Birla Institute of Technology and Science

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This article is about the institute in Pilani, Rajasthan. For the other similarly named institute(using the
name BIT,instead of BITS) in Ranchi, see Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani


Motto

(jna parama balam)
(Sanskrit)
Motto in English "Knowledge is Supreme Power"
Established 1929. Became a Deemed University in 1964.
[1]

Type Deemed
Chancellor Kumar Mangalam Birla
[2]

Vice-Chancellor B N Jain
[3]

Admin. staff 648
[4][5]

Undergraduates 2,394 annually
[6]

Postgraduates 469 annually
[6]

Location Pilani(1929)
Dubai (2000)
Goa (2004)
Hyderabad (2008)
Affiliations ACU,
[7]
WACE, UGC
[8]
NAAC,
[9]
PCI,
[10]
AIU
[11]

Website http://www.bits-pilani.ac.in
The Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (Hindi:
; BITS Pilani) is an Indian institute of higher education and a deemed university under Section
3 of the UGC Act. The university has 15 academic departments, and focuses primarily on
undergraduate education in engineering and the sciences.
The institute was established in its present form in 1964. During this period, the institute's
transformation from a regional engineering college to a national university was backed by G.D. Birla.
BITS administers the all-India computerised competitive entrance examination, BITSAT (BITS
Admission Test),
[12][13]
Admission is merit-based, as assessed by the BITSAT examination.
[14][15]
The
fully residential institute is privately supported.
[16]

Practical experience in industry is part of the curriculum in the Practice School program, where
students work with companies in India.
[17]

Contents
[hide]
1 History
o 1.1 Inception
o 1.2 Multi-campus expansion
o 1.3 Chancellor and academic head
2 Admission
o 2.1 Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad campuses
o 2.2 Dubai campus
3 Pilani campus
o 3.1 Residential and dining facilities
o 3.2 Vision 2020, Mission 2012
4 Student life
o 4.1 Associations
o 4.2 Clubs
o 4.3 Departments
o 4.4 Conquest
o 4.5 BOSM
o 4.6 Interface
o 4.7 APOGEE
o 4.8 Oasis
o 4.9 TechBazaar
o 4.10 Rocktaves
5 Academics
o 5.1 First degrees
o 5.2 Advanced degrees
5.2.1 Off-campus programs
o 5.3 International projects
6 Reputation
7 Alumni
8 Campuses
9 Gallery: Pilani campus
10 References
11 External links
History[edit]
Inception[edit]


Aerial view, BITS Pilani (1978)


Aerial Image of the Pilani campus with the newly inaugurated Rotunda taken by RC club,https://www.facebook.com/bitsrc
The Birla Education Trust was founded in 1943; the intermediate college became a degree college
and later offered postgraduate courses. The masters programme in electronics began in 1955.
[18]

Reacting to criticism about the project, Drew said:
In my judgment to attempt to develop an American institution in India would be like trying to graft
apples on a pine tree. We have not been asked to make such an attempt. We were asked to help
devise in India an Indian technological school to produce graduates with the know-how to produce
knowledge pertinent for India. In many respects they consider us immature, rude, hypocritical
barbarians who in certain respects happened to hit it lucky. To be viable in India an institution must
be framed with Indian values in mind.
[19]

In 1964, the Birla Colleges of Arts, Commerce, Engineering, Pharmacy and Science were merged to
form the Birla Institute of Technology & Science. The board provided direction in developing a
curriculum, selecting equipment, upgrading the library and recruiting (and training) an Indian faculty.
To quicken the pace of reform he convinced C. R. Mitra to be the new director of the institute. Mitra
advocated a "practice school" internship program as a requirement for faculty and students. The
Practice School Program is still a requirement for students in BITS.


Clock tower, BITS Pilani
According to Robert Kargon and Stuart Leslie:
BITS offered an opportunity to build a leading technological university in India responsive to India's
goals, to produce practising engineers who will be in a position to graduate and to build industries in
India, under Indian conditions. With its emphasis on the Practice School and ties to Indian industry, it
helped educate Indian industrialists along with Indian engineers who would remain in India, in
contrast to many other engineering colleges in India, most of whose graduates would leave the
country after obtaining their basic engineering education. The Ford Foundation Evaluators...proudly
noted that the Indian government, despite having given no direct financial support, was looking to
BITS to provide a model for future development in education in engineering and science in India.
[19]

BITS Pilani became a deemed university established under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 by
notification No. F.12-23/63.U-2 of June 18, 1964.
[20]

Multi-campus expansion[edit]

Pilani
Goa
Hyderabad
Campuses Within India: Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad
In 1999, enrollment expanded from 2,500 to 4,000
[21]
and campuses were founded in Dubai (2000)
and Goa(2004). In 2006, BITS Pilani acquired 200 acres (81 ha) of land from the Andhra
Pradesh government through the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority for a new campus. The
land is located in Jawaharnagar, Shameerpet Mandal in the Rangareddy district.
[22]
The BITS Pilani
Hyderabad campus opened in 2008; the school also has a virtual university
[23]
and an extension
center in Bangalore.
[citation needed]

Chancellor and academic head[edit]
BITS Pilani has a tradition of long-serving chancellors and vice-chancellors. Its founder, G.D. Birla,
was chancellor from the college's inception until his death in 1983.
[21]
He was followed by his
son, Krishna Kumar Birla, who was chancellor until his death in 2008.
[24]
Currently, Kumar Mangalam
Birla is chancellor and Shobhana Bhartia is pro-chancellor.
[2]

The first academic head of the institution was V. Lakshminarayan, who served from 1946 to
1969.
[25]
He was succeeded by BITS directors C.R. Mitra (19691989)
[26]
and S. Venkateswaran
(19892006). With the advent of multiple campuses the overall head was known as "vice-
chancellor"; "director" denoted the head of a campus. L.K. Maheshwari became the first vice-
chancellor in 2006; Bijendra Nath Jain is the current vice-chancellor and fifth academic head.
[3][27]

Admission[edit]
Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad campuses[edit]
Since 2005 admission to BITS has been offered based on student performance on the all-India
Entrance Examination, the BITS Admission Test (BITSAT). The test, for which applications are
submitted in December, is conducted online in May and June in cities all over India.
[12][13]
The exam
tests the candidate's knowledge, reasoning and analytical abilities in English, physics, chemistry,
mathematics and logical reasoning, and is based on higher secondary curricula in India and abroad.
To be eligible for admission, students are required to obtain a minimum average grade of 75 percent
in physics, chemistry and mathematics (with a minimum grade of 60 percent in each subject) in their
higher secondary examination. BITSAT differs from the conventional written examination; the online
exam is given at over 20 locations throughout India.
[28]

Dubai campus[edit]
Admission to Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Dubai Campus is solely based on
scores in the 12th standard qualifying exam. Although the BITS Pilani-Dubai campus was
established for the educational requirements of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, admission is
open to students of all nationalities.
[29]

Pilani campus[edit]
Pilani is located 220 kilometres (140 mi) west of Delhi and 217 kilometres (135 mi) north of Jaipur;
the BITS campus is south of the bus stand. The area of the campus (which includes the Birla
Education Trust) is over 990 acres (400 ha); its developed area is 49 acres (20 ha), of which 60,769
square metres (15.016 acres) is used for the BITS building.
[30]
The campus has 11,245 square
metres (121,040 sq ft) of classrooms and 7,069 square metres (76,090 sq ft) of laboratories.


Saraswati temple, BITS Pilani
BITS has a Birla Mandir dedicated to the goddess Saraswati, Sharda Peeth, built by G. D. Birla. The
white marble temple is built on a 7-foot (2.1 m)-high foundation, with 70 pillars for support. It covers
an area of 25,000 square feet (2,300 m
2
).
[31]
The Pilani campus has India's first technological
museum, the Birla Museum. Built in 1954, it showcases technological achievements.
[32][33]
BITS has
a 2,535-square-metre (27,290 sq ft) auditorium decorated with paintings by students from the
department of art and decoration.
[30]

Residential and dining facilities[edit]


Student hostel on foggy winter morning
The institute has eleven hostels for men and one for women.
[34]
The hostels are named after saints,
historical and religious figures. Every two men's hostels share a dining area, and there is a separate
dining area for the women's hostel. All dining areas are student-managed.
[35]
Students may also dine
at the institute canteen (IC), the All-Night Canteen (ANC) and the Student Activity Centre (SAC)
cafeteria (Food King). The ANC is also student-managed.
[36]

Vision 2020, Mission 2012[edit]
In 2010 the institute launched a renewal project, Vision 2020, Mission 2012,
[37]
to identify and
implement measures establishing BITS Pilani as one of Indias top three research-led universities by
2015 and among the leading 25 technical universities in Asia by 2020. As a part of this
initiative, Kumar Mangalam Birla visited the Pilani campus on 13 November 2011
[citation needed]
with
pro-chancellor Shobhana Bhartia
[citation needed]
and other members of the board of governors. At this
meeting, Birla announced a 4 billion fund
[citation needed]
for renovation and construction of new
academic buildings and student hostels on the Pilani campus.
[citation needed]
The project is planned to
be completed by 2014.
[38]

Student life[edit]
Associations[edit]
The SPIC MACAY
[39]
(Society For Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Among
Youth) BITS Pilani chapter seeks to conserve and promote the Indian cultural tapestry among
youth by focusing on the classical arts with their legends, rituals, mythology and philosophy.
The BITS Alumni Affairs Division
[40]
maintains contact with alumni worldwide, involving them in
the development of the institute.
Clubs[edit]
The Photography Club known as Photog conducts workshops and training sessions in
photography. The club puts up two popular exhibitions namely "Exposure", during OASIS &
"Panorama", during APOGEE.
[41]

The BITS Radio-Control (RC) Club, group of RC enthusiast, model aircraft builders, hackers.
Conducts workshops, airshows, aerial photography sessions.
The IEEE BITS Pilani chapter, established in 2012, sponsors lectures, a workshop, quizzes and
the presentation of papers.
[42]

The BITSMUN Society organises a Model United Nations every year, the largest of its kind in
India.
[43]

The Association for Computing Machinery
[44]
(BITS-ACM), the World`s largest ACM chapter,
focuses on developing the knowledge base of advanced computing and robotics.
The Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL)
[45]
is an entrepreneurial group at BITS Pilani
which aims to spread the spirit of entrepreneurship on campus.
Mind And Thought For Radical Information EXchange (MATRIX), the literature club at the Pilani
and Goa campuses, conducts book reviews, reading sessions and film festivals.
The Embryo Club
[46]
is an academic club at all BITS campuses with the aim of fostering
collaboration between BITS students and faculty and its alumni and friends. Since 2006, more
than 200 lectures have been delivered.
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
[47]
and Inspired Karters Racing
[48]
is a platform for
automotive enthusiasts to get hands-on experience with automobiles.
Nirmaan
[49]
coordinates social activities in and around campus.
The Hindi Drama Club (HDC)
[50]
and English Drama Club (EDC) perform stage and street plays
during the semester and student festivals.
The Hindi Press Club (HPC)
[51]
and English Press Club (EPC) publish newsletters and an annual
college magazine describing campus activities.
The Debating Society conducts debates and arranges participation in national debating events.
It has conducted QED, one of India's largest debates, since 2011.
The English Language Activities Society (ELAS) and Hindi Activities Society (HAS) conduct
quizzes and other literary events.
Team Robocon is a group of robotics engineers participating in ABU Robocon.
Radioaktiv,
[52]
the LAN Radio Club of BITS Pilani, produces and streams music shows.
The Wall Street Club
[53]
(WSC), India`s first undergraduate investment club, focuses on instilling
an understanding of business in engineering students.
The Creative Activities Club (CrAC),
[54]
conducts an art exhibition during APOGEE and events,
competitions and workshops during Oasis and BOSM.
Ragamalika
[55]
is a classical dance and music club which organises Hindustani classical and
carnatic music programmes.
The Mime Club performs sketch shows twice a year (during Oasis and APOGEE) and organises
competitions during the festivals.
[56]

The Music Club performs on "music nights" and at events.
The Dance Club organises dance workshops and performs at cultural events.
[57]

The Astro Club is for astronomy enthusiasts. The club is equipped with two telescopes: a
Galilean and a 12.5-inch Cassegrainian telescope. The club organises night-sky-watching
sessions and conducts workshops.
The Bitsaa Cycle Club aims to providing bicycles to BITS Pilani students at affordable prices.
[58]

The Filmmaking Club makes short films for competitions on behalf of the school and conducts
workshops.
The Renewable Energy Club spreads awareness and carries out research activities on
renewable energy sources.
DC++ CLUB is supposed to kickoff in the near future, with an aim to promote LAN sharing
among students of the campus.
Departments[edit]
Large and small departments are on campus. Departments working for Oasis comprise StuCCA,
those working for APOGEE (the technical-education festival) make up COSTAA and those working
for the BOSM (the annual international sports festival) form the CoSSAc.
The Department of Art, Design and Publicity
[59]
supplies auditorium panels, stage backdrops and
themes for Oasis,publicizes it and manages the inventory of other clubs working for Oasis.
The Department of Controls
[60]
oversees for Oasis and APOGEE, connecting the institute, the
Students' Union and the student community.
The Department of Sponsorship and Marketing (Sponz)
[61]
is responsible for the sponsorship of
Oasis and APOGEE.
The Department of Publications & Correspondence brings in participation from different colleges
for Oasis and BOSM. They also design and print all publicity related material.
The Department of Reception and Accommodation
[62]
is responsible for hospitality needs of
outside participants in festivals.
The Department of Sponsorship and Marketing for BOSM raises funds for and promotes BOSM,
held each September.
The Department of Publications & Correspondence for APOGEE brings in participation from
different colleges for APOGEE. They also design and print all publicity related material.
The Department of Planning and Publicity (PaP) handles publicity and inventory for APOGEE.
The Department of Visual Media
[63]
is responsible for video coverage, website development and
maintenance, animation and other technical requirements.
The Department of Paper Evaluation and Presentation (PEP) is responsible for conducting the
paper-presentation event, Cyberfiesta and organising guest lectures during APOGEE.
The Department of Firewallz
[64]
is responsible for campus security and registrations during the
festivals.
The Department of Stage Controls
[65]
organises stage events during Oasis.
The Department of Photography
[66]
generates revenue by clicking photographs of participants,
events and by selling related merchandise during all three festivals. They also showcase their
work on their Photoblog
[67]

The Department of Lights
[68]
controls auditorium lighting for large events.
The Department of Soundz
[69]
controls auditorium sound during festivals.
The Department of Audiforce
[70]
maintains order in the auditorium during Oasis and APOGEE.
Department of Informalz
[71]
organises smaller events
[72]
during all the three festivals.
The Department of Jhankar
[73]
organises concerts, shows and other events during all three
festivals.
The Department of Music (Gurukul) performs on national holidays, important functions and in
concert. Members learn tabla, classical singing, harmonium and synthesiser.
The Students' Union is the elected administrative body for students. Elections are supervised by a
student commission. The student-run Corroboration and Review Committee handles financial
transactions for the Students' Union. The Student Mess Council manages dining issues.
Conquest[edit]
Conquest is BITS Pilani's annual start-up challenge and entrepreneurship conclave. Benefits include
legal, media and website support for select startups. The finale, held in Delhi in August, features
presentations by Indian early-stage startups and attracts about 40 business leaders and venture
capitalists.
[74]

BOSM[edit]
BOSM (BITS-Pilani Open Sports Meet) is the annual sports competition at the Pilani campus. BITS-
Pilani invites colleges throughout India to participate in events including hockey, cricket, basketball,
football, volleyball, track and field, badminton, tennis, table tennis, squash and weightlifting. Since its
2010 Silver Jubilee (25th) anniversary, BOSM has invited a team from Moratuwa University in Sri
Lanka.
[75][76]

Interface[edit]
Interface is the institute's management festival, held each February since 1977. The event has more
than 1,000 participants in management games, case studies, paper presentations, online events and
guest lectures.
APOGEE[edit]
APOGEE (A Professions Oriented Gathering over Educational Experience) is the annual technical
festival, held in March. The event has more than 2,000 participants in workshops, project displays,
paper presentations, online events and guest lectures.
[77]
APOGEE 2013, the 31st at BITS-Pilani,
was held 1519 March 2013.
[citation needed]
APOGEE is an ISO 9001:2000-certified technical
festival.
[citation needed]

Oasis[edit]
Oasis is the annual cultural festival held at the Pilani campus and the second-largest cultural festival
in India. Usually held in October, it attracts more than 1,500 outside participants.
[citation needed]
Events
include music, drama, dance, stage and fashion shows and treasure hunts. Professional shows
involve singers and bands. Indian singers and bands (including Shankar-Ehsaan-
Loy,
[78]
KK,
[79]
Kailash Kher, Vishal Shekhar, Neeraj Shridhar, Vir Das, Motherjane,Lounge
Piranha, Ayushmann Khurrana, the Rainbow Bridge, Bhayanak Maut, Thermal and a Quarter
and Lucky Ali) have performed during Oasis; in 2011, the British band Good Shoes appeared.
TechBazaar[edit]
Techbazaar is a technical-innovation competition at BITS Pilani for talented inventors to showcase
their ingenuity, using technology to solve problems in a commercially viable way and fostering
technology-based entrepreneurship. The first TechBazaar was held on 19 August 2012 as a joint
venture of Project Embryo and BITS Pilani, with the participation of engineering colleges including
BITS, IIT and NIT.
[citation needed]

Rocktaves[edit]
Rocktaves is an annual semi professional music fest, held every year in BITS, Pilani during its
annual cultural fest Oasis, it has served as a platform for upcoming Indian bands, launching many
bands to fame. Bands like Parikrama, Indian Ocean, Prestorika and Euphoria have risen to fame
after winning Rocktaves. In 2008, Lounge Piranha, a rock band from Bangalore promoted their new
album during Rocktaves.
Academics[edit]
The institute has a three-tier academic structure.
First degrees[edit]
BITS Pilani offers four-year integrated first-degree programs (so called because several courses,
such as mathematics and science, are common to each degree) in engineering, technology and
pharmacy, a Master of Arts program and Master of Science programs in science and technology.
The programs are divided into three groups:
[80]

Group A
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Biotechnology
Pharmacy
Computer Science
Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Electronics and Communication Engineering (Dubai and Hyderabad campuses only)
Group B
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Economics
Mathematics
Physics
Discontinued Programs
Master of Management Sciences
Information Systems
Finance
Advanced degrees[edit]
BITS Pilani offers master's degrees in engineering, pharmacy, public health and business
administration.
[81]
The Department of Management at BITS Pilani was established in 1971. Its
objective is to improve management for engineers seeking to work in the emerging industrial world.
Off-campus programs[edit]
BITS Pilani offers off-campus programs in which students receive work experience in industry.
Enrollment has increased from 30 in 1979 to over 10,000 in 2005. More than 19,500 students were
registered in off-campus work-integrated learning programs in 200809.
[6]
Work-related learning
programs accommodate industry professionals who wish to pursue an advanced degree while
remaining employed.
International projects[edit]
BITS Pilani is a partner in developing the JournalServer
[82]
open-access digital library,
Project IPV6
[83]
and the MIT iCampus
[84]
initiative.
Reputation[edit]
University and college rankings
Engineering India
I ndia Today
[85]
6
Outlook I ndia
[86]
7
Dataquest
[87]
11
Private colleges:
Mint
[88]
1
Electronics For You
[89]
1
Rankings for BITS Pilani are given for all its Campuses together(Since 2001)
A 2008 study by the Indian Semiconductor Association (ISA) found that BITS Pilani, IISc and the
top five IITs accounted for 7075 percent of Indian semiconductor research.
[90][91][dead link]

Annual rankings of Engineering colleges in India have been published by India Today
[92]
since
1997. BITS Pilani ranked in the top five from 1997 to 2004, but the school opted out of the
rankings from 2005 to 2008 because of a pending court case between it and India
Today.
[93][94]
In 2009 the institute rejoined the list,
[95]
ranked fifth-top engineering college in India
in 2012.
[96]

The Government of India's National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) rated BITS a
five-star institution
[97]
for the period ending 7 February 2007.
BITS Pilani has been accredited by the NAAC with a CGPA of 3.71 (out of 4.0) with an A grade
for the period 1 April 2007 to 8 March 2009. This grade is valid until 2014.
[98][99]

Year
India
Today(since
1998)
Outlook(since
2005)
Asiaweek(2000)
Mint / Hindustan
Times(2008
2010)
Dataquest T-
Schools
(since 2005)
Electronics
For
You(2009
2011)
2005
Did not
participate
[100]

15
[101]

2006
Did not
participate
6
[102]
9
[103]

2007
Did not
participate
6
[104]
11
[105]

2008
Did not
participate
7
[106]
6
[107]

Did not
participate
[108]


2009 7
[109]
6
[110]

1 Private Engineering
College
[88]

8
[111]
5
[112][113]

Year
India
Today(since
1998)
Outlook(since
2005)
Asiaweek(2000)
Mint / Hindustan
Times(2008
2010)
Dataquest T-
Schools
(since 2005)
Electronics
For
You(2009
2011)
2010 7
[114]
7
[115]

1 Private Engineering
College
[116]

9
[117]
5
[118]

2011 6
[119]
8
[86]
6
[87]

1 Private
Engineering
College
[89]

2012 5
[85]
7
[86]
11
[120]

2013 6
[121]
Not Yet Declared Not Yet Declared
Alumni[edit]
Main article: List of BITS alumni
The BITS Alumni Association is an international organisation with chapters throughout the world,
connecting alumni in networking, social events and fundraising.
[122]

Campuses[edit]
Pilani Campus
Dubai Campus
Goa Campus
Hyderabad Campus
Gallery: Pilani campus[edit]

Central Library

Road to the institute

Auditorium panel art, Oasis Festival

G.D. Birla Memorial
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42. Jump up^ "Faculty". Bits-pilani.ac.in.
43. Jump up^ "Home". Bitsmun.
44. Jump up^ "ACM BITS Pilani". http://bitsacm.acm.org.
45. Jump up^ "CEL Website". Celbits.org.
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49. Jump up^ "Nirmaan Website". Nirmaan Pilani
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51. Jump up^ "HPC Blog". Hpc-bits.blogspot.com.
52. Jump up^ "Radioaktiv FB Page". Facebook.com (21 April 2012).
53. Jump up^ "Wall Street Club". Wscbits.wordpress.com.
54. Jump up^ "CrAC, BITS Pilani FB Page". Facebook.com (6 August 2013).
55. Jump up^ "Ragamalika". Ragamalika.blogspot.com (9 September 2011).
56. Jump up^ Aanmelden. Facebook.
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58. Jump up^ "Cycle Club of BITS Pilani! BITSAA International". Retrieved 14 November 2011.
59. Jump up^ "Art n Dee Page". bits-student.org.
60. Jump up^ "Controlz Page". bits-student.org.
61. Jump up^ "Sponz Page". bits-student.org.
62. Jump up^ "Rec n Acc". bits-student.org.
63. Jump up^ "CCTV Page". bits-student.org.
64. Jump up^ "Firewallz". bits-student.org.
65. Jump up^ "Backstage". bits-student.org.
66. Jump up^ "DoPy". bits-student.org.
67. Jump up^ "The DoPy Photoblog".
68. Jump up^ "Lights". bits-student.org.
69. Jump up^ "Soundz". bits-student.org.
70. Jump up^ "AudiForcePage". bits-student.org.
71. Jump up^ "Informalz FB Page". Facebook.com.
72. Jump up^ "MAMO Website"
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73. Jump up^ "Jhankar". bits-student.org.
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77. Jump up^ "BITS APOGEE". "BITS APOGEE".
78. Jump up^ "Oasis 2009". Discovery.bits-pilani.ac.in.
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80. Jump up^ "Academics@BITS PILANI".
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81. Jump up^ "BITS, Pilani [ Academics ]". bits-pilani.ac.in. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
82. Jump up^ "Journal Server, BITS Pilani". Retrieved 18 April 2007.
83. Jump up^ BITS Pilani. "IPV6". www.bits-pilani.ac.in. Retrieved 18 April 2007.
84. Jump up^ "iCampus,BITS Pilani". www.bits-pilani.ac.in. Retrieved 18 April 2007.
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90. Jump up^ The Hindu (5 May 2008). "Plug the gaps". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
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92. Jump up^ "India Today Ranking 2003". India Today. 6 February 2003. Archived from the original on 29 March
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93. Jump up^ Debesh Panda [NLSIU, Bangalore] (20 June 2005). "The recent India-Today survey on top 10 colleges
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94. Jump up^ BITS, PlanI (6 June 2005). "BITS opted out of India Today rankings 2005". Retrieved 29 May 2007.
95. Jump up^ "BITS Pilani rejoins India Today rankings in 2009".
96. Jump up^ "India's Best Engineering Colleges 2012".
97. Jump up^ NAAC. "Accredited Universities.". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 29 May
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98. Jump up^ "BITS NAAC Grade". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
99. Jump up^ "Accreditation, BITS Pilani". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
100. Jump up^ "BITS, Pilani Opted Out of 'India Today' Ranking".
101. Jump up^ "Dataquest-IDC-NASSCOM Survey: India's Best T-Schools 2005".
102. Jump up^ "Outlook Top 100 Engineering Colleges in India 2006".
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108. Jump up^ "Dataquest Rankings 2008". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
109. Jump up^ "India's Top Engineering Colleges 2009".
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120. Jump up^ "DQ-CMR T-Schools Survey 2012: Nurturing India's Top Tech Talent".
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