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• Higher Degree Admissions for 2018-19 academic year

  • 09 Apr 2018
  • BITS Pilani

  M.E/M.Pharm admissions for 2018-19 academic year.

  Higher Degree Admissions for 2018-19 academic year

  09 April 2018

  In the effort towards being a comprehensive (teaching and research) university, BITS, Pilani plans to admit students into various higher degree programmes (M.E/ M.Pharm) with a substantial increase in the Intake numbers at three of its’ Indian campuses this academic year (2018-19). The increase planned is around 55% more than the total number of students admitted last year to 33 different higher degree programmes across it’s campuses at Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad. This year, BITS Pilani additionally permits prospective candidates to apply for these courses with a valid GATE/ GPAT score. Almost every candidate admitted to higher degree programmes is given a teaching assistantship and/or tuition fee waiver of about Rs 13, 400/- per month, for which the student has to contribute about 8 to 10 hours per week assisting in teaching, in laboratories, etc as assigned by the department.

  
  
  

  Application portal opens on 9th April 2018 and closes at 5.00 PM on 5th May 2018. For applying online, please click here.

• Spree ’18 – A Recap

  • 23 Mar 2018
  • BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus

  BITS Goa Sports Fest

  Spree ’18 – A Recap

  23 March 2018

  Coming in as one of India’s biggest collegiate sports festivals, the 2018 edition of Spree, BITS Goa’s annual sports festival, had the hype train rolling at full steam from the get-go.

  The action began soon after the inauguration ceremony on day zero, with a massive crowd thronging the basketball court, loud and proud, to support the home team, as the BITS Goa men’s basketball team blew out their hapless opponents in a lopsided victory in the first match of the evening. Later that night, the Department of Creative Works organised their first event of the fest, a mock IPL auction, with more events such as a football trade-off, a hogathon, a drinkathon, a paintball arena and more to come over the next three days.

  Matches resumed on the morning of day one, with the favourites marching through the rounds of 16 and 8, on to the semifinals in their respective sports. BITS FC, the men’s and women’s basketball teams, the table tennis team, and the cricket team, were among those moving on to the final four. The evening featured talks by retired ICC umpire Simon Taufel, and Paralympic Gold medallist and world record holder, Devendra Jhajharia. The former spoke about his experiences as an umpire and the life lessons he learnt from it, while the latter spoke about the challenges faced by differently-abled athletes in India, and his journey to two Olympic gold medals and a world record in the javelin throw, overcoming those challenges, with both speakers giving the audience something to think about.

  Day two was a mixed one for the home crowd, as the men’s basketball team’s championship run ended in heartbreak in a hard-fought loss in the semifinals to the eventual champions OP Jindal, while the women’s basketball team, and the cricket, table tennis and chess teams moved on to the finals, with BITS FC scheduled to play their semifinal game on day 3. The night of day 2 brought with it a performance by Nucleya, someone who needs no introduction in the Indian dance music scene, as he paired unique visuals with his signature high-energy, bass-heavy sound.

  The morning of day 3 began with heartbreak for the home crowd, as BITS FC lost the semifinals to eventual champions Jamia Milia, while the table tennis and women’s basketball teams went down fighting in the finals of their respective events to finish at the runners-up position. The evening bore witness to a double-header event in the auditorium as the dance group MJ5 wowed the crowd with their jaw-dropping dance moves, after which comedian Sapan Verma had the audience in splits.

  Spree ’18 raised the bar even higher, being the biggest edition of Spree so far, with close games, sportsmanship, enthralling performances, and overall good vibes, giving all those who attended three days to remember.

• BITS Students educate Goa through Nukkad Natak

  • 18 Feb 2018
  • BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus

  NIRMAAN STREET PLAY 2018

  BITS Students educate Goa through Nukkad Natak

  18 February 2018

  Nobody knows the importance of education more than we students do. Lack of education and awareness makes people perform some activities to fulfil their short-term wishes and comfort by overlooking the long-term grievous outcome. The agenda of Nirmaan’s Street plays are to dispel away this dearth of knowledge by means of light-hearted entertainment and rejuvenating jingles. This year also we took to the same objective with an enthusiastic team of 20 people and had our final performance on 18 February after a rigorous month-long preparation.

  The play was performed at Lamani colony, Zari, Birla, Vasco (in front of Temptations outlet), Panjim (Dona Paula) in order and with an amazing eight performances had an outreach of around 1000 people. The play focused on the topics of- Eve Teasing, Over Population, Drug Abuse, Garbage Disposal and Menstrual Hygiene. Some topics acted as a precursor of Nirmaan’s further activities in the area. For example, the menstrual hygiene and garbage disposal play in Zari was to facilitate the subsequent installment of a pad vending machine and proper dustbins in Zari. The eve teasing play was to encourage the women to join the self-defence classes organised by Nirmaan.

  Under the blazing sun, we shouted out slogans and songs to the inquisitive audiences and tried our level best to get our message across. The play received a highly positive outcome in most places apart from women shying away in the menstrual hygiene act, which showed the necessity of education about the still tabooed topic. The team completed the eight performances in a span of seven hours, distributed educational pamphlets, and took feedback after the play at every place. The exhilarated team members received a spectrum of emotions from the audience ranging from tears to hearty applause, from hugs to blessings. The street play or nukkad natak is the foremost front for the educated to inspire the unaware and the less privileged. Because at last –

   “Desh tabhi vikaas karega jab hum sab vikaas karenge”

  Nirmaan Goa is an NGO that has been working to bring about a change in the slum of Zari spread over 6.2 acres of land adjoining the Zuari Industries Limited. The chapter has expanded since with a current strength of over 100 active members. We are a student run organisation

  We work in knowledge, employment and health sectors in zari. While most of Nirmaan Goa’s projects are still concentrated in Zari, some like Career Counselling, which provides career guidance to school children, have a much wider reach.

  Nirmaan Goa is also involved in conducting a number of sessions and events in the BITS Pilani, Goa campus.

   

   

• A Brief Report On Workshop on Bio-Entrepreneurship, Grant writing & Funding Opportunities organised by BITS BIRAC

  • 05 Feb 2018
  • BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus

  Held on February 5, 2018

  A Brief Report On Workshop on Bio-Entrepreneurship, Grant writing & Funding Opportunities organised by BITS BIRAC

  05 February 2018

  A full day Workshop was organised by the BITS BIRAC BioNEST, K K Birla Goa Campus on 5^th February, 2018. The sixteen participants were addressed by Dr. Srini V Kaveri, Director, CNRS Office in India, Embassy of France, Service for Science and Technology New-Delhi, Dr Sangam A Kurade. Founder, Zuari Foods & Farms Pvt. Ltd, Goa and Ms. Amruta Gore, Assistant Manager – Impact Projects, Venture Center , NCL Innovation Park, Pune along with the Faculty Mentors Prof. Mridula Goel, In-charge , BITS BIRAC BioNEST, Faculty In-Charge, CIIE, BITS, Pilani – K K Birla Goa Campus, Prof. Sunil Bhand he is the Technical Director, BITS BIRAC BioNEST, Dean, Sponsored Research & Consulting Division (University wide), BITS, Pilani – K K Birla Goa Campus, Prof. Srikanth Mutnuri, Technical Director, BITS BIRAC BioNEST Partner, Bactreat Environmental Solutions, Head, Department of Biological Sciences, BITS, Pilani – K K Birla Goa Campus.

  Dr. Srini emphasised that “Research grants should be applied for not only money but for the prestige associated with it”. He presented a detailed guideline/basic rules to apply for grants. He stressed that having a person specialised in reading the guidelines regarding the project can also be considered. He introduced the students to different organisations like European Research Council (ERC), National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Sorbonne University, France.

  The presentations session started with the presentation of Prof. Srikanth Mutnuri, founder Bactreat Environmental Solutions. His organisation works with the objective of isolation and production of specific microorganisms and development of enzymes from lab scale to large scale production and subsequent application for the decontamination of polluted sites. The company provides solutions for treating contaminated sites and has focused on wastewater treatment. Prof. Srikanth in his presentation drew the 10 steps that every researcher has to pass before reaching to the level were the product can be brought to the consumer.

  The presentations during the workshop included current research, ideas and projects which the participants wanted to take to the market. Out of 16 participants 9 participants made their presentations to seek guidance from the experts related to making their researches/projects/ideas more appealing for applying for grants. They looked for advice related to other technical, administrative and management aspects in converting the proposals to entrepreneurial start-ups.

  Ms. Amruta Gore from Venture Center, NCL Innovation Park gave a detailed presentation of current grants available for incubation and innovative products. She explained the role of venture center and NCK Innovation Park in supporting the start-ups. She further provided a comprehensive guideline regarding the DBT-BIRAC’s BIOTECHNOLOGY INGNITION GRANT (BIG) which was of great help to the participants.

  The sessions were summed up by Dr. Sangam A Kurade who said the failures are the best teachers. He appreciated the efforts of the participants who presented their ideas and commented on the individual requirements of the projects. He also added that research is a great opportunity and research and business may rarely go hand in hand. He motivated the researchers to continue doing research and help the entrepreneurs to make new products available to the market.

  The workshop was concluded with vote of thanks by Dr. Dhanya V Ram.