Birla Institute of Technology and Science - BITS Pilani is a University that was founded on 18th June, 1964 of the Govt. of India. Birla Institute of Technology and Science is an all-India organization for higher education. The main motive of BITS is to "train young men and women able and eager to create and put into action such ideas, methods, techniques and information". The Institute is a dream come true of its founder late Mr G.D.Birla - a well-known industrialist, a participant in
.....Continuing reading Indian freedom struggle and a close associate of the Father of Indian Nation late Mr. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi). What started in early 1900s as a small school, flourished into a set of colleges for higher education, ranging from the Humanities to Engineering until 1964, when all these colleges merged to culminate into a unique Indian University of International standing.
Over the years, Birla Institute of Technology and Science - BITS Pilani has provided the highest quality technical education to students from all over the country who are admitted on the basis of merit. Its graduates may be found throughout the world in all fields of engineering, science and commerce. Birla Institute of Technology and Science represents the growth of Indian technical ability and "can-do" entrepreneurial spirit, especially as derived from the private sector. BITS is situated in the Vidya Vihar campus adjacent to the town of Pilani in Rajasthan.
Birla Institute of Technology and Science - BITS Pilani library is set up in a state of the art new building, covering about 65000 sqft area and close to all academic blocks of the Institute. The library building has a very modern design and it has well lit reading halls, stacks, display area, e-library, audio visual library and study carrels, ramps and lift and so more. About 4000 full text e-journals and many important databases have been made accessible on the campus network and can be accessed in the hostel rooms and staff residences. Birla Institute of Technology and Science - BITS Pilani operates at three tiers of education that are: the integrated first degree programmes, higher degree programmes, & the Doctoral programmes.
Birla Institute of Technology and Science - BITS Pilani has an incredible placement record and most students have their careers charted out well before they complete graduation. BITS is a Deemed University and offers more than 35 different courses on campus. About 1000 students graduate yearly from Pilani campus. Out of these, about 50% of students are available on-campus in a given semester; the other 50% of students will be in the Practice School stations all over the country and overseas undergoing training at industry locations as part of their curriculum. As a result, there are two placement sessions in a year. The first session of the placement is during August to November (in first semester) and the second session is during January to April (in second semester).....Reading in short