19 Board toppers of class XII of 2014 have joined three campuses of BITS Pilani this year. They have come from the education boards of various states such as Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Jammu and Kashmir, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tripura, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. These top ranked students are admitted under the category of direct admission to Board toppers. All other admissions to the university are based on merit determined by the online test that is BITSAT. This was announced by Prof B N Jain, vice chancellor, BITS, Pilani on the occasion of orientation program for the new batch of 2014-15 at the Pilani Campus.
Jain said: "In 50 years since the establishment of the institution the has been path breaking. During 1964 to 1970 BITS Pilani has established the framework for science based semester system for undergraduate and postgraduate education with the help from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Ford Foundation in USA. BITS follows a system of practice school which provides every student an opportunity to spend around six months in the industry before he or she graduates. And also, the education system at BITS has dual degree programs."
In all its four campuses — Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai — it offers various undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD programmes to over 12,500 students in various disciplines of science, engineering, humanities, pharmacy, economics and management.
Many improvements in the campus infrastructure are currently under way and many more are in the stage of planning. A new academic building and a boy's hostel have already come up. The renovation of all the existing hostels will be undertaken shortly.
Prof G Raghurama, director BITS Pilani, said: "Many new developments are taking place in Pilani campus and assured that the parents should leave their children in the campus with confidence. The success and reputation that BITS Pilani has achieved is because of its faculty and staff who are so committed and dedicated. The institute offers plenty of freedom to the students, and at the same time, expects them to act with responsibility. There might be hidden talents in each one of them and BITS will help it grow. Make friends, respect differences and learn new culture."
Original source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/19-Board-toppers-join-BITS-Pilani/articleshow/40280793.cms
Jain said: "In 50 years since the establishment of the institution the has been path breaking. During 1964 to 1970 BITS Pilani has established the framework for science based semester system for undergraduate and postgraduate education with the help from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Ford Foundation in USA. BITS follows a system of practice school which provides every student an opportunity to spend around six months in the industry before he or she graduates. And also, the education system at BITS has dual degree programs."
In all its four campuses — Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai — it offers various undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD programmes to over 12,500 students in various disciplines of science, engineering, humanities, pharmacy, economics and management.
Many improvements in the campus infrastructure are currently under way and many more are in the stage of planning. A new academic building and a boy's hostel have already come up. The renovation of all the existing hostels will be undertaken shortly.
Prof G Raghurama, director BITS Pilani, said: "Many new developments are taking place in Pilani campus and assured that the parents should leave their children in the campus with confidence. The success and reputation that BITS Pilani has achieved is because of its faculty and staff who are so committed and dedicated. The institute offers plenty of freedom to the students, and at the same time, expects them to act with responsibility. There might be hidden talents in each one of them and BITS will help it grow. Make friends, respect differences and learn new culture."
Original source : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/19-Board-toppers-join-BITS-Pilani/articleshow/40280793.cms
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