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BITS Pilani to set up Rs 1000 crore 'AI+ campus' in Amaravati

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.