT has been catering to the manpower needs of almost all the major sectors of the economy since the last five decades. BIT alumni have made the Institute proud of their achievements, many of whom are amongst the leaders of the Industry, both in India and abroad. The Institute along with its extension centres at present has more than 7500 students enrolled for different Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programmes. It also has more than 150 registered students for the Ph.D. Programmes

[edit] Departments

BIT has seven core academic departments. Courses offered are:

  • Engineering & Technology
R&D Building, BIT Mesra
R&D Building, BIT Mesra
Model Of A Rocket in Front of Space Engineering and Rocketry Department, BIT Mesra
Model Of A Rocket in Front of Space Engineering and Rocketry Department, BIT Mesra
  • Applied Sciences
    • Applied Mechanics
    • Applied Chemistry
    • Applied Mathematics
    • Applied Physics
    • Bio-Medical Instrumentation
    • Information Science
  • Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Biotechnology
  • Architecture
  • Management
  • Hotel Management & Catering Technology

[edit] Rankings

Golden Jubilee Auditorium, BIT Mesra
Golden Jubilee Auditorium, BIT Mesra

Over the years BIT has consistently been in the top 20 Engineering colleges in India and amongst the top two private engineering schools along with BITS, Pilani.

Publication 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
India Today-AC NIELSEN-ORG-MARG 17 17 17 9 * * * 10[1] 13
Outlook India -C-FORE N.A 15 14 N.A N.A N.A N.A N.A N.A
DATAQUEST India 15 19 17 D.N.P N.A N.A N.A N.A N.A
  • - India Today-AC NIELSEN-ORG-MARG Published rankings only for the top 10 Engineering Colleges till 2005.
  • - N.A - Outlook India -C-FORE & DATAQUEST India did not publish Engineering College Rankings till 2005 and 2004 respectively.
  • - D.N.P - Did not participate.

[edit] Placement

BIT enjoys a very successful student placement program that attracts the top employers across industries, reflecting the quality of its alumni and the faith companies place in its students.

Over the years there have been many Global and Indian Corporations that have visited BIT Mesra. Some of them are Google, Microsoft,Goldman Sachs,DSP Merrill Lynch,Applied Materials ,ITC,Computer Sciences Corporation, Britannia Industries, Induslogic, Amdocs, ST Microelectronics, Freescale, Tejas Networks, EvalueServe,ONGC, IBM, Accenture, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Hewlett Packard, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Motors, Tata Steel, Reliance Energy, Wipro, Tech Mahindra, Oracle Corporation, Aricent, ITC Infotech, Satyam, Freescale Semiconductor,Globallogic PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, LG, Tata Timken,Birlasoft ,etc.[2]

[edit] Notable alumni

  • Deven Sharma, President, Standard & Poor's, The McGraw-Hill Companies
  • Deepak Swamy Bharadwaj, Chairman, Aelego Company Group, Founder & CEO Xsultant, former General Manager, Microsoft
  • Purnendu Ojha, Founder & CEO, NexTag.com
  • Gurdeep Singh Pall, Vice President, Real-Time Collaboration Group, Microsoft Corp
  • Rajiv Kaul, Partner at Actis Capital LLP, UK
  • Swapan Jha, Senior Director, Oracle Corporation, USA
  • Ashok Kalyanswamy, Vice President, Lehman Brothers
  • Ajai Sharma, CEO, iMatters
  • A.K.Nathan, MD, Rittal India Pvt. Ltd
  • B.N.Singh, CGM, National Highways Authority of India
  • Ganesh Natarajan, Deputy Chairman and Managing Director, Zensar Technologies
  • Samir Kochhar, Asia Pacific Vice President, Johnson & Johnson Medical
  • Subir Palit, COO, Hyundai Electronics India Ltd
  • Sukant Srivastava, Managing Director, Keane – India Operations
  • A.P. Gandhi, President Emeritus, Hyundai India
  • Subhas Basu, CEO Silicon Interfaces Pvt Ltd.,India
  • Anjan Lahiri, President and Co-CEO, IT Services, MindTree Ltd.
  • Sanjay Nayak, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Tejas Networks, India.
  • Sameer Shisodia, Co-Founder, Ziva Software and Zook.in, India
  • Vikash Varma, President & CEO, Stoke Inc., Santa Clara CA, USA

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[edit] BIT campus

BIT More, approach towards BIT Mesra
BIT More, approach towards BIT Mesra
Approach towards BIT Mesra main building
Approach towards BIT Mesra main building

[edit] Facilities

  • 780 acre (3.2 km²) picturesque campus
  • Built up covered area exceeding 350,000 sq ft (33,000 m²)
  • Mini Auditorium as well as a Golden Jubilee Auditorium
  • Param 10000 super computer
  • 100 Mbit/s LAN Connection in all BIT hostels
  • 24 hours 8 Mbit/s Internet Facility (5 Mbit/s from BSNL + 3 Mbit/s from Reliance)
  • Indian Railway Reservation Counter
  • A three storied library with good collection of technical books (both reference and text books). There is a separate Internet facility available inside the library in order to let students read IEEE and other journals
  • UCO bank branch with an ATM.
  • SBI ATM
  • 12 bed hospital.
  • Lord Shiva temple
  • Transport facility (Buses ply from Campus to Ranchi city and back at regular intervals of 2 to 3 hrs, right from the morning 0700 hrs to night 2000 hrs).
  • Co-operative shops selling all essential items at reasonable prices.
  • Food Canteen.
  • A well equipped sports complex with all facilities of games like badminton,footbal,n athletics.

[edit] Hostels

There areMedia: 11 student hostels (dormitories) in BIT. Nine hostels for boys and Two separate hostels for girls.Students share room in the first year but get single room from second year.

Hostel 7, one of the hostels in the outer campus
Hostel 7, one of the hostels in the outer campus
Hostel 1, one of the hostels in the inner campus
Hostel 1, one of the hostels in the inner campus

[edit] Other facilities

Cricket Stadium, BIT Mesra
Cricket Stadium, BIT Mesra

The Institute has a rich tradition of sporting activities. The Institute has hosted several All India as well as Zonal Level tournaments. Adequate facilities are provided for various sports. They are:

  • Gymnasium including Multi Gym
  • Stadium for Track & Field events
  • Cricket/Football/Hockey ground
  • Basket ball courts
  • Volley Ball Courts
  • Tennis Courts
  • Badminton Courts (3 indoor & 5 outdoor)

There are several student clubs & societies which have their own set of associated events giving vent to the creative within the students, such as :

[edit] Extension Centers

The BIT extension centres , spread across several major cities within the country as well as overseas, function under the complete academic as well as administrative control of the parent University i.e. BIT, Mesra. Intake process for the extension centres is as stringent as that of the main campus and only the top rankers find admission. The Centres offer a wide range of programmes ranging from undergraduate level to programmes in Computer Applications and Business Management. The students from these centres are placed in visiting organizations through the centralized campus recruitment programme at BIT Mesra as well as at the respective extension centres. Students from the extension centres have proved themselves to be very competitive and with the right set of competencies for campus selection.

India - Lalpur, Allahabad, Kolkata, Noida, Jaipur, Chennai, Patna, Deoghar.

Overseas - Bahrain, Waljat Colleges of Applied Sciences(Muscat, Oman)& UAE

[edit] Lalpur Extension Center

The Institute first started a centre for Continuing Education at Lalpur in Ranchi, initially offering only part-time postgraduate M.Tech. courses for disciplines such as Mechanical, Civil, Electrical and Electronics Engineering. It was primarily aimed for the benefit of officers working in various Ranchi based public sector undertakings and private industries such as, MECON, SAIL, HEC, CCL, CMPDI, SBI etc, who wished to upgrade their qualifications. Part-time M.Tech. degree courses were initially offered as evening courses, subsequently the MBA, MCA and DCA courses were also offered. The laboratory classes were conducted on Sundays and holidays at the main Mesra campus. This Centre is now referred to as the BIT Lalpur Extension Centre.


In 1997 the Lalpur extension centre started the full time courses, B.Sc. Computer Science and B.Sc. Electronics courses and in 1998 the BCA course for girls only. The success and popularity of these courses led to extra shifts being added in 1999 and the courses being opened for boys also. In 1999, M.Sc. in Information technology and M.Sc. in Electronics and Telecommunication courses were introduced for girls only. Currently the Lalpur Extension Centre has over 1768 students on its rolls with 560 post graduate students.

[edit] Jaipur Extension Center

The Birla Institute of Technology, Extension Centre, Jaipur was started in 1995 and it targets the identified need of improved quality IT professionals through the pursuit of excellence in IT education, research, consulting and training. The BIT Extension Center at Jaipur offers the following Full Time courses:

  • BE (Bachelor of Engineering)
    • Computer Science
    • Electronics & Communications
  • BSc in Animation and Multimedia
  • BCA (Bachelor of Computer Application)
  • BBA (Bachelor of Business Administration)
  • MCA (Master of Computer Applications)
  • MBA (Master in Business Administration)
  • M.Sc. in Geoinformatics (Full-Time)

By July 2007, Jaipur Extension Centre has produced 9 batches of MCA, 6 batches of BCA, 3 Batches of BBA and 1 Batch of MBA and all these students are well placed in the industry.[citation needed]

Admission to the BE Programme is through the AIEEE Exam along with the main Institute.

[edit] Annual festivals

[edit] BITotsav

A four day festival is organized every year in February. Various teams from BIT and other colleges participate to win prizes during the event. The main attractions are Band-Nite, Dance-Nite, Music-Nite and Core-Nite.

[edit] Unnayan

A biennial international level technical festival organized by the IEEE Student Chapter at BIT Mesra. Initiated in the year 1997, it has completed a successful decade of excellence with International Unnayan 2007. Various teams from BIT and other colleges from India and abroad participate. Students put on display their ingenious inventions and also present technical papers in front of a distinguished audience. "Vaarta"-a series of guest lectures held in International Unnayan brings luminaries from a wide diaspora of scientific and industrial research across the world.

[edit] Drishtant

A biennial technical fest organised in 2006 by IEE Student Chapter (now, IET) and EEE society, BIT Mesra. This is a four day event with Robowarz being a special event. Students from various engineering colleges across India participate in this event. Eminent speakers from the industry and academia are invited during the event.

[edit] Spardha

An annual intra-BIT technical festival organised by the IEEE student chapter, BIT Mesra. Started in 2004, Spardha has grown in magnitude with every subsequent edition. Popular events like The Da Vinci Code and Sensex have been overwhelming hordes of students every year.

[edit] TechnIEEk

Intra BIT technical fest organised by IEE chapter of BIT mesra. Now into its 4th year, it is an event where students compete as teams rather than as individuals. First technIEEk was organised in October 2004.

[edit] Zeitgeist

A techno-management extravaganza organised biennially by the IEEE Student Chapter. Zeitgeist has been a platform for creativity and innovation for both participants and organisers alike. It has witnessed the birth of ground-breaking events like Den Katalveno, Cashflow, Ne Plus Ultra, Galazio and others.

[edit] ColossIEIum

It's an annual festival organized by The BIT Students Chapter (CS & ET Division) of The Institution Of Engineers, India.

[edit] Sports meet

Annual Intramural Sports meet.

[edit] SRIJAN

Annual Art and Photography Exhibition at BIT, Lalpur organized by Fine arts society.

[edit] Notes

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  1. ^ BIT Mesra has consistently being ranked among top 20 engineering colleges is all academic ranking of Indian colleges by various engineering education surveys like India Today, Outlook (magazine), Dataquest India etc. India Today. "INDIA TODAY: TOP 10 COLLEGES -ENGINEERING", India Today – May, 2001 Issue, India Today, 2003-05-21. Retrieved on 2006-05-21. 
  2. ^ Placement data. Retrieved on 2007-01-22.

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Coordinates: 22°24′43″N, 85°26′24″E