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Birla, who is also Chairman of Aditya Birla Group, said that the Amaravati Campus would see an investment of approximately Rs 1,000 crore over a period of five years.

Kumar Mangalam Birla unveils Rs 2,200-crore investment plan for new AI campus, BITS Pilani's expansion

Out of Rs 2,200 crore, around Rs 1,219 crore, will be invested to expand and modernise BITS campuses under Project Vistaar, while approximately Rs 1,000 crore will be invested for the new AI campus in Amravati.

Campus upgradation, new AI centre: Kumar Mangalam Birla announces Rs 2,200-crore BITS Pilani expansion plans

The plan will see the student capacity jump to 26,000 in the next 5 years from the current 18,700 and will also add new research blocks, hostels and faculty housing

BITS Pilani alum says most techies in Bengaluru are lonely, urges them to focus on health, family

'Most techies in Bangalore are pretty lonely. Away from family, no real friends, stuck in traffic, high rents, children not getting good values, peers into status games, cringe tech meet-ups, shoves body with coffee & alcohol, hair-loss, tummies popping out & pays highest taxes,' Harsh Singh wrote on X.

FM Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurates BITS Pilani campus in Mumbai's Kalyan

The Rs 1,600-crore campus spread across 60 acres will accommodate 5,000 students on full capacity

Farmers' protest: Delhi's Singhu, Tikri borders to be partially reopened

The two borders were sealed on February 13 as protesting farmers from Punjab began their 'Delhi Chalo' march to press their demands, including minimum support price (MSP) for crops and a farm loan waiver.

Hiring slowdown: After IIM Lucknow, BITS Pilani taps alumni network to seek jobs for 2024 batch

IIM Lucknow, one of the top five business schools in India, is struggling to place about 72 of its students and reached out to its alumni

BITS Pilani alumnus pledges over $1 million to endowment fund

BITS alumnus Chaitanya Kalipatnapu is the co-founder of professional education firm Eruditus group

BITS-Pilani launches design school, admissions open February 26

The school will offer a four-year residential Bachelor of Design programme beginning this year, followed by master’s and faculty development programmes over the next two years

IFFR 2024 | Animator Ishan Shukla: ‘Ramayana is much better than The Odyssey or Game of Thrones because it is so tragic’

After a short for 2023 Star Wars animated anthology, Vadodara-based Shukla’s ‘Schirkoa: In Lies We Trust’ premieres at IFFR Rotterdam. He talks about Ramayana, polarised world, using AI and cinema legends for his motion capture animation feature.

BITS Pilani alumni pledges $1 million for endowment fund

An additional Rs 4.5 crore will be contributed over five years towards establishing 10 100 percent fellowships to support cutting-edge research at BITS Pilani and 10 100 percent scholarships for meritorious students from economically disadvantaged households, BITS Pilani said in a statement.

Billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla's advice to aspiring entrepreneurs: 'Think of payoffs...'

Kumar Mangalam Birla also said that to 'ambitious, driven youngsters,' his advice may not seem easy at the moment.

BITS Pilani launches law school in Greater Mumbai 

A residential campus of BITS Law School is being developed over 63 acres in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the institute said in a statement. 

Reckitt Benckiser's ex-CEO Rakesh Kapoor donates $1.2 mn to alma mater BITS Pilani

The donation will be "used to fund the creation of a state-of-the-art Centre of Innovation," BITS Pilani said in a statement.

BITS Pilani allows students a year off to build startups

With this move, BITS is also taking on the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), which continue to dominate the startup and unicorn ecosystems in the country

Business schools must adapt to the need of the digital economy: Ranjan Banerjee, dean of BITSoM

The pandemic disruptions have made B-Schools aware to build in greater focus on learnability, embed technology in every vertical, prepare students for a world where they will have multiple careers in a lifetime.

Bit by bit the community at BITS is sailing the boat of entrepreneurial spirit

Over the years, BITS has been inching closer to the IITs or Indian Institutes of Technology, which continue to dominate the country’s startup and unicorn ecosystems. BITS has been gradually creating a brand for itself in the world of entrepreneurship, similar to that of the 23 IITs, which investors love.

Oppo India partners BITS Pilani for skill enhancement of India R&D employees

With the advent of industry 4.0 and in the era of specialisation, this initiative reiterates Oppo’s focus to help employees acquire skill up-gradation while focusing on innovations centric to advance technologies, a statement said.

BITS Pilani's APOGEE festival back this year, to be held virtually on March 20-21

This year APOGEE will be conducted over the institute's first ever virtual campus at Gather.town.

Amid COVID-19 slowdown, BITS Pilani student bags Rs 45-lakh package

The highest domestic compensation offered at the BITS Pilani campus placements came from DE Shaw India at around Rs 45 lakh; over 320 students got CTCs above Rs 25 lakh

Samsung India partners with BITS Pilani to enhance employees' skill

The programme will be fully sponsored by Samsung and is intended to offer employees an opportunity to synergise theory with practice on a sustained basis, and to enhance their academic qualification.

"You are not safe," Girl tweets horrific story of molestation in Delhi Metro

The incidence happened when the girl was returning from South Delhi to her parents’ home in Noida and a man started following her

Biocon Academy Introduces First of its Kind Career Advancement Program in `Quality Control Microbiology` in Collaboration with BITS Pilani

Biocon Academy, a CSR initiative of Asia’s leading biotechnology company, has announced the introduction of a new and unique program in Quality ...

Here's the story of two start-up winners from Conquest 2015

Watch two start-ups that were the winners at Conquest 2015 - BITS Pilani's International Start-up Conclave. After a tough screening process two ventures Swagene and Gamezop walked away as winners, here is a look at their story.

Foxconn to change labour scenario, up competition: CEA

Foxconn has committed a whopping USD 5 billion investment in Maharashtra. Subramanian felt that there is a need to create incentives so that industries could grow bigger in India. Referring to the licence raj, he said licensing and protectionism were historical policy blunders.