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| Motto | Niyatan Kuru Karmatwam |
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| Established | 1949 |
| Type | Educational and Research Institution |
| Director | Prof. S.K. Singh |
| Undergraduates | 2,720 |
| Postgraduates | 440 |
| Location | Sindri, Jharkhand, India |
| Campus | Urban, Area 650 acres (2.6 km2) |
| Acronym | BIT |
| Website | http://www.bitsindri.ac.in/ |
BIT Sindri or Birsa Institute of Technology, Sindri (formerly known as Bihar Institute of Technology, Sindri) is an engineering college in Jharkhand, India. An elite institute of higher learning, BIT has several AICTE approved undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs.
The institute is funded and administered by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi and is academically affiliated to Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag for conducting examinations and awarding degrees. BIT has received funding from the World Bank for several projects.
The institute campus is located 30 km from the Dhanbad City. The campus is well connected by road and rail from Dhanbad.
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History
BIT was founded in 1949 under the name of the College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at Patna. In 1950 it was shifted to Sindri and thus BIT Sindri was born with a Principal, three Professors and sixty students. During the initial years, the college had diploma programs in these two disciplines of engineering.
The aim of the government to shift BIT to Sindri was to make it the first IIT of India, but, for political reasons, IIT Kharagpur was made the first IIT and BIT remained as BIT forever.
In 1952, degree programs were introduced. In 1956 its name was changed to Bihar Institute of Technology, the name it had retained until Jharkhand and Bihar were separated in 2000. Over the years, degree programs in other branches of Engineering were added. All over Bihar and Jharkhand, it is still popularly known as BIT Sindri.
Campus
BIT Sindri is located on a sprawling 650 acres (2.6 km2) of land in the major industrial town of Sindri in Dhanbad district. Each branch has its own building and laboratories and some departments also have their own libraries and computer facilities. The campus has an auditorium, a newly built library, a canteen, a gymnasium, a playground, a branch of the State Bank of India with ATM facility, a post office, an STD/ISD phone booth and a co-operative store.
The Sindri Town railway station is adjacent to the campus. There is a shuttle service between Sindri and Dhanbad four times a day. The other means of transportation from Dhanbad station to the campus are local taxis (also called trekkers), which have most hostels on their route.
Hostels 1-25
This institute is fully residential. Professors' quarters and hostels are also present on campus. The on-campus student housing consists of 25 hostels, including three female hostels.
Student activities and clubs
Clubs in the institute include:
- Leo Club
- Sarjana (the college magazine)
- Rotaract Club
- ISTE
- Literary Society
- Arts Club
- Gandhi Rachnatmak Samiti
- Model Club
- Eco Club
- Photographic club
- Painting Wing
Departments
BIT Sindri has ten engineering and four interdisciplinary departments. A department usually concentrates on a single engineering or a science discipline. Head of the Department (HoD) is at the head of administrative structure for each individual department usually staffed with permanent faculty positions and part time lecturers (PTLs). Each department offers a program (at the undergraduate or post-graduate level. BIT Sindri was the first institute in India to start a Production Engineering department.
The academic departments at BIT Sindri include the following:
- Electrical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Electronics Engineering
- Computer Science
- Information Technology
- Civil Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Mining Engineering
- Production Engineering
- Metallurgical Engineering
Central Library
A new central library contains text books, journals, and periodicals.It contains over 60,000 books of science, engineering and technology.
Placements
BIT has a student placement program.
Notable alumni
- Mr. Rajiv Ranjan (EE 1969), President and CEO, Reliance Asset Reconstruction Company, Mumbai
- Sri Subodh Narayan Jha (ME 1967), recipient of 2006 Raksha Mantri Award, Retired director of MIDHANI, Hyderabad
- Sri Pradhan Sambhu Saran (EE 1960), recipient of Padmashree in 1998
- Mr. Shrawan K Singh (ME 1961), Group Vice President, Xerox Corporation, USA
- Mr. Bijoy G. Chatterjee (EE), Director, Systems Research, National Semiconductor Corporation, USA
- Dr. Yogendra S Chadda (ME 1957), Chairman, Mechanical Engg. Department, University of Detroit Mercy, USA
- Mr. Rustam Ali (EE 1959), Advisor, Department of Telecom, Government of India
- Dr. B. N. Singh (MET 1968), Chief Managing Director (CMD), Rastriya Ispat Nigam, Vishakhapatnam
- Mr. K Satya Narain (CE 1961), CMD, Engineers India Limited
- Dr. K. K. Srivastava (E&C 1961), Director, Defence Research Development Organization, Hyderabad
- Prof. Vishwanath Sinha[1] (E&C 1963), Deputy Director, IIT Kanpur
- Mr. Anand Kumar, Director(R&D),Indian Oil Cotporation Ltd,New Delhi
- Mr. Avinash Sinha[2], Vice President, Syntel
- Mr. Rajiv Bakshi - President , TATA Auto comp
- Mr. Ramesh K Gupta - C.O.O.,TATA International
- Mr. B. Ahmad - Sr. Vice President, Sterlite Telecom, Ahmedabad
- Vibhash Kumar - Sr Vice President (Engg), Lanka IOC PLC
- Prof. Subodha Kumar[3] (Mech 1994), Assistant Professor, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, USA
- Mr. Suman Kumar (ME 1973), Director, Hitech Group, Gurgaon
- Mr. Meher Afroz , Senior Director at Microsoft Corporation
- Mr. Ravi Shankar , (ME 1980), President & CEO, Dow Kokam LLC, Midland, Michigan, USA
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