BITS Pilani

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Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
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Former names
  • Birla College of Engineering [1]
    (1946–1964)
Mottogyānaṁ paramaṁ balam (Sanskrit)
Motto in English
Knowledge is supreme power
Type Institute of Eminence Deemed University
Established
  • 1946; 79 years ago (as Birla College of Engineering)
  • 1964; 61 years ago (as BITS Pilani) [2]
Founder G. D. Birla
Endowment ₹196.2 Crores [3] (2025)
Chancellor Kumar Mangalam Birla
Vice-Chancellor V. Ramgopal Rao
DirectorSudhirkumar Barai (Pilani campus) [4]
Academic staff
1,071 [5]
350 (Pilani campus) [6]
Students15,677 [7]
4,500 (Pilani campus) [8]
Undergraduates 11,917 [9]
Postgraduates 1,634 [10]
2,126 [11]
Location
Pilani, Jhunjhunu
,
Rajasthan
,
333031
,
India

28°21′49.96″N75°35′13.26″E / 28.3638778°N 75.5870167°E / 28.3638778; 75.5870167
CampusMultiple sites, 786 acres
328 acres (Pilani campus)
Colors     Sky blue, red, and yellow
Nickname BITSians
Affiliations UGC, [12] NAAC, [13] PCI, [14] AIU, [15] ACU [16]
Website www.bits-pilani.ac.in
BITS Pilani

The Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani) is a private deemed university in Pilani, Rajasthan, India. [17] It focuses primarily on higher education and research in engineering and sciences. [18] BITS Pilani was one of the first six institutes in India to be declared Institution of Eminence. [19] According to 2012 data, BITS Pilani has an acceptance rate (on-campus) of 1.47%, making it one of the most exclusive technical universities in the world. [20] [21]

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The institute was established in its present form in 1964. [22] During this period, the institute's transformation from a regional engineering college to a national university was backed by G.D. Birla. The university has expanded its campuses from Pilani to Dubai, Goa, Hyderabad and Mumbai. [23] After expansion to a campus in Dubai, it has become the first international deemed university, spearheading research in science and engineering with four established campuses and fifteen academic departments. Backed by the Aditya Birla Group, the institute secures extramural research funds from industries and various government agencies. [24] [25]

Admissions to on-campus programs are solely merit-based and assessed by the entrance examinations conducted by BITS. [26] It is one of the few institutions in India that do not have any reservation policies in their admission criteria.

History

Inception

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Aerial view, BITS Pilani (1978)
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Aerial image of the Pilani campus with the newly inaugurated Rotunda (2014)

Founded in 1929, the Birla Education Trust established an intermediate college, [27] followed by the addition of Science and Pharmacy colleges in 1943 and 1950 respectively. [28] The Birla College of Engineering, offering degree programs in electrical and mechanical engineering was started in 1946. [29] The master's program in electronics was introduced in 1955. [30] In 1964, the Birla Colleges of Science, Engineering and Pharmacy were incorporated to form the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS).

Reacting to early criticism about the project, contemporary advisor Thomas Drew said:

In my judgment to attempt to develop an American institution in India would be like trying to graft apples on a pine tree. We have not been asked to make such an attempt. We were asked to help devise in India an Indian technological school to produce graduates with the know-how to produce knowledge pertinent for India…. In many respects, they consider us immature, rude, hypocritical barbarians who in certain respects happened to hit it lucky. To be viable in India an institution must be framed with Indian values in mind. [31]

BITS Pilani became a deemed university established under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956 by notification No. F.12-23/63.U-2 of 18 June 1964. [32] [33] In its formative years, the Institute tied up with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, USA. [32] [34] It adopted a semester system, modular structure of courses, continuous and internal evaluation, letter grading and the likes. It also created linkages with the industries which yielded structured “Practice Schools” as an integral component of education. [32]

The Institute board provided direction in developing a curriculum, selecting equipment, upgrading the library and recruiting (and training) an Indian faculty. To quicken the pace of reform he convinced C. R. Mitra to be the new director of the institute. Mitra advocated a "practice school" internship program as a requirement for faculty and students. [35] The Practice School Program is still a requirement for students in BITS.

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Clock tower, BITS Pilani

According to American historians Robert Kargon and Stuart Leslie:

BITS offered an opportunity to build a leading technological university in India responsive to India's goals, to produce practising engineers who will be in a position to graduate and to build industries in India, under Indian conditions. With its emphasis on the Practice School and ties to Indian industry, it helped educate Indian industrialists along with Indian engineers who would remain in India, in contrast to many other engineering colleges in India, most of whose graduates would leave the country after obtaining their basic engineering education. The Ford Foundation Evaluators...proudly noted that the Indian government, despite having given no direct financial support, was looking to BITS to provide a model for future development in education in engineering and science in India. [31]

Like Berkeley, BITS Pilani has also experienced student activism. BITS Pilani had to be shut down multiple times because of student strikes in 1973, 1980, 1985 and 2017. [36] [37]

Multi-campus expansion

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Campuses within India: Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad, Mumbai

In 1999, enrollment expanded from 2,500 to 4,000, [38] following which the BITS Pilani Dubai campus and the BITS Pilani Goa campus were founded in Dubai (2000) and Goa (2004), respectively. Upon invitation by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, BITS Pilani acquired 200 acres (81 ha) of land from the Andhra Pradesh government through the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority for a new constituent campus in 2006. The land is located in Jawaharnagar, Shamirpet Mandal in the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region. [39] The BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus was opened in 2008.

BITS School of Management (BITSoM) was established in January 2021 and offers a two-year full-time residential MBA program. [40] The BITS Law School (BITSLAW) was launched in March 2023, and the BITS Design School (BITSDES) was launched in February 2024. All three schools initially operated from interim campuses in Mumbai. [41] [42] In 2024, they moved to a newly inaugurated 63-acre permanent BITS Pilani Mumbai campus in Kalyan, within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. [43]

Chancellor and academic head

BITS Pilani has a tradition of long-serving chancellors. Its founder, G.D. Birla, was chancellor from the college's inception until his death in 1983. [38] He was followed by his son, Krishna Kumar Birla, who was chancellor until his death in 2008. [44] Currently, Kumar Mangalam Birla is chancellor and Shobhana Bhartia is pro-chancellor. [45]

The first academic head of the institution was J. C. Stracliff (Principal) for a period of 3 years during 1946–1949. [46] V. Lakshminarayan became Principal of Birla Engineering College in 1949 and Director of BITS Pilani in 1964 when it was established (serving until 1969). [47] He was succeeded by the third and fourth academic heads (BITS Pilani Directors) C.R. Mitra (1969–1989) [48] and S. Venkateswaran (1989–2006). L.K. Maheshwari was the fifth academic head, serving as Director as well as Vice Chancellor, the latter terminology denoting the overall head of multiple campuses (each of which now has a Director). The current directors of the campuses are Sudhirkumar Barai, Suman Kundu, Soumyo Mukherji, and Souri Banerjee for Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad, and Dubai campuses, respectively. [49] [50] [51] [52]

In April 2016, Chancellor KM Birla announced that Souvik Bhattacharya of IIT Kharagpur was selected to take over as the new Vice chancellor of BITS Pilani. He took over in June 2016 to become the 6th academic head of the institute. [53] Ranendra N. Saha served as the Acting Vice Chancellor from 13 June 2021 to 30 September 2021 after the expiration of Bhattacharya's term. The latter was re-appointed as the Vice Chancellor from 1 October 2021 for a period of five years. [54] On 10 March 2023, V. Ramgopal Rao took over the Vice Chancellor's office from the outgoing Bhattacharya, becoming the seventh academic head of the institute. [55] [56]

Campuses

Pilani Campus

Spread across 328 acres (1,330,000 m2), Pilani campus is positioned 200 kilometres (120 mi) west of Delhi and 220 kilometres (140 mi) north of Jaipur. [57] The campus has 11,245 square metres (121,040 sq ft) of classrooms and 7,069 square metres (76,090 sq ft) of laboratories.

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G.D. Birla Memorial
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Birla Science Centre, BITS Pilani

The Pilani campus has India's first technological museum, the Birla Museum. Built in 1954, it showcases technological achievements. [58] [59] BITS has a 2,535-square-metre (27,290 sq ft) auditorium decorated with paintings by students from the department of art and decoration. [60]

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Saraswati temple, BITS Pilani

BITS has a Sharda Peeth dedicated to the goddess Saraswati, Sharda Peeth, built by G. D. Birla. The white marble temple is built on a 7-foot (2.1 m)-high foundation, with 70 pillars for support. It covers an area of 25,000 square feet (2,300 m2). [61]

Residential and dining facilities

The institute has fourteen hostels in total. Each hostel is referred as a "Bhawan", the Sanskrit word for hostel. Thirteen of them – Krishna Bhawan, Vishwakarma Bhawan, Rana Pratap Bhawan, Bhagirath Bhawan, Ashok Bhawan, Gandhi Bhawan, Shankar Bhawan, Vyas Bhawan, Ram Bhawan, Budh Bhawan, Malviya Bhawan, CV Raman Bhavan and Srinivasa Ramanujan Bhawan – are for male students. Meera Bhawan is the hostel complex for female students. The hostels are named after saints, scientists, and historical and religious figures.

Every two hostels share a mess hall except Meera Bhawan, Srinivasa Ramanujan Bhawan and CV Raman Bhawan, which have their own mess halls. All dining areas are student-managed. [62] Students may also eat at a "Redi" (a small kiosk near every hostel), the Institute Canteen (IC), the All-Night Canteen (ANC), the Food Ministry (FM), and the Student Activity Centre (SAC) cafeteria (Domino's, 301 °F, Looters, and Da Cloud Cafe). The ANC is also student-managed. [63] Moreover, there is a small area inside campus called "C'not" named after Connaught Place, New Delhi, which has many restaurants, cafes, etc. [64] and has shops for general daily needs as well.

Vision 2020, Mission 2012

In 2010 the institute launched a renewal project, "Vision 2020, Mission 2012," [65] to identify and implement measures establishing BITS Pilani as one of India's top three research-led universities by 2015 and among the leading 25 technical universities in Asia by 2020. As a part of this initiative, Kumar Mangalam Birla visited the Pilani campus on 13 November 2011 with pro-chancellor Shobhana Bhartia and other members of the board of governors. At this meeting, Birla announced a ₹600 crore fund for renovation and construction of new academic buildings and student hostels on the Pilani campus. The project was planned for completion in 2014. [66]

Project Vistaar

In July 2025, BITS Pilani announced Project Vistaar, a ₹2,200 crore expansion—the largest investment in its history. [67] The initiative includes a new AI+ campus in Amaravati and a ₹1,219 crore upgrade of existing campuses in Pilani, Goa, and Hyderabad. The announcement was made by Chancellor Kumar Mangalam Birla during the institute's convocation ceremony. [68]

The Amaravati campus will serve as a hub for advanced programs in AI, machine learning, innovation, and strategy. [69] Developed in two phases, it will accommodate over 7,000 students and offer global collaborations, doctoral programs, and sustainable infrastructure. [70]

Goa Campus

Hyderabad Campus

Dubai Campus

Mumbai Campus

Organisation and Administration

Governance

BITS Pilani is governed by a Board of Governors consisting of the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Registrar (non-member secretary), the Directors of each of the four STEM campuses (Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad, Dubai), and the Director of off-campus programs and industry engagement. [71]

The Senate is the highest academic and administrative authority of the institute, composed of the Vice-Chancellor, Directors, Deans of divisions, Registrar, senior faculty, and student representatives. The Senate is responsible for approving academic policies and regulations, revising curricula, and ratifying partnerships with other universities. Students are represented at the Senate by three student senators from each of the Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad campuses; one each representing the undergraduates, postgraduates and PhD scholars. [72] [73]

Departments, Divisions, R&D Centres

BITS Pilani, Pilani campus has 13 academic departments, as well as various divisions/units and R&D centres. [74] [75] [76]

Academic departments

Divisions / Units

  • Academic – Undergraduate Studies Division (AUGSD)
  • Academic – Graduate Studies & Research Division (AGSRD)
  • Alumni Relations Division (ARD)
  • Centralised Purchases Unit (CPU)
  • Faculty Affairs Division
  • Grants, Consultancy & Industrial Research Division (GCIRD)
  • Infrastructure & Planning Division
  • International Programmes & Collaborations Division (IPCD)
  • IT Services Unit
  • Practice School Division (PSD)
  • Work Integrated Learning Programs (WILP) Division

Research and Development centres

  • AI Centre
  • Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF)
  • Centre for Desert Development Technologies (CDDT)
  • Centre for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL)
  • Centre for Material Science & Technology (CMST)
  • Centre for Renewable Energy & Environment Development (CREED)
  • Centre for Research Excellence in Semiconductor Technologies (CREST)
  • Centre for Research on Educational Innovation & Institutional Development
  • Centre for Robotics & Intelligent Systems (CRIS)
  • Centre for Women's Studies (CWS)
  • Embedded Controller Application Centre (ECAC)
  • Teaching Learning Centre (TLC)
  • Technology Business Incubator (TBI)
  • Specialized Laboratories

Academics

Academic programmes (On-campus)

Integrated first degrees

BITS Pilani offers four-year integrated first-degree programs in engineering and pharmacy, and integrated Master of Science programs in science and technology. [77] The dual-degree program allows students to pursue two degrees, namely a Master's in Science (M.Sc.) and a Bachelor's in Engineering (B.E.) simultaneously for a time duration of five-years. The dual-degree program is part of the first-degree programs and is offered to students on the basis of BITSAT scores. [78]

Higher degrees

BITS Pilani offers two-year higher-degree master's programs in engineering, pharmacy and business administration, with admissions based on exams conducted by BITS, alongside GATE, GPAT or CAT scores. [79]

Doctoral degrees

BITS Pilani offers Ph.D. programs in Engineering, Sciences, Pharmacy, Social Sciences, and Management across its campuses. Admission is based on a written test and interview, with exemptions for candidates holding higher degrees (M.Phil./M.E.) or national-level fellowships like CSIR NET-JRF, DBT-JRF, or UGC NET-JRF. [80] [81]

Admission

Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad campuses

Before 2005, admissions were based on the candidates' score in the 12th board examination. BITS had been moderating marks from various school boards since 1982.

Since 2005, admission to first-degree in BITS has been offered on the basis of the student's performance in the all-India entrance examination, the Birla Institute of Technology and Science Admission Test (BITSAT). [82] BITSAT, for which applications are submitted in December, is conducted online in May and June in cities all over India. The exam tests the candidate's knowledge, reasoning and analytical abilities in physics, chemistry, mathematics, English and logical reasoning, and is based on higher secondary science curricula in India and abroad. A 2012 news report showed that BITSAT had become more competitive than the IIT-JEE, in terms of the ratio of the number of aspirants to the number of seats available. [82] To continue its history of admitting meritorious students at the 12th board examination stage, BITS also offers direct admission to the first-ranked student in the science stream of each of India's central and state boards. [83]

The Master of Engineering (M.E.) program is offered to students on the basis of their scores in the BITS Higher Degree (BITS HD) exam or their GATE scores, and the Master of Pharmacy (M.Pharm.) program is offered on the basis of GPAT scores. [84] The Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) in Business Analytics program at the Pilani campus is offered to students on the basis of their scores in the Business Analytics Aptitude Test conducted by BITS, as well as their CAT or GMAT scores. [85]

For foreign students, BITS has a separate admission scheme called International Student Admissions (ISA) category. To gauge the merit of these ISA students, BITS accepts the SAT and SAT Subject Tests in chemistry, physics, and Math 2C. [86]

Dubai campus

Admission to Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani – Dubai Campus is based on scores in the 12th standard qualifying exam along with BITSAT. Although the BITS Pilani Dubai campus was established for the educational requirements of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, admission is open to students of all nationalities. [87]

Academic and industrial collaborations

BITS Pilani collaborates extensively with industries and government organizations, including the DST, ICMR, DBT, ISRO, DRDO and DAE. [24] [88] The institute actively promotes innovation and supports ventures by faculty, students, and alumni through its incubation programs. [25] [89] BITS is a partner in developing the JournalServer [90] open-access digital library, Project IPV6 [91] and the MIT iCampus [92] initiative. BITS Pilani has signed key MoUs with institutions such as the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and IIT Bombay for joint research and specialized courses. [93] [94] [95] The One Health Trust, in collaboration with BITS, has a joint research program in Data Sciences for Global Health, focusing on research training, fieldwork, and data analysis. [96] [97] BITS Pilani has signed MoUs with the University of Southern California, University at Buffalo, Iowa State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the US, CentraleSupélec in France, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia, TU Dresden and TU Ilmenau in Germany, University of Groningen in the Netherlands, and KU Leuven in Belgium, for dual degree programmes and research initiatives. [98] [99] [100] [101] The "2+2" international collaboration program allows a student to spend the first two years of their undergraduate degree at BITS Pilani and the latter two at some of the above-mentioned universities, graduating with two degrees from the two universities. [102] Admissions to these courses are also through BITSAT scores.

Research facilities

BITS Pilani hosts a range of advanced research facilities across its campuses, supporting interdisciplinary research and innovation in science and engineering. [103] The Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF) at each campus provides centralized access to high-end scientific equipment. [104] [105] Other specialized facilities includes a state-of-the-art cleanroom for micro and nano-fabrication, the Nalini Kurra Wind Tunnel Facility for advanced research in aerodynamic and renewable energy, [106] the MEMS, Microfluidics & Nanoelectronics Lab (MMNE Lab) and Intracellular Parasite Education and Research Labs (iPEARL), a BSL-2+ facility for infectious disease research.

BITS Pilani also hosts dedicated Centres of Excellence, including the Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research (APPCAIR), Centre of Research Excellence in Semiconductor Technologies (CREST), Centre of Research Excellence in National Security (CRENS), and the Advanced Research Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies (ARCSET), which focus on key national and global research priorities. [107] The institute was awarded the Sophisticated Analytical and Technical Help Institute (SATHI) project by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), a grant of ₹60 crore to set up shared research infrastructure in areas such as material sciences, device manufacturing and biopharmaceuticals. [108] BITS Pilani is the only self-financed institute selected to host a Technology Innovation Hub under the Bio–Cyber Physical Systems (Bio‑CPS) vertical, through the BITS BioCyTiH Foundation, with a grant of ₹125 crore. [109] According to the Nature Index, BITS Pilani is currently ranked 18th among academic institutions in India in terms of research output. [110]

Distance learning programmes (WILP)

BITS Pilani also offers online distance learning programmes such as Work Integrated Learning Programmes (WILP) and in which students can get a B.Tech., M.Tech., Diploma, as well as Certificate programs while working in the industry. [111]

Digital education programmes

BITS Pilani launched its first online undergraduate degree, the B.Sc. in Computer Science, in September 2022 through a partnership with Coursera. [112] The program offers flexible pacing and multiple exit options. In 2025, BITS Pilani established BITS Pilani Digital as a dedicated platform to expand its online degree offerings. The initial offerings include Bachelors and Masters in Data Science & AI. [113]

Rankings

Academic rankings
Global
QS [114] 668
THE [115] 801-1000
University and college rankings
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2024) [116] 23
NIRF (Research) (2024) [117] 26
NIRF (Universities) (2024) [118] 19
Engineering – India
NIRF (2024) [119] 20
India Today (2024) [120] 7
Outlook India (2024) [121] 2
Pharmacy – India
NIRF (2024) [122] 3

Internationally, BITS Pilani was ranked 668 in the QS World University Rankings for 2026, [123] and it ranked 154 in Asia. [124] It was ranked 601–800 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2025. [125]

In India, the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2025 rankings for BITS Pilani were: 7th among universities, [126] 11th in the engineering rankings, [127] 2nd in the pharmacy rankings, [128] and 16th overall. [129] BITS Pilani was ranked 7th among engineering colleges, and 1st among private engineering colleges, by both India Today (2025) [130] [131] and The Week-Hansa Research Best Colleges Survey (2025). [132]

The Department of Management at the Pilani campus is ranked among the top 25 B-Schools in India, according to The Week-Hansa Research Best B-Schools Survey (2025), [133] and it falls within the 451–500 band globally in the QS Business & Management Subject Rankings for 2025. [134]

Student activities

Fests

Oasis

Oasis is the annual cultural festival of BITS Pilani, Pilani campus. It hosts a variety of events in various categories like music, dance, drama, literature, comedy, and fashion. [135] Oasis began in 1971, making it one of India's oldest college fests. [136] Rocktaves, the semi-professional rock competition conducted as part of Oasis, is one of the oldest of its kind in India, with bands such as Parikrama, Indian Ocean and Euphoria rising to fame after winning here. [137]

APOGEE

APOGEE (A Professions Oriented Gathering over Educational Experiences) is the annual technical festival of BITS Pilani, Pilani campus. [138] Since its inception in 1983, APOGEE has hosted students and researchers from across the country. The guest lecture series of the fest, Think Again Conclave, has received eminent speakers in the past which include A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Richard Stallman, Jimmy Wales, Kailash Satyarthi, Walter Lewin and A. S. Kiran Kumar. [139] Other events include the Paper Presentation Event, which is one of the oldest research paper presentation platforms in the country, and Project Presentation, which exhibits over 500 projects in various fields of science and engineering.

BOSM

BOSM (BITS Open Sports Meet) is the annual inter-college sports tournament of BITS Pilani, Pilani campus. Colleges across India are invited to participate in events including carrom, hockey, cricket, basketball, football, volleyball, track and field, badminton, tennis, table tennis, squash, weightlifting, and more. BOSM began in 1986, [140] and it first saw international participation in 2010 with a team from Moratuwa University in Sri Lanka. [141]

InterBITS

InterBITS is the annual sports tournament held for students of the BITS Pilani campuses. The role of host campus has rotated between Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad, and the sports fest sees participation from athletes from the Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Dubai campuses.

Entrepreneurship Cells

CEL

The Centre for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) is BITS Pilani, Pilani campus' entrepreneurship cell. Set up in 2003, [142] the entrepreneurial think tank takes up projects and promotes engagement with industry experts. [143] The CEL is one of the founding members of the National Entrepreneurship Network, alongside the cells at IIM Ahmedabad, SPJIMR Mumbai and IIT Bombay. [144]

PIEDS

The Pilani Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Society (PIEDS) was founded with the support of various government initiatives and alumni support. It aims to foster entrepreneurial spirit, and incubates technology-based startups. It organises IGNITE, BITS Pilani's flagship startup pitching competition. [145]

BITS Spark

BITS Spark is BITS Pilani's angel investment network, founded in 2012 in collaboration with the BITS Alumni Association (BITSAA). The program provides angel funds to startups, offers mentorship, and promotes entrepreneurship courses and workshops. [146]

Notable alumni

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