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* [[Sanjay Nayak]], CEO, [[Tejas Networks Ltd]] (VSSC)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/3725248/ |title=Sanjay Nayak |publisher=Bloomberg |access-date=2022-02-04}}</ref>
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* [[Sougata Basu]], Founder, [[CashRich]] (VSSC)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://cashrich.com/team/}}</ref>
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* [[Ashish Anupam]], CEO, [[Tata Steel Long Products]] (VSSC)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.marketscreener.com/business-leaders/Ashish-Anupam-0FN857-E/biography/}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

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"Birla Institute of Technology" redirects here. For the similarly named institute in Rajasthan, see Birla Institute of Technology and Science.

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
BIT Mesra
MottoSā Vidyā Yā Vimuktaye
Motto in English
Learning is that which Liberates
TypeGovernment Funded Technical Institution & Deemed University
Established1955 (70 years ago) (1955)
ChairmanCK Birla
ChancellorTemplate:Jharkhand governor
Vice-ChancellorDr. Indranil Manna
Location
Ranchi
,
Jharkhand
,
India
CampusSub-Urban
AffiliationsUGC
Websitewww.bitmesra.ac.in

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (BIT Mesra) is a government institute in Jharkhand, India.[1] It was established in the year 1955 at Mesra, Ranchi by the industrialist B. M. Birla. The institute was later headed by G.P Birla and the present chairman of the board of governors is C.K Birla. It was declared as a deemed university under Section 3 of the UGC Act.

Every year students are admitted based on merit[2] assessed by All India Rank (AIR) in JEE-Main-CSAB, GATE and AIPMT for its various courses.

History

BIT Mesra Main Building

The Birla Institute of Technology was established in 1955 at Mesra by industrialist and philanthropist B. M. Birla. The institute was affiliated to Patna University until 1960, and then to the Institute of Science and Management, Ranchi. In 1986 BIT was elevated to the status of deemed university under section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.

BIT was the first institute in India to establish a department of space engineering and rocketry, in 1964.[3]

The Small Industries Research and Development Organization (SIRDO) was set up in 1970 as a launching pad for small manufacturing enterprises managed by graduates of BIT. Companies created from this concept include Meditron and Alcast.[citation needed] This idea was appreciated by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India; and was spread to other institutes such as IITs by the Government with a concept named Science and Technological Entrepreneurs Park (STEP).[citation needed] The first STEP was approved and located in BIT Mesra.[citation needed] 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 Centre for Innovation and Incubation (SCII) by an arrangement with Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to provide funds for a limited period of time to new entrepreneurs, start up companies, and technology based organisations in areas of interest with the faculty of the institute.[4] Bit Mesra has a PARAM 10000 supercomputer at the core of its IT infrastructure.[5]

Campus

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.

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-DACi It 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, funded by the World Bank and Government of Jharkhand, 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.[6]

Organisation and administration

Governance

BIT functions under the control of a Board of Governors, comprising representatives of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, the UGC, 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.[7]

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. Its campus is located close to the National Highway 33 in the vicinity of the BIT Main campus on the outskirts of Ranchi,

The University Polytechnic is fully residential with three large hostels, (two for boys and one for girls), accommodating about 750 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.

Centres in India and offshore

BIT has established extension centres in cities within the country, in Allahabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Noida, Patna, Deoghar and Lalpur and overseas, in Muscat and Ras al-Khaimah.[citation needed]

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.

Deoghar Extension Centre

Main article: Birla Institute of Technology (Deoghar)

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. A MoU was signed between the Institute and the Government of Jharkhand.Thus, Birla Institute of Technology extension Deoghar 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.

Patna Extension Centre

Birla Institute of Technology, Patna Campus was established in 2006, on the initiative of Govt. of Bihar. The institute came into existence by Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode under flagship management of BIT Mesra. The Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar, laid the foundation stone of the institute in December 2005. The institute started academic programme from the session 2006–07.

Birla Institute of Scientific Research

The Birla Institute of Scientific Research (BISR) is a sister concern of Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi [8] which hosts an auditorium and a planetarium in its campus in Jaipur.[9] The institute was established for promoting science education through Museum and Planetarium.

This institute has a state of the art Bioinformatics Centre in Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics[10] and a Remote Sensing Department.[11]

Academics

International Relations

National collaborations

BIT offers programs in collaboration with Indian institutes and industry.

Rankings

University rankings
Engineering – India
India Today (2020)[26]17

Among engineering colleges, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra ranked 17th by India Today in 2020,[26] 26 by Outlook India[27] and 16 by The Week in 2019.[28] It was ranked 38th among engineering colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020,[29] 66th among universities[30] and 85th overall.[31] NIRF has also ranked BIT Mesra 16th in the pharmacy ranking[32] and 58th in the management ranking.[33]

Notable alumni

Notable alumni include:

See also

References

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  15. ^ University of Leeds. "Articulation Agreement with Birla Institute of Technology, India". Retrieved 12 January 2009.
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  34. ^ Special Correspondent (July 2014). "New VSSC director". The Hindu. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  35. ^ "Shree K. Nayar". Columbia Engineering. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  36. ^ "Behind Lenskart, A BITian with an impeccable vision!". globalyouthvoice.com. 21 July 2020.
  37. ^ "Sanjay Nayak". Bloomberg. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
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