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| Motto | Niyatan Kuru Karmatwam |
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| Established | 1949 |
| Type | Educational and research institution |
| Director | Prof. S.K. Singh |
| Undergraduates | 2,720 |
| Postgraduates | 440 |
| Location | Sindri, Jharkhand, India |
| Campus | Urban, area 676 acres (2.74 km2) |
| Acronym | BIT |
| Website | http://www.bitsindri.ac.in/ |
BIT Sindri (formerly known as Bihar Institute of Technology, Sindri) is an engineering college in Jharkhand, India. An institute of higher learning, BIT has AICTE approved undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs.BIT Sindri is the only government engineering college in Jharkhand.[1]
The institute is funded and administered by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi and is academically affiliated to Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag for conducting examinations and awarding degrees. BIT has received funding from the World Bank for projects.
The institute campus is located 27 km from the Dhanbad City. The campus is well connected by road and rail from Dhanbad.
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BIT was founded in 1949 under the name of the College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at Patna. In 1950 it was shifted to Sindri and thus BIT Sindri was born with a Principal, three Professors and sixty students. During the initial years, the college had diploma programs in electrical and mechanical engineering.
The aim of the government to shift BIT to Sindri was to make it the first IIT of India, but, for political reasons, IIT Kharagpur was made the first IIT and BIT remained as BIT.
In 1952, degree programs were introduced. In 1956 its name was changed to Bihar Institute of Technology, the name it had retained until Jharkhand and Bihar were separated in 2000. Over the years, degree programs in other branches of Engineering were added.
BIT Sindri is located on 650 acres (2.6 km2) of land in the industrial town of Sindri in Dhanbad district. Each branch has its own building and laboratories and each department has their own libraries and computer facilities. The campus has an auditorium, on-campus hospital, a library, a canteen,a cricket/football playground, a gymnasium, a branch of the State Bank of India with ATM facility, a post office, an STD/ISD phone booth, and a co-operative store.
The Sindri Town railway station is adjacent to the campus. There is a shuttle service between Sindri and Dhanbad four times a day. The other means of transportation from Dhanbad station to the campus are local taxis (also called trekkers), which have most hostels on their route.
The institute is fully residential. Professor's quarters and hostels are present on campus. The on-campus student housing consists of 25 hostels, including three girl's hostels, a separate postgraduate hostel,and a guest house.
B.I.T. Sindri clubs are:
National Societies are
Club activities include
The BIT Sindri library has 150,000 books and an e-library resource center developed under the department of CSE and IT. The library is in a multi-storied building with amenities like elevators, internet facilities, and a computer department.
The library caters to the needs of the undergraduate and postgraduate students by subscribing to national and international journals. It has subscriptions to e-journals and e-books, and is open for 12 hours daily.
BIT Sindri, the only government engineering college in the state, made a record of sorts in 2011 when the total number of students securing jobs through campus recruitment crossed the 500 mark.Institute students were delighted when the TCS announced to give annual scholarship of Rs 10,000 to the topper of computer science and engineering branch.In 2010, the total number of students who had secured job through campus placement drive was 468.[2]For 2012 batch students,IT major Tata Consultancy Services offered jobs to 201 students. The students have been offered a salary package of up to Rs 3.17 lakh per annum.[3]