Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

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Birla Institute of Technology,Mesra
बिरला प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान

Main Building of Birla Institute of Technology,Mesra
Motto सा विद्या या विमुक्तये
(Sā Vidyā Yā Vimuktaye)
Motto in English
 Learning is that which Liberates
Established 1955
Type Deemed University
Chairman CK Birla
Chancellor Syed Ahmed
Vice-Chancellor Dr. M. K. Mishra
Academic staff
 300
Undergraduates 2955 annual intake
Postgraduates 1013 annual intake
Location Jharkhand, India
Campus 780 acres (3.2 km2)
Affiliations AICTE, ACU, AIU, PCI, NAAC, NBA, UGC
Website www.bitmesra.ac.in

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (BIT Mesra) is a technically oriented institute of higher education located in Jharkhand, India. It is a deemed University under the UGC Act, 1956.

Since the inception of the main campus in Mesra, it has established extension centres in Ras-al-Khaimah and Muscat.

History

The Birla Institute of Technology was established in 1955 at Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand by the philanthropist and industrialist B M Birla . The institute was affiliated to Patna University until 1960 and then to Ranchi University. BIT was declared a deemed university in 1986 under section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 under notification No. F. 9-2/83-U.3 August 28, 1986.

BIT was the first institute in India to establish a department of space engineering and rocketry, in 1964.[1] BIT introduced the concept of Small Industries Entrepreneurs' Park and became the first 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.

Small Industries Research and Development Organization (SIRDO) was set up in 1970 as a launching pad for small manufacturing enterprises run by technical graduates of BIT. Companies born from this concept include Meditron, Alcast etc. This idea was appreciated by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and spread to other leading institutes of India such as IITs by the Government as a concept of Science and Technological Entrepreneurs Park (STEP). The first STEP was approved and located in BIT Mesra. The entrepreneurship development cell was founded in 2007 and is run by the students. To add financial strength to this effort, BIT has set up SIDBI Center for Innovation and Incubation (SCII) by an arrangement with Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to provide a limited period of time to new entrepreneurs, start up companies, and technology based organisations, to facilitate Research and Development operations in areas of interest with the faculty of the institute.[2]

BIT established an Offshore Centre in Bahrain in the year 2000. It was accorded a supercomputer (PARAM 10000[3]) at the core of its IT infrastructure.

Organization and administration

BIT functions under the control of a Board of Governors, comprising representatives of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, 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. CK 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 headed by vice chancellor decides the academic policy of the Institute.[4]

Campus

Extension Centres in India: Allahabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Noida, Patna, Deoghar and Lalpur

The main campus of the Institute at Mesra is located 16 kilometres from Ranchi in a 980-acre (4.0 km2) setting at the confluence of the rivers Jhumar and Suvarnarekha. The Mesra campus is entirely residential, providing accommodation to undergraduate and postgraduate students and 550 members of faculty and staff. The infrastructure includes research laboratories, lecture halls, workshops, playground, gymnasium and a central library with over 100,000 books, journals and electronic databases.

Campus facilities

Golden Jubilee auditorium

Central facilities

Central The CAD Laboratory is a central facility of the institute where all users – undergraduate and postgraduate students, research scholars and faculty members – can work with design and analysis software. They can learn to use the latest software and carry out their research work.

R&D Building

Central Computing Facilities (CCF) The maintenance and upkeep of the CCF is done by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering; however the CCF is used by students and staff from all departments of the Institute.

The PARAM 10000 Supercomputer was gifted to the Institute by C-DAC, in recognition of the Institute’s commitment towards quality higher education and research. The PARAM supports projects that require parallel processing and multi processor capabilities.

Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF) The Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF) was established in 2006 under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP), funded by the World Bank and Government of Jharkhand, with an objective to provide instrumentation facilities for advanced research, to faculty.

Central Library The Central Library was established in 1955. It has print and electronic resources in the fields of science and technology. The collection includes 10,000 online journals, 100 print journals, 113,000 books, 2500 CDs, 60 audiocassettes and 4000 project reports.

Academics

Departments and programmes

BIT has 21 academic departments. It offers undergraduate B.E./B.Tech. degrees and M.E./M.Tech. degrees in the various engineering departments. MSc degrees are offered in applied sciences and B.Pharm./M.Pharm. in pharmaceutical sciences. The department of IT also offers Master of Computer Application. The department of architecture offers Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Urban Planning (MUP) degrees. The university also has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme and a Bachelor of Hotel Management and Catering Technology (BHMCT).

International relations

BIT Mesra has established international ventures and tie-ups. It has collaborative arrangements with USA, UK, Canada, France, Italy, Denmark, Netherlands, Spain, Pakistan, and China.

National collaborations

BIT offers programs in collaboration with Indian institutes and industry.

Institute publications

BIT publishes international journals through its departments. These journals have eminent personalities from India as well as abroad on their Editorial Advisory Boards.

  • Department of Architecture
  • Department of Hotel Management and Catering Technology
    • Journal of Hospitality Application and Research (JOHAR) ISSN 0973-4538
  • Department of Management
    • Journal – The Alternative
    • Newsletter – BIT by BIT
  • Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Department of Production Engineering
    • Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Research ISSN 0973-0281

Admissions

Admissions for BIT Mesra are based on All India level exams in respective fields.

Undergraduate Courses

Postgraduate courses

Rankings Current Year

University Rankings
Engineering – India
India Today[19] 24
Outlook India[20] 23
Dataquest[21] 21
Private colleges:
Mint[22] 2
CSR-GHRDC*[23] 1

BIT Mesra ranked 15th in the India Today best engineering colleges of 2012[19] 13th in Outlook India‍‍ '​‍s Top Engineering Colleges of 2012[20] and 13th in Dataquest's Top Engineering Colleges of 2012.[21] It also ranked 13th by 'The Week' in top engineering colleges of 2013 and 2nd in the limited participation CSR-GHRDC‍‍ '​‍s Engineering Colleges Survey of 2013.[24] In rankings to private institutes, it ranked 2nd in Mint‍‍ '​‍s Top 50 Private Engineering Colleges of 2009 and 1st in their limited engineering college rankings.[22]

Student life

Student organisations

There are numerous active student clubs, covering various activities and events on campus:

Hostel 1, one of the hostels in the Inner Campus
Football ground

The following groups provide specialised activities platforms:

Sports

The institute has hosted several All India as well as Zonal Level tournaments. Sports facilities are:

Annual festivals

BITotsav is a five-day festival organized every year in February. Teams from BIT and other colleges participate to win prizes during the event. The main attractions are Band-Nite, Dance-Nite, Music-Nite and Pro-Nite.

Pantheon is a three-day techno-cultural fest organised by the Student's Activity Council of BIT Mesra (which consists of members from all the technical and cultural clubs). Started in 2010, Pantheon is held in the monsoon semester and is usually the first event of the year. It has technical events (organised by the IET Student Chapter, Robolution and the IEEE Student Chapter) and three cultural nights (Music Night and Drama Night, Dance Night and Fugiya Night).

Dhwani was a three-day musical fest organized by the music club (now held during BITotsav).

Unnayan was a biennial international level technical festival organized by the IEEE Student Chapter at BIT Mesra, started in1997 (now held during Pantheon).

Drishtant was a national techno-management fest organised biennially by the IET Student Chapter. Started in 2005 (now part of Bitotsav).

Zeitgeist was a techno-management extravaganza organised biennially by the IEEE Student Chapter. It has witnessed events like Den Katalveno, Cashflow, Ne Plus Ultra, Galazio and others.

TechNIEEK is BIT's biannual monsoon session technical extravaganza, conducted by the IET Student chapter of BIT Mesra. . Technieek is a team based technical fest in which students form teams and compete in technical and non-technical events. On the final day the first six teams battle it out in a Core-Night, which determines the winning team of Technieek.

Spardha was an annual intra-BIT technical festival organized by the IEEE student chapter, BIT Mesra. The IEEE student chapter does not hold Spardha any more .

ColossIEIum was an annual festival organized by The BIT Students Chapter (CS and ET Division) of The Institution of Engineers (India). The online events of Pantheon now go under the name 'Colossieium'.

Samaagam is an All India Management Festival, organized each year by the Department of Management, with participation from nationwide B-schools. Some of the events are Business Quiz, Brand Equity, Stock Exchange, Business Bazigaar, Paper presentation.

Technika is the annual technical festival of the Patna Campus of the institute. Started in 2009 TECHNIKA has emerged to be one of the largest technical festival in the region drawing more than 1000 participants.

Deepotsav is a cultural festival which is organized during DIWALI break by LEO CLUB, for the institute students and teachers.

Rostra is the annual National Literary Meet organized by Literary Society. Started in 2012, it has emerged as one of the largest college level Literary meets of the nation.

Sports meet is the annual Intramural Sports meet.

Srijan is an annual art and photography exhibition at BIT, Lalpur organized by the Fine Arts Society.

Dandia Nite is an annual cultural event organised every year by Dance Club during Navratris which is one of the most awaited and successful event at the institute.

Freshers Nite is organised by Dance Club each year for the fresh batch and is characterized by different themes each year.

Other divisions at Mesra, Ranchi: University Polytechnic

The University Polytechnic was established in 2001, as a joint venture of the Department of Welfare, Government of Jharkhand and BIT, Mesra, to impart Diploma level technical education amongst the youths of Jharkhand. The campus of the University Polytechnic is located close to the National Highway 33 in the vicinity of the BIT Main campus. Spread over an area of 13 acres (53,000 m2), it is on the outskirts of Ranchi, surrounded by green forests.

The University Polytechnic is fully residential with three large hostels, (two for boys and one for girls), accommodating about 450 students. It has twenty full-time faculty and an equal number of visiting faculty from BIT Mesra. It has a library, laboratories, training and placement cell and sports and games facilities.

The University Polytechnic conducts the following 3-year courses:

  • BSc in Medical Laboratory Technology (BMLT)
  • Diploma in Technology (Automobile)
  • Diploma in Technology (Electrical)
  • Diploma in Technology (Electronics)
  • Diploma in Technology (Computer)
  • Diploma in Technology (Manufacturing)

Centres in India and Offshore

BIT has established extension centres, in cities within the country as well as overseas, which function under the administrative control of BIT Mesra. Intake process for these campuses is as stringent as that of the main campus and only the top rankers find admission.

India– Allahabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Noida, Patna, Deoghar, Lalpur.
Overseas– Muscat, Ras al-Khaimah.

Deoghar Extension Centre

The Jharkhand Government, willing to spread BIT further across the state, made a request to the institute to establish an Extension Centre at Deoghar, Jharkhand. BIT responded wholeheartedly and subsequently, a MoU was signed between the Institute and the Government of Jharkhand. Thus, the Deoghar Extension Centre of BIT commenced functioning in October 2007. As per the provisions of the MoU it was decided that 50% seats would be for students acquiring eligible qualifications from Institutions located in Jharkhand while the remaining 50% would be for students from the other states of the country. Admission has been through JEE Main with Central Counselling conducted by the Central Counselling Board.

Jaipur Extension Centre

The Birla Institute of Technology, Jaipur Extension Centre was started in 1995 in the campus of the Birla Institute of Scientific Research (BISR). The centre started by offering postgraduate programmes and now offers undergraduate programmes as well.BIT Jaipur has a lush green campus of 1- acres situated in Malviya Industrial Area. The Jaipur Centre offers B.E. courses in Computer Science, Electronics and Communication and Electrical & Electronics. The campus also offers M.B.A, MSc , B.B.A,B.C.A , M.C.A and B.A.M.

BIT Mesra , Jaipur campus has various active clubs and committees for organisation of events and festivals. Major festivals of the campus are:-

1)TechVibes : Techvibes is the famous technical festival of the BIT Jaipur. It is a two day affair being organised in the Spring Semester. Events include Coding Events sponsored by TopCoders and Codechef, Robotic events, Technical Quizzes and Seminars, DJ and EDM Nites. In the Year 2014 Raeth Band of Pakistan performed during the Techvibes.

2) Cavorts: It is a Intra College Sports Event held every year in the Monsoon semester. The events include Cricket, Basketball, Volleyball, Kho Kho , Kabbaddi, Badminton, Chess among others.

3) Vibrations: It is the Cultural Fest and one of the most awaited event of the Jaipur Campus. Held every year in the Spring Semester , The fest boasts of Dance Competitions, BIT Idol, War of the Bands, Pro Nite and DJ Nites. Famous musicians have participated in this festival which include Mohit Gaur India's Raw Star Finalist, Rudraksh Band, DJ Akshay Sehgal, Bollywood Singer Aman Trikha etc.

BIT Jaipur has many active clubs which gives Students to showcase their talent in various extra Co Curricular activities. There are Club like LENSOC ( The photography Society), CSI (Computer Society of India BIT Jaipur Chapter),[25] IETE, CodeChef Student Chapter, Tech Addicts( Robotics Club), Google Student Committee , DELL Student ambassador, Literature Club, Technical and Management clubs, Quizophilic ( The Quizzing Club) etc.[26]

Admission to the BE Programme is through the JEE Main Examination. The selection is based upon the JEE Main rank.

Patna Extension Centre

The Birla Institute of Technology, Patna Extension Centre was established in 2006, on the request of the Government of Bihar. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Institute and the Government of Bihar in December 2005. Subsequently, the Government of Bihar allotted 25 acres (100,000 m2) of land located between the Bihar Veterinary College and the Jai Prakash Narayan International Airport at Patna and also agreed to release the requisite funds for establishing the campus. The foundation stone of the campus was laid on 24 December 2005 and construction started in April 2006.

The Patna centre is fully residential. All the hostels are inside the institute campus. The infrastructure includes laboratories, lecture halls, workshops, playgrounds, gymnasium, canteen and a library. The plans for the campus include construction of 525,000 square feet of academic space, hostel accommodation for students and residential facilities for staff, dispensary, playgrounds, gyms and guesthouses.

Lalpur Extension Centre

The institute started an extension centre in 1976 at Lalpur in Ranchi. It was primarily for the benefit of officers working in Ranchi-based public sector undertakings and private industries such as MECON, SAIL, HEC, CIL, CMPDI, Shriram Ball-bearings Limited, Usha Martin Industries Limited, and nationalised banks to upgrade their technical skill. The laboratory classes are conducted on Sundays and holidays at the Mesra campus. This Centre is now referred to as the BIT Lalpur Extension Centre.

Kolkata Extension Centre

The Birla Institute of Technology, Kolkata Extension Centre was established in 1990 . It is located in the southern part (Rajdanga, Kasba) of the city. The premises of the Centre includes a computer laboratory with a server room, several lecture rooms, a seminar hall, and a library. Students have free access to online journals through ACM, IEEE and Emerald-online. The whole Centre is networked and internet facilities are provided.

Allahabad Extension Centre

The Birla Institute of Technology, Allahabad Extension Centre was established in January 1998. It has five academic departments namely Department of Computer Science, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering. The centre has a library with a large number of books and technical journals. A digital library for on-line access of books and journals has also been provided for staff and students.

Noida Extension Centre

The Birla Institute of Technology, Noida Extension Centre was started in 1998.The centre registers scholars for PhD programmes in Mass Communication and Computer Science. The Noida centre was the first institute in India to set up a full-fledged degree course in BSc Animation and Multimedia. An International Research Centre on Fourth Generation Mobile Communication System (IRC – 4G) has been set up under EAGER -NetWiC Project of Asia Link Programme by European Commission.[27]

Notable Alumni

Some notable alumni of the Institute are listed below. A detailed list is available here. According to Toptalent.in, BIT mesra ranks 10th in India for successful start-ups by the alumni.

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See also

References

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  28. ↑ Subhani Sayeed -Innovator ,technocrat ,BUSINEES national Award ,MANUFACTURER OF RAIL TRACK CONSTRUCTION MACHINES
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