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• Quark 2012

  • 23 Jan 2012
  • BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus

  Quark, the annual international techno-managerial and innovation festival of BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus

  Quark 2012

  23 January 2012

  Quark, the annual international techno-managerial and innovation festival of BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, is going to be held from 3rd-5th February 2012. Promising to emulate the stupendous success of last year's edition, this time it promises an enriching experience to all the participants through competitive events, intriguing workshops, fascinating exhibitions and enthralling guest lectures by some of the most celebrated personalities on the globe.

• 2011 CIMA Global Business Challenge

  • 15 Jun 2011
  • K K Birla Goa Campus

  BITS Pilani Goa Campus wins the 2011 CIMA Global Business Challenge India final round again

  2011 CIMA Global Business Challenge

  15 June 2011

  The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) today announced BITS, Pilani – K K Birla Goa Campus as the winner of the national round at the India finals of the 2011 CIMA Global Business Challenge held at the JW Marriot, Mumbai, on June 11, 2011. This is the second consecutive time BITS Pilani Goa Campus has won the National Final of the CIMA GBC. The BITS Pilani Goa Campus Team Tatva, comprising Akshay Goel, G.SriHarsha, ShivamSalhotra and Sakshi Agarwal, was mentored by Dr. Basavadatta Mitra. Now they will represent BITS and India in Chengdu, China during 23-24 July in the International Finals wherein National Finals participants from 16 other countries participate.
  
  The six teams that qualified for the national finals are NMIMS University, BITS Pilani – K K Birla Goa Campus, Stella Maris College, Christ University, Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce and IIT Delhi.
  
  This year, more than 400 teams from all over India participated in the competition. The finalists went through a rigorous selection process, which include a case study report submission and a regional final before they made it to the India Final. For the second in a row, BITS Pilani Goa Campus was declared the winner by a panel of eminent judges such as Ms. Deepa Dev, Financial Controller GRBC India; Mr. Ranbir Singh, COO, JP Morgan; Mr. Anoop Sharma, Director Finance, Kellogg’s; Mr. Sharat Bansal, Advisory Leader, PWC & Mr. Muthu Manickam

• Rahul Gandhi at K K Birla Goa Campus

  • 22 Apr 2011
  • K K Birla Goa Campus

  Dedication of Goa Campus in memory of Dr. K. K. Birla by Rahul Gandhi

  Rahul Gandhi at K K Birla Goa Campus

  22 April 2011

  Speaking at the official renaming ceremony of BITS-Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus (earlier, ‘BITS-Pilani Goa Campus’), Rahul Gandhi struck a chord with the student gathering in the institute’s auditorium, reaching out to the crowd with his passionate speech on the importance of developing ideas and on the need to get it across to the maximum number of people promptly. He stressed on the urgency of moving away from a geographical-based development model to one which placed more emphasis on the individual rather than on his domicile, lauding the work the UPA government had done in this regard.
  
  Earlier, he had officially inaugurated the mosaic mural of Dr. Krishna Kumar Birla, the First Chancellor of BITS Pilani University. The mosaic mural of Dr. K. K. Birla was created by a couple Ms. Poola Perpignani and Mr. Paolo Racagni, the very best mosaic mural artists from Ravenna, Italy. Ravenna is the only place in the world where such mosaic murals are made.
  
  This occasion was also graced by the presence of Shri B. K. Birla, Smt. Sarala Birla, Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla (Chancellor of BITS, Pilani University), Mrs. Shobana Bhartia (Pro Chancellor) and other illustrious members of the Birla family, Dr. B.N. Jain (Vice-Chancellor) and the directors of all BITS campuses.
  Interacting with the crowd in the subsequent session, he answered a variety of questions, with the students seeking to know his stance on many issues of national importance. Speaking on the recent Jan Lokpal Bill issue, he maintained that Anna Hazare was quite within his rights to agitate for the bill the way he did, but he also cautioned that the bill must pass through a democratic process before becoming a law. He also praised the UPA Government’s role in making governance more transparent, citing the RTI act as a major milestone in bringing corruption to the fore. On the highly controversial issue of reservations in the country’s premier institutes, he said that the need of the hour was not to debate on the issue of reservation, but to instead increase the number of such institutes in the country, to cater to the need of more such meritorious students. He added that there are no simple solutions to the problem in India, and it would require massive patience, time and extensive support of the people.
  
  All faculty and students of BITS thoroughly enjoyed Mr. Gandhi’s visit to their campus.

• Convocation 2011

  • 21 Aug 2011
  • K K Birla Goa Campus

  A Swaraj movement in innovation required: Dr. T Ramasami

  Convocation 2011

  21 August 2011

  “Think locally and act locally” said Dr. T. Ramasami at the first ever Convocation Ceremony of BITS Pilani K. K. Birla Goa Campus held on Sunday, the 21st August 2011. Dr. T Ramasami, Secretary to the Government, Department of Science and Technology (DST), stressed on the importance of having people-focussed innovation systems in India. Invoking the name of Mahatma Gandhi, the Chief Guest of the ceremony, urged towards a „Swaraj‟ movement in innovation. He called upon the proud 580 graduates of the BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus to direct their education towards building an innovation-driven India.
  BITS Pilani, established in 1964 has borne witness to such a ceremony, three times before from 1969-1971. The annual tradition which was then halted on account of the Bangladesh war revived itself after a long hiatus of 4 decades. The Goa Campus bore the honour of being the flag-bearer of this re-born custom. 745 degrees were awarded to the students who have graduated during 2010 – 2011.
  Dr. Kumar Mangalam Birla, the Chancellor, through his message congratulated the graduating students and inspired them to be passionate in carrying out all their endeavours. Prof. B. N. Jain, the Vice Chancellor presented the achievements and the challenges to be faced by BITS Pilani in the years to come. He also brought to light the unique features of the BITS education system and spoke of the University‟s major renewal project- „Vision 2020, Mission 2012‟. Besides revising the curriculum and promoting research, the project plans to implement an ERP system in all campuses and all in all, firmly establish BITS as a recognized technical institute on a global platform.
  Prof. K.E Raman, Director of the Goa campus, then gave a detailed report of academic, research and other developments at BITS campuses over the last few years, highlighting collaborative projects of industrial importance with the likes of Zuari Industries and Gas Authority of India. He highlighted certain significant projects funded by various agencies such as DST, DRDO, CSIR, UGC etc.
  The graduating students were then awarded with their rolls of honour by the Vice Chancellor. The Chief Guest, Dr. T. Ramasami awarded the Medals. Anurag Sharma was the recipient of the Gold Medal, while Ishan Vishnoi and Mantri Shruti both received a Silver Medal. Shruti Padmanabha was awarded the Bronze. The ceremony concluded with Prof. Suresh Ramaswamy, Dean of Administration at BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, delivering the Vote of Thanks.

  The grand and solemn function of CONVOCATION 2011 was attended by the graduating students, their proud parents, Directors of all campuses, all faculty and staff of the campus.