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• Alumni Gift - State-of-the Art Laboratory

  • 16 Nov 2018
  • BITS Pilani

  Alumni Gift - State-of-the Art Laboratory

  Alumni Gift - State-of-the Art Laboratory

  16 November 2018

  Leading institutions in India similar to that of west have started aggressively engaging Alumni to contribute back in tangible and intangible ways for the growth of their Alma Mater. “Alumnus”, literally meaning a “nursling” or “one who is nourished”, remains an integral part of an institute’s development. Both, the Vice-Chancellor of BITS Pilani, Prof. Souvik Bhattacharyya and the Director of Pilani Campus, Prof. Ashok Sarkar agree to this crucial role of alumni body in institutional excellence.  BITS Pilani has identified Alumni engagement as one key pillar for its growth strategy in the coming five years. Mr. Balaji Krishnamurthy of 1971-76 contributed this year an endowment fund of Rs 160 Lakh for awarding Scholarships in the name of Prof. V. Krishnamurthy and Kamala Krishnamurthy. Last year Silver Jubilee reunion batch had contributed around 1.5 Cr for scholarship fund. Batch of 1963-68 has taken an initiative to contribute towards a mega project of building Alumni Guest House, in Pilani campus with seed contributions of Rs 27 Lakh. Alumni of BITS Pilani are taking many such initiatives.  Many a times, the alumni come back to the alma mater chipping in with vital resources and inputs to take their institute to the next level. 

   

  Mr. Kishore Kumar Gupta is a recent addition to the long list of alumni who had contributed to BITS Pilani in various capacities. Mr. Gupta has donated One crore rupees to set up the Kishore Kumar Gupta Electrical Machines Laboratory in Pilani campus. Currently an entrepreneurial engineer, Mr. Gupta did his Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering (Hons) from BITS Pilani in 1970. His involvement with various elite organizations of India in the fields of Aerospace, Defence and Automobiles gives him first-hand experience of the collaborative opportunities between the industry and the academia. 

   

  Mr. Gupta’s vision of bridging the theory-practice gap in Engineering education gets materialized in this “Electrical Machines Laboratory” that boasts of a state-of-the-art feature of coupling and decoupling of different types of industrial-category machines on the same test bench. Catering to the B.E., M.E. and Ph.D. programs, this laboratory also has a high level of safety features and is extremely energy efficient.

   

  Mr. Kishore Kumar Gupta’s gift is a much appreciative gesture and came at the right time for BITS Pilani. With an Institute of Eminence tag, BITS Pilani aspires to do more innovative research in the fields of technology and science. This needs constant external funding and support, and, alumni body’s role becomes important here. Prof. Arya Kumar, the Dean of Alumni Relations, points out how a large alumni body through their generous contributions and constant involvement can really set the ball rolling for BITS Pilani. Surely, BITS Pilani would look up to its numerous alumni, like Mr. Gupta, to appropriate the roles of decisive game changers, in its journey towards further excellence.

• Release of the Book “Robust Plastic Product Design: A Holistic Approach by Mr. Vikram Bhargava at BITS Pilani Library

  • 14 Nov 2018
  • BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

  Release of the Book “Robust Plastic Product Design: A Holistic Approach by Mr. Vikram Bhargava at BITS Pilani Library

  Release of the Book “Robust Plastic Product Design: A Holistic Approach by Mr. Vikram Bhargava at BITS Pilani Library

  14 November 2018

  BITS Pilani Library in association with Department of Mechanical Engineering organized the release of the book “Robust Plastic Product Design: A Holistic Approach by Mr. Vikram Bhargava on 13th November 2018.  Mr. Bhargava an alumnus of the year 1968 of BITS Pilani is a renowned person and a fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers. He served as the Director of Mechanical Engineering Services at Motorola Solutions in Holtsville, New York. He is also a much sought after international trainer having trained around thousands of engineers and suppliers and a holder of 21 patents.  His book is a masterpiece among the hundreds of books available on plastics by various authors.  

   

  Mr. Giridhar Kunkur, Librarian who organized and conducted the event, welcomed the guests present. Prof. P.Srinivasan from the Department of Mechanical Engineering introduced Mr. Bhargava to the audience. He said that the book insists upon the problems targeted by engineers in unrealistic deadlines in industries to get the product right at the first attempt.  Mr. Bhargava insisted on the importance of plastics and the required reason for plastics to outweigh metals owing to the different properties associated.  Prof.  Arya Kumar, Dean, Alumni Affairs, BITS Pilani applauded the contributions made by Mr. Bhargava in the field of Plastic Engineering. 

• Admission to PhD Programme (full-time and part-time) for 2nd semester 2018-19, starting January 2019 Open

  • 03 Nov 2018
  • BITS Pilani

  Admission to PhD Programme

  Admission to PhD Programme (full-time and part-time) for 2nd semester 2018-19, starting January 2019 Open

  03 November 2018

  
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• Indo-Israel Workshop on Nanoelectronic Materials and Devices held at BITS Pilani

  • 03 Nov 2018
  • BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

  Indo-Israel Workshop on Nanoelectronic Materials and Devices held at BITS Pilani

  Indo-Israel Workshop on Nanoelectronic Materials and Devices held at BITS Pilani

  03 November 2018

  Indo-Israel Workshop on Nanoelectronic Materials and Devices was organized by Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, BITS Pilani on 2nd Nov. 2018 in association with Tel-Aviv University, Israel. The goal of this workshop is to gather researchers to share their work in the field of Nanoelectronics and to provide an ideal environment to develop collaboration and meet experts from Tel-Aviv University Israel working on in this field. 

   

  The chief guest the workshop was Prof. Chandrashekhar, Sr. Prof. Emeritus, BITS Pilani and Chancellor, Academy of Science and Innovation Research. In the workshop there were ten distinguish lectures by Prof. Yosi Sacham, Prof. Tamir Tuller and Prof. David Elad from Tel-Aviv University, Israel, Dr. Jitendra Singh from CSIR-CEERI Pilani, Prof. Sunil Bhand, Prof. V.K.Chaubey, Prof. Navneet Gupta, Dr. Arnab Hazra, Dr. Mahesh Angira and Dr. Rupam Goswami from BITS Pilani.  Nine researchers from various institute presented their work through posters and two of them were adjudged as best posters. A panel discussion was held on collaboration between BITS Pilani and Tel-Aviv University, Israel in the field of Nanoelectronics.

   

  Prof. Navneet Gupta, Convenor of the workshop welcomed all the guests and presented theme of the workshop, Prof. V.K.Chaubey introduced the departmental activities to the audience, Prof. Chandrashekhar highlighted the importance of collaborative research in academia and industry and Dr. Rupam Goswami presented vote of thanks.