Birsa Institute of Technology Sindri

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Birsa Institute of Technology Sindri
Birsa Institute of Technology Sindri logo.png
MottoNiyataṃ kuru karmatvam (Sanskrit)
Motto in English
Perform your duties daily, for action is superior to inaction.
Type Public
Established1949 ; 75 years ago
DirectorPankaj Rai
Location
Sindri, Jharkhand
,
India
CampusSuburban, Area = (450 Acres)
Affiliations Jharkhand University of Technology
Website www.bitsindri.ac.in

Birsa Institute of Technology Sindri (BIT Sindri), formerly Bihar Institute of Technology Sindri, is an affiliated engineering college in Sindri, Jharkhand, India. Established in 1949, BIT Sindri is one of the oldest engineering and technological institute in India.BIT Sindri emerged as rank 1 in the East Zone and 9th in engineering colleges of the country in the Internshala Annual College Ranking 2023.

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History

BIT Sindri was established in 1949 as College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Sindri with temporary campus at Patna and affiliated to Patna University. It was shifted to its permanent campus at Sindri in Dhanbad District a year later, where it was renamed as Bihar Institute of Technology, Sindri. After reorganisation of Patna University and establishment of Ranchi University in 1960, it was affiliated to Ranchi University. BIT Sindri was later affiliated to Vinoba Bhave University after establishment of Vinoba Bhave University at Hazaribagh in September 1992. Currently, it is affiliated to Jharkhand University of Technology. [1] With the partition of Bihar in 2000, BIT Sindri was named Birsa Institute of Technology, but later decided to be referred only as BIT Sindri because of historical importance of its name. [2]

Academics

The institute continued to be affiliated with Vinoba Bhave University until 2017. From 2018 onwards, the institute has been affiliated with the Jharkhand University of Technology (JUT), Ranchi, the foundations of which were laid down by the former Hon'ble president of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee. All courses are approved by the All India Council of Technical Education. [1] The institute currently conducts graduate and postgraduate courses in ten disciplines of engineering which are supported by three departments of natural sciences, one department each of earth sciences and humanities.

Currently, postgraduate students are admitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Electrical Engineering only. Admission to undergraduate courses were earlier based on ranks in Jharkhand Engineering Entrance Competitive Exam(JEECE), conducted by Jharkhand Combined Entrance Competitive Examination(JCECE) Board. The JCECEB announced in April 2019 that admissions to the institute shall be based on scores in JEE-Main, a national level engineering entrance examination conducted by the National Testing Agency or NTA.

BIT Sindri is particularly known for its core engineering departments viz. Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and an appreciable number of students from these departments clear the coveted Indian Engineering Services exam, conducted by Union Public Service Commission.

Campus

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BITS Administrative Building

The Institute campus spreads over an area of 450 acres of land, located near the eastern bank of Damodar River. [1] The campus is fully residential, both for faculty as well as the students.

Students are housed in a total of 27 Hostels for both Undergraduate and Post-Graduate Programs. Construction for newer hostels is underway too. Much of the work of the construction has been completed and the campus now has new infrastructure and new facilities.[ citation needed ]

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BITS Aerial View

Alumni

Notable alumni include:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "College History". BIT Sindri. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "College Name History". BIT Sindri Alumni. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
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