Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (Ranchi)

BIT Mesra, Ranchi
Motto	Sā Vidyā Yā Vimuktaye
Motto in English	Learning is that which Liberates
Type	Government Funded Technical Institution Deemed University
Established	1955(69 years ago) (1955)
Chairman	CK Birla
Chancellor	Governor of Jharkhand
Vice-Chancellor	Indranil Manna
Academic staff	279 (2021–2022) [1]
Students	1342 (2021–2022) [1]
Undergraduates	780 (2021–2022) [1]
Postgraduates	225 (2021–2022) [1]
Doctoral students	292 (Full Time, 2021-2022), [1] 45 (Part Time, 2021-2022) [1]
Location	Ranchi, Jharkhand , India 23°25′00″N85°26′25″E / 23.41667°N 85.44028°E / 23.41667; 85.44028
Campus	Sub-Urban, 780 acres (320 ha) [2]
Affiliations	UGC
Website	www.bitmesra.ac.in

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (BIT, Mesra) is a government funded technical institute (GFTI) ^[3] (deemed university) situated at Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. ^[4] It was declared as a deemed university under Section 3 of the UGC Act. ^[5]

History

BIT Mesra Main Building

The Birla Institute of Technology was established in 1955 at Mesra by industrialist and philanthropist B. M. Birla. The institute was affiliated to Patna University until 1960, and then to Ranchi University. In 1986 BIT was elevated to the status of deemed university under section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.

BIT was the first institute in India to set up a department of space engineering and rocketry, in 1964. ^[6]

The Small Industries Research and Development Organization (SIRDO) was set up in 1970 as a launching pad for small manufacturing enterprises managed by graduates of BIT. Companies created from this concept include Meditron and Alcast.^{[ citation needed ]} This idea was appreciated by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India; and was spread to other institutes such as IITs by the Government with a concept named Science and Technological Entrepreneurs Park (STEP).^{[ citation needed ]} The first STEP was approved and located in BIT Mesra.^{[ citation needed ]} The entrepreneurship development cell was founded in 2007 and is run by the students. To add financial strength to this effort, BIT has set up SIDBI Centre for Innovation and Incubation (SCII) by an arrangement with Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to provide funds for a limited period of time to new entrepreneurs, start up companies, and technology based organisations in areas of interest with the faculty of the institute. ^[7] BIT Mesra has a PARAM 10000 supercomputer at the core of its IT infrastructure. ^[8]

Campus

Central facilities

Central The CAD Laboratory is a central facility of the institute where all users – undergraduate and postgraduate students, research scholars and faculty members – can work with design and analysis software.

R&D Building

Central Computing Facilities (CCF) The maintenance and upkeep of the CCF is done by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering; however the CCF is used by students and staff from all departments of the institute.

The PARAM 10000 Supercomputer was gifted to the Institute by C-DAC i It supports projects that require parallel processing and multi processor capabilities.^{[ citation needed ]}

Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF) The Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF) was established in 2006 under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme, funded by the World Bank and Government of Jharkhand, to provide instrumentation facilities for advanced research, to faculty.

Central Library The Central Library was established in 1955. It has print and electronic resources in the fields of science and technology. The collection includes 10,000 online journals, 100 print journals, 113,000 books, 2500 CDs, 60 audiocassettes and 4000 project reports. ^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}

Organisation and administration

Governance

BIT functions under the control of a Board of Governors, comprising representatives of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, the UGC, the State Government, the Chancellor, the A.I.C.T.E., the Hindustan Charity Trust and the Institute Faculty. CK Birla is the chairman of the board of governors. The governor of the state of Jharkhand is the chancellor of the institute. The Technical Council headed by vice chancellor decides the academic policy of the institute. ^[14]

University Polytechnic

The University Polytechnic was established in 2001, as a joint venture of the Department of Welfare, Government of Jharkhand and BIT, Mesra, to impart Diploma level technical education amongst the youths of Jharkhand. Its campus is located close to the National Highway 33 in the vicinity of the BIT Main campus on the outskirts of Ranchi.

Centres in India and offshore

BIT has established extension centers in cities within the country, in Allahabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Noida, Patna, Deoghar and Lalpur and overseas, in Muscat and Ras al-Khaimah.^{[ citation needed ]}

Allahabad Extension Centre

The Birla Institute of Technology, Allahabad Extension Centre was established in January 1998. It has five academic departments namely Department of Computer Science, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering. The centre has a library with a large number of books and technical journals. A digital library for on-line access of books and journals has also been provided for staff and students.

Deoghar Extension Centre

Main article: Birla Institute of Technology (Deoghar)

The Jharkhand government, willing to spread BIT further across the state, made a request to the institute to establish an Extension Centre at Deoghar, Jharkhand. A MoU was signed between the Institute and the Government of Jharkhand. Thus, Birla Institute of Technology extension Deoghar commenced functioning in October 2007. As per the provisions of the MoU it was decided that 50% seats would be for students acquiring eligible qualifications from Institutions located in Jharkhand while the remaining 50% would be for students from the other states of the country. Admission has been through JEE Main with Central Counselling conducted by the Central Counselling Board.

Patna Extension Centre

Main article: Birla Institute of Technology, Patna

Birla Institute of Technology, Patna Campus was established in 2006, on the initiative of Govt. of Bihar. The institute came into existence by Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode under flagship management of BIT Mesra. The Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar, laid the foundation stone of the institute in December 2005. The institute started academic programme from the session 2006–07.

Birla Institute of Scientific Research

The Birla Institute of Scientific Research (BISR) is a sister concern of Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi ^[15] which hosts an auditorium and a planetarium in its campus in Jaipur. ^[16] The institute was established for promoting science education through Museum and Planetarium.

This institute has a state of the art Bioinformatics Centre in Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics ^[17] and a Remote Sensing Department. ^[18]

Academics

Rankings

University rankings
Engineering – India
Private colleges:
Outlook India (2022) [19]	5

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra was ranked at 401-450 band in the recent 2024 QS World Rankings (Asian Category). Among engineering colleges, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra ranked 17th by India Today in National Institutional Ranking Framework and fifth among private engineering colleges by Outlook India in 2022. ^[19]

Notable alumni

• Ajit Kumar Mehta, former Member of Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency.
• Madhavan Chandradathan, Director, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) ^[20]
• Shree K. Nayar, T. C. Chang Professor, Computer Science, Columbia University ^[21]
• Ashish Vaswani, AI researcher, co-author of "Attention Is All You Need" ^[22]
• Amit Chaudhary, COO, Lenskart ^[23]
• Sanjay Nayak, CEO, Tejas Networks ^[24]
• Deven Sharma Indian Businessman, President of Standard and Poors
• Nigar Shaji, Indian aerospace engineer who works at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) & project director of Aditya-L1 mission.

See also

• Birla Institute of Technology International Centre
• Waljat Colleges of Applied Sciences
• CK Birla Group

References

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18. "Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
19. Outlook-ICARE Rankings 2022:
    • Positions 1-100: "Outlook-ICARE Rankings 2022: Top 100 Private Engineering Colleges In India". Outlook India . 13 July 2022.
    • Positions 101-160: "Outlook-ICARE Rankings 2022: Private Engineering Colleges In Alphabetical Order". Outlook India . 8 July 2022.
20. Special Correspondent (July 2014). "New VSSC director". The Hindu.
21. "Shree K. Nayar". Columbia Engineering. 1 August 2017. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
22. Team, OfficeChai (4 February 2023). "The Indian Researchers Whose Work Led To The Creation Of ChatGPT". OfficeChai. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
23. "Behind Lenskart, A BITian with an impeccable vision!". globalyouthvoice.com. 21 July 2020. Archived from the original on 4 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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External links

• Official website