Asad Hussain's Review on Birla Institute of Technology and Science, [BITS] Pilani
Placements and Internships
- Birla Institute of Technology and Science, [BITS] Pilani has the revolutionary system of practice school. It is a compulsary internship provided by BITS into reputed companies according to our grades. Companies that take part in practice school also come for campus placements and may provide pre-campus placement if they like the performance. There are overall two practice schools spanning 2 and 4 months in 2 and 4th year of engineering.
- Aditya Birla group, Samsung, Google, Microsoft, Schlumberger, Facebook, Twitter, Honda, Hyundai, Maruti are a few companies to name. Being a tier-1 engineering college placement problem do not take place here. Average package of a computer science student exceeds well over Rs 20 LPA. Other branches too have a very good performance in the core as well as non-core jobs.
- Alumni network of BITS is one of the strongest called BITSAA (bits alumni association). It is a very well connected organization which is quite active. Alumni contribute a lot to their alma matter as well as to their juniors' ideas.
College Infrastructure and Hostel Facilities
- There are around 11 hostels - 10 boys and 1 girls hostel at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, [BITS] Pilani. Hostel fee is about Rs. 7,000/- per semester. Hostels are quite decent.
- Currently (2016) project parivartan is going on under which all of campus infrastructure is renovated including hostels. Hostels have 24x7 hot water, water cooler, R.O. purifiers and wifi.
- Outside the campus life is quite dull. Pilani bein a small town doesn't have many PGs and hostels but has enough hotels or guest houses to stay for about 1000 per night.
- Mess food is very good when compared to messes of other colleges but bad when compared to home cooked meal (obviously). It costs about 40 rupees per meal.
- BITS has a very old infrastructure. The facilities are functional but not up to the mark...NOW. But after parivartan in 2020 BITS will be new.
- All such facilities and infrastructure will get renovated and world class.
Academics and Faculty
- The routine at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, [BITS] Pilani is up to you to the maximum extent. Students have to plan their own timetable according to their convenience and teachers available, of course. But the most important and noteworthy thing here is that BITS follows a 0% attendance policy i.e.there is no minimum attendance required to pass a semester. Professors, Lecturers, and P.H.D. students take classes at specific times and its the student's choice of a teacher and his/her time. On an average, there are 25-30 hours of classes a week from 8 a.m. to 4.50 p.m. every day except half day till 1 on Saturday's. Assignments, quizzes, and tests happen at a regular basis. There are only two major examinations, mid-semester, and end-semester comprehensive exams. BITS follows a continuous evaluation scheme. This is without any doubt a great boost to the academic performance of the students.
- Teaching system here is quite thorough. Apart from the lectures where more than 100 students sit in one hall there are separate tutorial classes as well where a small group nearly 40 students are taught the same thing with extra detail and attention. Some P.H.D. students do not have enough knowledge or interest to teach in the tutorial class where it becomes a problem. But not to worry there are surveys at the end of each semester to judge the teacher in every aspect. BITS being a tier-1 engineering college in India with no reservation of seats, except for board toppers, is in collaboration with world leading universities like M.I.T. and Oxford and follows their course pattern.
- Overall experience at BITS is life changing. With a ton of co-curricular activities, a child's personality is developed.
Fees and Scholarships
- The course fee at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, [BITS] Pilani is Rs. 1,00,000/- per semester excluding mess bill. Any other private college in India will have approximately the same or more fee than BITS.
- Schemes are available here for waivering of fees. Merit and Merit-cum-Need scholarshis are there. These take our grades or/and economical conditions to judge whether to provide scholarship upto 80% of our fee reduction. Other scholarships like NTSE and KVPY are also applicable but only one of them will be accepted.
- Around 100 - 150 students get scholarships ranging from 10 to 80% of there fee reduction.
- Loans may be needed. There is a branch of UCO bank in the campus for opening an account and getting a loan. At the time of registration though many of the leading banks ,like Axis, idbi, hsbc, sbi etc,also visit the campus to facilitate the loan process. Not to mention fee can be filled via challan and net-banking also.
Clubs and Associations
- Clubs, departments and associations are the soul of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, [BITS] Pilani. There are a huge number of clubs for almost all activities. Every student can take part in anything and everything.Many popular societies like CEL, ACM, NSS etc also exist on campus.
- Fests are the very important to the college. Oasis the cultural fest is the second biggest fest in all of india. It is completely student organised and funded and has a footfall of abut 5000-6000. Other fests are BOSM (BITS open sports meet) - sports fest , APOGEE - technical fest and INTERFACE - management fest.
- College life is very enjoyable. Utilizing time can be earnt here in the best way. These 4 years of your college will be the best years of your life, i can gaurantee that.
4.2
Academics & Faculty
4.5
Fees & Scholarships
3.5
Placements & Internships
4.5
College Infrastructure & Hostel Facilities
3.5
Clubs & Associations
5
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