B.K. Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology
B.K. Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology is a private engineering college located in Pilani, Rajasthan, India. It was founded in 2007 by Shree Krishnarpan Charity Trust, with Late Basant Kumar Birla as chairman. Following his death, industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla assumed the chairmanship of the Trust.
Description
BKBIET, Pilani is part of Shree Krishnarpan Charity Trust, under the chairmanship of Late Basant Kumar Birla. The Institute was established in 2007. It is approved by AICTE, New Delhi and affiliated to Bikaner Technical University, Kota.
Academic Governance
The Institute has an Academic Advisory Board comprising senior academicians from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani and distinguished alumni, which provides strategic guidance on academic programs and curriculum development.
The Institute is headed by Prof. Bijay Kumar Rout, Director of BKBIET, who is a senior academic from BITS Pilani, where he has served as a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and held multiple academic leadership roles. His appointment further strengthens the academic linkage between BKBIET and BITS Pilani.
Undergraduate programs
BKBIET offers a Bachelor of Technology in six areas:
Campus
The Institute is located near CSIR-CEERI and BITS Pilani campus.
Residential and dining facilities
The campus contains six hostels: four for boys and two for girls. All told, these modern-looking hostels span 31,200 square feet and contain triple, double, and single rooms. Although in a separate building, the mess is attached to the hostel buildings. A common room sits above the mess and contains games like chess, carom and table tennis. Students may also dine at the campus "robo canteen".
International collaboration
BKBIET International Relations Division was established on May 14, 2011. The objective of the BIRD is to encourage the students of the institute to embrace the global education. The division motivates students to go on internships, look into avenues of research and management after the completion of the bachelor's degree, and serves as a pool of information to all those who are interested in doing higher studies abroad. The majority of the students who took internships went to universities of France, most prominently University of Nantes, University d’Haute Alsace, and IUT Angoulême. The measure of cooperation is exhibited by the fact that an unprecedented Joint Masters Programme is being set up between Polytech Nantes and BKBIET Pilani. The students are highly motivated to take up higher education abroad in a scene where their peers in other institutes are trying to settle in for a job. The students have been awarded various scholarships. Counselling, visas, scholarships and other help have always been available for the students of BKBIET through BIRD.
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