The Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani is an all-India Institution declared as deemed to be university established under section 3 of the UGC act. The Institute started as a small “Pathshala” in Pilani way back in the year 1901, blossomed into a set of colleges for higher education, ranging from the Humanities to Engineering. Today it is one of the top 10 engineering institutes in India (OUTLOOK-MRDA Survey, June-2012) and the best private university in the country with campuses in Pilani, Dubai, Goa and Hyderabad. The Institute attaches great importance to University-Industry linkages and gives a thrust to it through Practice School, Technology Innovative Center, Off-Campus Work Integrated Learning and Collaborative Programs. The Institute has embarked on a journey to become one of the leading university in the world by the year 2020 (Vision-2020). For more details, follow  www.bits-pilani.ac.in