Extracurricular Activities at BITS Pilani

Student clubs at BITS pilani strive to enhance the institute's campus community through cultural and social activities.

The academic and patriotic student clubs that flourish yearly are beautiful additions to campus culture at BITS Pilani. Students with a shared passion for debate can join together to form a debating club, while those dedicated to maintaining cultural traditions can band together in a cultural preservation society. 

There are currently fifteen student organisations at BPDC. These include the Dance Club, Music Club, Art and Craft Club, Photography Club, Drama Club, Science and Technology Club, Debating Society, Management Club, Quiz Club, F1 Club, Social Activities, Pixel, Literary Club, Environment Club, and more. Such organizations strive to enhance the Institute's campus community through cultural and social activities.

Student Organisations/Departments and Clubs at BITS Pilani

The Students’ Union is the elected administrative body for students. A student commission supervises elections. The student-run Corroboration and Review Committee handles the Student Union’s financial transactions. The Society for Student Mess Services (SSMS) manages the mess system.

Departments are student-formed bodies that work for various fests on campus. Departments working for Oasis comprise StuCCA(Student Council for Cultural Activities), those working for APOGEE make up COSTAA (Committee of Students for Academic Activities), and those working for the BOSM form the CoSSAc (Council of Students for Sports Activities)

• Department of Art, Design, and Publicity(ADP)
• Department of Controls
• Department of Sponsorship and Marketing (Sponz)
• Department of Publications & Correspondence(PCr)
• Department of Reception and Accommodation(Rec N Acc)
• Department of Visual Media(DVM)
• Department of Paper Evaluation and Presentation (PEP)
• Department of Firewalls
• Department of Stage Controls(Backstage)
• Department of Photography
• Department of Lights
• Department of Sounds
• Department of Audiforce
• Department of Live Events
• Department of Music (Gurukul)

Charity work:

Every year, students and faculty at BITS Pilani, organise and participate in various community service projects. The staff and students have organised the Social Activities Club to serve the community and raise awareness about critical social concerns.

And over 200 students and staff members donate blood during the annual drive. This year's campaign, hosted by Al Wasl Hospital, targeted young people with Thalassemia. Large-scale blood donation and coordination activities have been officially validated by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Department of Health and Medical Services.

All the learners are well aware that it is up to their generation to positively impact the planet's future by protecting the environment and raising public awareness of environmental issues. 

BITS Pilani takes an aggressive stance in conserving the environment & continues to promote student participation in any events or projects involving the environment. 

The students also participate in competitions and other events hosted by the Emirates Environmental Group, where they are tasked with constructing and presenting compelling arguments on various pressing environmental topics and issues of the day. 

Participants actively participated in the Stand Up For Poverty movement to end extreme poverty and pledged to work together to end world hunger, sickness, and poverty. Students also took part in a variety of service learning projects. They just finished putting on a play called "Facing Difficulties in Life" at the Rajayoga Centre. This was created for the general population as a means of inspiration and assistance in taking a more optimistic view of life.

Parents are drawn to the school in droves for the sense of security and order it provides their children, particularly their daughters. As a result, the proportion of female students accepted has increased steadily, from 22% in 2005 to 32% in 2008 admissions. Around 27% of the student body is female this year.

It is believed that people of various backgrounds and beliefs will apply to study there. Notably, experts urge minority groups to improve their standard of life and access to higher education.

Hence, they want to be of continuing service to the general public.

Sports Club

The Sports Club at BITS Pilani Campus has always tried to promote, develop and improve the quality of sports as well as the facilities involving these sports. The sports club organises Inter-Year Tournaments for both boys and girls in Cricket, Tennis, Football, Table-Tennis, Throw ball, Badminton, Chess, Carom, Handball, Basketball, Athletics (Field & Track) and Volleyball, Boxing, etc. 

Sports Club also is responsible for organising sports events during Hostel Week -Recharge. The Sports Club also organises faculty and Staff Sports Tournaments.

Music Club

The Music club Trebel of BITS Pilani campus organises Musical Events during intra university cultural festival SPARKS and the inter-university event JASHN every year. The Club organises events such as Solo and Duet Singing in Eastern & Western categories, Beatboxing, Band and Instrumental Competition, etc. 

They participate in various inter-university festivals, namely IMT Vaudeville at the Institute of Management and Technology, Watt-fest at Heriot-Watt University, Manipal carnival at the Manipal Institute of Technology and Jashn organized by BITS Pilani Campus. The club members perform during many events at the institute, like, Ice-Breakers, Annual Day, Diro’s Tea Party, etc.

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