| Bhilai Institute of Technology | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Aspire to Excel |
| Established | 1986 |
| Type | Engineering and Management |
| Director | Dr. M. K. Kowar |
| Location | Durg, India |
| Campus | 0.28 km2 (69 acres) |
| Nickname | BIT |
| Affiliations | Chhattisgarh Sawmi Vivekanand Technical University |
| Website | www.bitdurg.org |
The Bhilai Institute of Technology (BIT) (Hindi: भिलाई प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान - दुर्ग) was established in Durg in 1986 as the first private engineering college in the state of Chattisgarh, India. It began at very modest scale with four undergraduate courses in Engineering (B.E.) and an intake capacity of 180 students, but has since risen to the status of an institution of repute for technical education and management studies with seven disciplines of engineering at the undergraduate level and six post graduate courses including MBA and MCA, and an annual intake strength of 780 in Bachelor of Engineering program alone.
The Institute is managed by a Board of Trustees which is headed by Managing Trustees. The Trust comprises duly constituted Governing Body consisting of the representatives of the Trust, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the State government of Chhattisgarh, the affiliating university, industrialists, senior bureaucrats, management experts, peoples' representatives, and notable social workers.[1]
All Courses offered by the Institute are approved by AICTE and affiliated to Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University (CSVTU).
BIT is an Institutional member of Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Institution of Engineers(India)(IEI), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Institute of Steel Development and Growth (INSDAG), National HRD Network and American Information Resource Centre, Mumbai.
One of the premier engineering institutes of India,[2] Bhilai Institute of Technology – Durg is known to produce quality engineers. Updated version of Quality Management System ISO 9001:2000 is installed in the Institute by the International Certifying Authority M/s KVQA of Norway.
BIT-Durg is located at the threshold of Durg city beside NH-6 (aka the Grand Eastern Highway or GE road) in Chhattisgarh state, India. The whole establishment is spread over25 acres (100,000 m2) of land, in Bhilai House opposite to the Circuit house. Its proximity to Durg bus depot and Durg railway station facilitates fast commuting. Additionally, it is connected to each and every corner of Bhilai-Durg agglomeration through various means of transportation such as mini buses, Minidors, Tempos, Auto-Rickshaws, etc.
Commissioning of the Bhilai Steel Plant at Bhilai in 1959[3] necessitated for having suitably trained and skilled personnel in good numbers to do specific technical tasks of the plant. With this viewpoint, some organizations, industrialists, charitable institutions and philanthropic societies of the region took an initiative to establish an engineering institution and therefore a trust was formed and duly registered. The Government of erstwhile Madhya Pradesh accorded the permission to open a self supporting and self financing engineering institute and thus in July 1986, Bhilai Institute of Technology came into existence.
Seth Balkrishan was a philanthropist and a key founding member of this institution. His contribution in the fields of education, sports, social upliftment and the spiritual needs of the community are legendary in Bhilai and in the neighboring regions. This institute is therefore tributed to him.
The institute has 5 blocks:
And apart from these following significant buildings:
Administrative block holds offices of various admin. departments e.g., Finance, Purchase, Building, Staff. It also hosts the central library.
ECOMIT Block has three departments in it namely, Electronics COMputer and Information Technology (hence, ECOMIT). This block contains the Central Computer Lab.
Mechanical and Electrical & Civil Engineering blocks host their respective departments.
Engineering Sciences and Management block have facilities for research in basic sciences e.g. Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Environmental Sciences and also hosts classes for Management Sciences.
State-of-the-art Auditorium and Open-Air theater host various cultural programmes and National/Local Seminars.
Hydraulics Lab and Workshop contain various equipments to facilitate the learning and researching in the areas of Basic Mechanical Engineering and Fluid Mechanics.
Besides, each block, apart from administrative block is equipped with its own computer lab, library and other labs relevant to their own learning and research purposes.
These blocks are interspersed with gardens containing rare species of flowers. BIT has won various floral competitions and is well recognised across the city for its floral beauty.
A fully computerized Central Library caters to its members from faculty, staff and students to occasional guest users. The Library is well stocked with more than 27000 books classified according to the Dewey Decimal Classification System, several encyclopedias and 800 CD ROMs spanning all aspects of Engineering, Sciences, Management and Technology. It also subscribes to over 140 journals in print, giving an insight into the latest developments. Several online journals are also subscribed to by the library. The Library subscribes to all leading periodicals, science magazines and newspapers. The facilities for reading and referral are available along other facilities such as book and journals issue.The Library has memberships of organisations and archives like DELNET(Developing Library Network Service), INDEST (Indian National Digital Library of Engineering Science and Technology), American Information Resource Centre and World Scientific Publishing Co. The library has two airy and spacious reading halls, which provide a quiet ambiance for studies. The Library is also equipped with computers for automated working and Internet connectivity to facilitate data collection and research. Apart from the central library, every department has its own departmental library with a fair collection of all useful books in them that can be internally used within the department. The Book Bank facility is an innovative concept brought in to encourage bright students. The top five rank holders from every class are issued a complete set of textbooks for the duration of a full semester. The E-Library section has a healthy collection of numerous CBTs and educational software available for its users. The Free Surfing Zone in the Central Library offers Internet services for consulting subscribed online journals as well as In-library reference facilities for the CBTs and other relevant electronic study material.
Central computing lab was established with a viewpoint of bringing BIT on information superhighway. CCF was inaugurated by the then chief minister of Chhattisgarh Ajit Jogi.[4] A Computer Committee headed by the Principal of the Institute governs it. The CCF looks after the hardware and software maintenance of around 1000 systems and 200 peripherals in the Institute located at different academic and administrative departments of the Institute. The independent computer centers of various academic departments are connected to the Severs of CCF through Wireless LAN. CCF itself contains 275 computers that are connected through wired LAN and fulfills the need of computers for Electronics, IT, Computer science & Engg. and MCA courses. All systems inside the campus are linked by a Local Area Network. There are four servers that function 24 hours of the day in the Centre, providing various services to the Institute.
Each of the departments in BIT are equipped with a computer lab of their own, all of them connected in a network for effective sharing of resources.Distributed power conditioning systems take care of the power needs of the equipment. Powerful and robust server class machines like HP Proliant ML370 and IBM Netfinity 3000 take care of the major computing load and manage the network.The machines also provide for the much-needed Internet access, the services for which are backed up by diverse systems for connectivity. Printing jobs are entrusted to various network printers. These networked labs have been designed keeping in view the varied requirement of the syllabi for different courses. These labs are provided with adequate software and hardware support depending on their implementation packages.The Institute has around 600 PCs along with several notebooks, tablets and handheld computers to cater to the computing requirements of students. The computer systems are supported by a variety of peripherals like printers of different kind, scanners, plotters, light pens, digital cameras, backup systems and LCD projectors.The Internet services are offered with the help of a dedicated 1 Mbit/s wireless access line. The institute owns several original and licensed multi-user software programs like LabVIEW 8, LADSIM PLC Programming Software, TINAPRO Circuit Simulation Software, MATLAB version 6.2 with Simulink, VHDL version 5.2i (XILINX), ALDEC AHDL 5.2 (IC Design Software), ALDEC VERILOG 5.2 (IC Design Software),NetSim(network simulator), MULTISIM (Circuit Simulator), COMMSIM (Communication Simulator), ULTIBOARD (PCB Design Software), MONOID Version 1.0 (DSP Simulator), System Generator (Xilinx) (DSP Development & FPGA Design), PCI based DAQ Card with supporting Software, DIALS (Fiber Optic Simulation Software),Auto-CAD Release 2005, STAAD/PRO Version 2006, SPSS, Ulti-Board PCB Design, SPICE, SAP2000E, ANSYS Release 10.0, PSCAD, Power Station (ETAP)Version 4.0, MathCAD V.11, PSIM 5.0, 6.0, Active HDL 6.5, SKM Power Tools 4.5, CASPOC, Scientific Word 8, CATIA, MATLAB r2006, Pro-E in addition to the commonly used system software and applications packages. Apart from regular lab sessions, the Computer Lab provides several services to the institute like in-house project development, consultancy services, assistance in various trainings, seminars and workshops, content preparation for e-Classes, software demonstration and keeping e-Records.
Among the major achievements of the Computer Labs are successfully completed projects like e-Rogee Kalyan (developed for District Main Hospital,Durg), Electoral Vote Counting Package (Assembly polls 2003), Students Identity Card, e-Question Bank, Income Tax Form-16 for the Institute, Time Table Generator for the Institute, Automation of BIT Central Library, Development and maintenance of the official website of Institute, Accounting Software for the Institute, e-Alumni Records, Virtual 3D walthrough of the college,CRISys etc.
The Open Air Theater of BIT is used for hosting several activities like skits, dramas, renditions, festivals, competitions, seminars, Annual function etc. It has a total build up area of 3,300 sq ft (310 m2), seating capacity of 3000 people, 30 ft (9.1 m) × 40 ft (12 m) stage size, 300 sq ft (28 m2) each of Gent's and Girl's green room, 400 sq ft (37 m2) of Store room and 26,000 sq ft (2,400 m2) of open area.
The Auditorium of BIT was inaugurated in 2006. From then on it is responsible for hosting seminars, music shows and other activities. BITCON, the national conference conducted by BIT in 2007 was hosted in the Auditorium. The Auditorium has a build-up area of 10,000 sq ft (930 m2), seating capacity of 500 persons, Stage size of 40 ft (12 m) × 30 ft (9.1 m), Airconditioned hall, Air cooled entrance foyer area of 2,000 sq ft (190 m2), Boy's and girl's green rooms each of area 200 sq ft (19 m2), Rest room, projector room, front area parking and electrical panel room.
The institute has an outdoor field area of 2000 m² comprising cricket, hockey and football fields and courts for volleyball, handball & basketball. The sports complex also has an athletics track of 400 metres. Supporting it are the Indoor Stadium and Gymnasium of 350 m² for indoor events like table tennis, badminton, chess and carrom.
Highesmembers]] Director has a system of people working under him profiled differently to handle different tasks. Following are the details of different profiles:
This institute is among the firsts to fill during counselling sessions.[5] Alumni of this institute is placed in several organisations across the country and some of them have even founded their own company.
Faculty is a mix of working professionals having rich experience of Industry processes, new graduates and researchers cum lecturers. These lecturers are eminent in their specialisation areas.[6]
The programmes offered by the institute can be broadly classified as follows:
All the undergraduate programmes are full-time courses, whereas post graduate programmes involve both full-time and part-time courses.
Apart from this, for the purpose of promoting higher studies and researches, Research Centres in the fields of Civil Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Mathematics, Environmental Engineering and Engineering Chemistry have been started in the institute. The centres offer Ph.D. courses.
The Institute enrols 780 students in various engineering programmes. Students are admitted through various channels of admission, most notable of them being CGPET and AIEEE.
| Course name | Annual Intake(no of students) | Duration(in yrs) | Eligibility | Method of Admission |
| B.E.-Civil Engineering | 120 | 4 | 10+2 | CG-PET/AIEEE |
| B.E.-Computer science and Engineering | 120 | 4 | 10+2 | CG-PET/AIEEE |
| B.E.-Electrical Engineering | 60 | 4 | 10+2 | CG-PET/AIEEE |
| B.E.-Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering | 120 | 4 | 10+2 | CG-PET/AIEEE |
| B.E.-Information Technology | 60 | 4 | 10+2 | CG-PET/AIEEE |
| B.E.-Mechanical Engineering | 120 | 4 | 10+2 | CG-PET/AIEEE |
| B.E.-Electrical & Electronics Engineering | 60 | 4 | 10+2 | CG-PET/AIEEE |
| Course name | Annual Intake(no of students) | Duration(in yrs) | Eligibility | Method of Admission |
| MCA (Full Time) | 60 | 3 | Graduation | AIMCET |
| MBA (Full Time) | 120 | 2 | Graduation | MAT |
| MBA (Part time) | 60 | 3 | Graduation | Merit Basis |
| M.E.-Production Engineering | 20 | 2 | B.E.(Mech.) | Merit Basis |
| M.Tech-Instrumentation and Control | 20 | 2 | B.E.(Electrical/Electronics),M.Sc.(Electronics) | Merit Basis |
| M.E.(Structural Engineering) | 18 | 2 | B.E.(Civil/Equivalent) | Merit Basis |
| Course name | Annual Intake(no of students) | Duration(in yrs) | Eligibility | Method of Admission |
| M.E.-Environmental sciences and Engineering | 10 | 3 | B.E.(Any Discipline) | Merit Basis |
The branch wise intake are reserved for State Quota, All India Quota & Management Quota. The percentages of various quotas are decided by the State Government. However, the current proportions are State Quota: 60%, All India Quota: 25% and Management Quota: 15%.
For admission under State Quota, a candidate is expected to qualify in Pre-Engineering Test (PET) conducted by Professional Examination Board, Chhattisgarh (CGVYAPAM). Thereafter, candidates who are domicile of Chhattisgarh State are called for a counselling session by Directorate of Technical Education - Government of Chhattisgarh and seats are allotted to the candidates as per the availability during the counselling sessions.
For admission under All India Quota, a candidate is expected to qualify in All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. Thereafter, candidates are called for a counselling session by Directorate of Technical Education, Government of Chhattisgarh and seats are allotted to the candidates as per the availability during the counselling sessions.
For admission under Management Quota, a candidate is expected to qualify either in PET conducted by Professional Examination Board, Chhattisgarh (CGVYAPAM) or AIEEE conducted by CBSE, New Delhi. After the declaration of results of the entrance examinations, advertisements are placed in newspapers and on the college website for admission under Management Quota. Application forms are made downloadable from the website. Applications received thereafter are scrutinised and finalised strictly based on ranks of students in the entrance examinations.
10% of the annual intake is reserved under Lateral Entry Scheme. Two categories of student are eligible to get the admission under this scheme:
1. Candidates having a three years' diploma in the concerned discipline from AICTE recognized institutions are eligible for admission in the respective branches directly at the Second year of BE courses. The students thus admitted are required to clear foundation subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics – I & Mathematics – II as per the ordinance of CSVTU, Bhilai.
2. Candidates having a graduate degree (B.Sc.) from any recognized university with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as compulsory subjects are also eligible for admission to BE 2nd Year directly. The students thus admitted are required to clear foundation subjects like Engineering – I, Engineering – II, Workshop Practice, Engineering Graphics as per the ordinance of CSVTU, Bhilai.
Admissions to M.E./M.Tech. courses are on basis of Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) score and/or merit. Admission notice for M.E./M.Tech. courses are advertised by the Institute in newspapers and on the Internet through the official website of the Institute.
Minimum qualifications for admission to full time MBA course are as follows:
A candidate holding a graduate degree (for at least three years of duration) or post-graduate degree of CSVTU or of any other university recognised as its equivalent by the university with at least 50% of marks (45% for a student belonging to scheduled cast, scheduled tribe and other backward classes candidates) in aggregate in any one or more fields of engineering, medical science, agriculture, social science, commerce, arts, life sciences, hotel management is eligible for application for admission to the MBA course. Graduates holding degrees in fields of law, journalism and mass communication, physical education, library sciences are not eligible for admission to the MBA course. A candidate cannot be older than 27 years if male and 30 years if female for admission to this program.
For admission to full time MBA program, candidates are expected to qualify the Management Aptitude Test (MAT) conducted by All India Management Association (AIMA), New Delhi. Thereafter, the candidates must appear in group discussion and personal interview rounds conducted by the Institute. A merit list is prepared based on composite scores of students in MAT, group discussions and personal interview rounds. Advertisements for the program are put in newspapers as well as on the official website of the institute.
In addition to eligibility criteria for full time MBA program (except the age limit), candidates must possess at least three years of work experience in any business organisation/Institution. Eligible candidates are called for group discussion and personal interview for final selection. Advertisements are put in news papers and also on the website of the institute.
For admission to M.C.A. course the candidate must have graduated in any discipline with at least 50% marks in aggregate (45% for candidates belonging to scheduled cast, scheduled tribe and other backward classes) from any Indian university or foreign university or an institute recognised by CSVTU equivalent or open university or any other university established under the act of state legislature or act of parliament. Graduation should be of 3 years regular study after passing the 12th standard examination of (10+2) scheme with Mathematics as compulsory subject at the 12th Standard. Admissions are made strictly as per the ordinance of the affiliating university. Maximum age of the candidate at the time of admission in MCA (Full Time) course must not be greater than 27 years for males and 30 years for females.
For admission in MCA (Full Time) course, candidates are expected to qualify the Pre-MCA Test conducted by the Professional Examination Board of Chhattisgarh. Thereafter, the candidates must appear in the counselling session conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education, Govt. of Chhattisgarh. Advertisements in this effect are put in newspapers by DTE, Govt. of Chhattisgarh
To promote academic excellence among the students, following awards have been instituted.
The awards and medals are given away on 26 January every year on the occasion of celebration of the Republic Day.
Currently, almost all kinds (non-adventure and non life risking) of sports, both indoor and outdoor, are being played in the institute, more or less in a professional manner, Tournaments are conducted at college level wherein all the departments of the institute participate. Following sports are the most celebrated and the most played:
BIT has been an epicenter of activities since its inception. Various departments encourage their students to conduct and participate in constructive activities such as puzzle shows, antakshari, skits, rendition/recitation competitions, debates, technical competitions, Classical Indian Music shows from renowned maestros in that field, seminars of all sorts (Technical, business, personality development etc.), eco drives etc. Each year mini festivals get organized by various departments. The annual techno-management festival of BIT is called by various names. "Lamhe" in 2001, "Spandan" in 2003, "BIT Uday" in 2008 and "Urja Utsav" in 2010.
This was formed in collaboration with CREDA (Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Authority), Govt. of Chhattisgarh .This is supported by Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Govt. of India through CREDA. It is in process of getting NGO status, thus making it the first students club in an engineering institution in India to do so. It conducted Central India's first solar robot racing competition in 2009.
It organizes " Urja Utsav" which is the biggest technical cum management festival in India to be organized by a students club.The club has its premises in the Mechanical Block. This club has its own quizzing team, cultural team and management team. The robotics club manages the technical requirements.
It is the only unofficial club of BIT. It is managed fully by students. This club conducts workshops for first year and second year students in the field of manual and autonomous robotics every year. It conducts workshops in - Bhilai Institute of Technology (Durg Campus), Bhilai Institute of Technology (Raipur Campus) and Shankracharya Institute of Professional Management (Raipur). There is no membership process and members are chosen only by their technical calibre. All technical events of BIT are managed by it. Students of this club have won laurels in many techfests conducted all over India. Prominent wins were in Techkriti08 (IIT Kanpur), Techfest09 (IIT Bombay), Kshitij08&09 (IIT Kgp), Techniche09 (IIT Guhawati), Eclectika 09 (NIT Raipur), Axis08,09&10 (VNIT Nagpur) and Confluence10 (NIT Rourkela).
Some students of this club have won research scholarships from IIIT Hyd. Green Regiment (Urja Utsav10) conducted by this club had a participation of over 80 teams, making it the most successful robotics event in whole of Central India. It was the third event in India to get accredited by Tech4all Society, India and MetaWing (in collaboration with IIT Kgp).
Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg is the first college in Chhattisgarh to have the SAE India chapter. BIT chapter has been instrumental in mobilizing engineering students in aerospace, automotive, and commercial vehicle industries. It conducts various workshops, lectures and autoworld related events throughout the year. It has plans in taking part in Formula SAE Baja after an aborted attempt in taking part in Formula Student(UK) 2010 by the robotics club.
All departments have their engineering associations at the departmental level in collaboration with the I.E(India) chapter of various departments. These associations conduct many events throughout the academic year.
Various dance groups are present in college campus. These groups take part in many cultural events conducted in Chhattisgarh. Out of these "Step Up Gang" is the most famous. It is also the official dance troupe of the college. It has won Campus Jung 2009 conducted by Hero Honda and various Youth Festivals.
BIT has got some great talent in creating animation using their skills in Art and Animation. One group has created a 3D walkthrough of the College Campus. Another Group "SARAS" Created animation. Same can be find in "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdBbA_UDwpQ".
This was the first modern techfest to be conducted in Central India. Over 2500 students from all over India participated in this fest. There were numerous events which brought about the innovativeness and creative ideas of the students. Events were there to hone the managerial and imaginative skills of the participants.
BIT Uday was by all means a launch of the new era of technology in Chhattisgarh. Over and all it was a great techno-symposium and a salute to the creative minds. memory clip youtube download video
It is the biggest college festival in India conducted by a students club. Challenging the energetic minds into thinking about the environment and spreading the "Go Green" initiative Urja Utsav was instrumental.
It was conducted by the Energy and Environment Conservation Club. Reputed companies like Coca Cola India, Chevrolet, Autodesk, Matter and Platt, Wilo AG etc. sponsored the fest.
PHOENIX - Dpt. of Electronics and Telecommunication
This is the annual festival being conducted by the Dpt. of Electronics and Telecommunication. Mainly a cultural festival and some managerial events are also conducted in it.
HORIZON - Dpt. of Computer Science
This is conducted by the Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering. It's a cultural fest with no technical events.
This is an e-group on yahoogroups.It was founded on August 11, 2004 by alumni of BIT-Durg.The group is constituted of alumni of the institution and its students and professors.The aim of the group is to convene students,professor,alumni and HRs of different companies to catalyze the recruitment and knowledge exchange process among students and experts from various areas of engineering and technology.The groups has brought a turn around in the recruitment process of the institution by creating a web of communication between HRs of different companies and training and placement cell of BIT-Durg.
BIT Alumni Portal is a platform provided to the professors, students and pass-outs of BIT to interact with each other in any way they like.It is designed by the alumni of BIT and is a completely non-official site aimed to have both trivial and serious interactions.The site is quite a buzz among the students, alumni and professors of the institute.Another forum of similar kind is Student's forum but it is slightly formal in nature.