Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS): News & Events

BITS Pilani Launches a New-Age Business School ‘BITS School of Management’

January 29, 2020: BITS Pilani - Birla Institute of Technology and Science has announced the launch of its new-age global business school, BITS School of Management (BITSSoM). With an investment of more than Rs 1,500 crore over the next 10 years, the B-school is being set up in the Metropolitan Area of Mumbai (MMR), India's market hub. In its two-year MBA residential programme, BITSoM will deliver a futuristic curriculum with a brilliant faculty, drawn from the best business schools worldwide. It aims at redefining business education paradigms in India by means of evolutionary thought and applied skills to facilitate learning and management that are relevant to the business environment.

In addition to leading industry leaders, the team of faculty members features world-renowned professors from top B-Schools such as NYU Stern School of Business, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Singapore Management University and Kellogg School of Management. Via visionary leaders who will be part of the distinguished Governing Council, an elite body headed by Kumar Mangalam Birla, responsible for providing BITSoM with strategic guidance, students will also gain access to relevant business networks and perspectives. In addition, BITSoM will provide students with access to the alumni network of BITS Pilani, including more than 3,000 CEOs of leading Indian and multi-national firms and over 4,200 entrepreneurs who have shaped global companies. For BITSoM students, transformative schooling, combined with strong industry ties, would be instrumental in charting a course of success.

Besides focusing on the core areas of management such as Marketing, Finance and Strategy, the curriculum will also focus on emerging new-age specialsiations such as Technology, Design Thinking and Data Analytics. All students can use a 'Winning at work,' module which aims at developing cognitive and behavioural abilities as well as provides students with global and contextual perspectives through training courses like Business Ethics, Management Roots in India, and Indian Philosophy and Leadership.

BITS Pilani to Commence Online Classes for the First Year from August 17

August 14, 2020: As the Central and state governments lift lockdown restrictions across the country, the education sector, which witnessed a slowdown, is all set to bounce back.

BITS Pilani - Birla Institute of Technology and Science, one of the leading institutes in the country, has announced the commencement of the classes for the first and second-year MBA batches from August 17. The Department of Management has also been conducting on-line preparatory lessons on different subjects since July 27 to train the new batch of MBA students for their journey ahead, prior to their formal accession to the Institute. Students were well received during the webinars and the preparatory classes.

BITS Pilani is all set to launch its journey with online classes for all its students in this semester through all arrangements and planning.

BITS Pilani to Organise Workshop on IoT and Blockchain

March 9, 2020: Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani - Birla Institute of Technology and Science is organising a workshop on Internet of Things and Blockchain in University campus. The focus of workshop is on in-depth coverage of following topics:

• IoT, IoT Systems, Sensors, IoT Prototyping, Cloud Applications, Arduino & NodeMCU Application Sense Data and Use of APIs to Cloud
• Introduction to Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Distributed ledger technology, Smart contracts
• Current State-of-the-art and research trend
• Case Studies in Civil Engineering

The two-day event will be organised between April 17-18 to which application are open. At this workshop the participants will learn more about these two most exciting new technological paradigms and their applications to civil engineering. The workshop will not only present a panorama of IoT and Blockchain, but will also explore how Blockchain can safely access IoT's commercial and organisational interest in support of collaborative activities such as sensing, sorting, storage and connectivity. Seats are limited to 50 and reservations will be made on first come first serve basis. Interested applicants need to pay nominal fee of Rs 2,500 latest by March 30. Participants willing to opt for accommodation on campus have to pad additional fee of Rs 500.

Biology Professor Receives Graham Bell Award

February 27, 2020: Minister of State for Animal Husbandry and Micro, Medium and Small Enterprises Pratap Chnadra Sarangi awarded Biology professor Suman Kapur of BITS Pilani with Annual Aegis Graham Bell Award. The award was presented in several categories. Among 48 nominees in 16 categories, BITS was announced as winner in Innovation in Health Category. Other two nominees in same categories were MetFlux Research and HCL. Apart from these, companies such as WIPRO, CDOT, CISCO, Huawei, Idea-bridge, Uber Technologies, Reliance Foundation, Airtel, Vodafone Idea, Siemens, Tata Communications and Bharti Infratel were also nominated in other categories.