In the midst of the cosmopolitian heart of Delhi, BITS Alumni from all over the world shall converge to take part in the melange of activities from the 8th to 9th of January.

The meet shall present eminent industrialists, policy makers, change agents, academicians and entrepreneurs who shall discuss issues that confront our nation today and evolve steps to be taken in future to turn the challenges into opportunities.

Apart from panel discussions and plenary sessions, the meet shall present to the attendees interactive workshops, mesmerizing bullet talks to inspire and amaze one and all, unveil initiatives taken up by BITS & BITSAA apart from serving as a platform to network with alumni and students from batches spanning nearly five decades of success that BITS has gifted the world. The inset of evening shall unfold spectacular performances that shall act as catalysts of relaxation before the dance and music shall blend everyone in one spirit. Also a day shall make way for all interested alumni for a trip to Pilani to the experience dejavu of the memorable years spent.

This homecoming shall bring BITSians back to their alma-mater with the objective to strengthen the BITS brand globally, support new initiatives taken by the institute and reminisce their memories in BITS.

The theme of the BGM 2011 is – “Transforming Society, Enterprises & Academics through Innovation”

The BITSAA Global Meet 2011 will also witness panel discussions with some of the best minds from Industry, Academia, the Government and the Development sectors and have them present their views on the three pillars that are showcased in the theme of the meet. The panels will host BITSian as well as other eminent speakers who have a wealth of experience and will discuss issues ranging from how entrepreneurship has evolved over the ages, what is needed to ramp up higher education in India, how to create the next generation of ultra skilled workforce as well how the society at large can be benefited from innovative actions.

The first ever global alumni meet – BITSAA Global Meet 2011, will be held from 8^th-9^th January, 2011.

Source: http://www.bitsaa.org/

Pilani, 3 October 2010; A passport camp was organized at BITS Pilani on Sunday 3 October in order to facilitate BITS faculty, their families and students to submit their passport applications. Over 500 applicants filed their applications. Regional Passport Officer, Jaipur, Mr S K Verma and his team from Jaipur examined and collected the applications. The program was organized in association with the Community Welfare Unit of BITS Pilani.

The camp was inaugurated by Prof G Raghurama, Director of BITS Pilani in the presence of Mr A Manickam, Joint Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs and Chief Passport Officer, Government of India. Speaking to the Media Relations department of BITS Pilani, Mr Manickam said that there are 37 passport offices in the country which receive about 50 lakh applications every year. Mr Manickam also said that the Regional Passport offices will try to organize camps in those places which are having a large number of applications and also are far off from the passport offices. He said that the Passport offices will soon be introducing biometric system by putting chips in the passports as additional security feature to prevent forged passports. He added that 77 Passport Seva Kendras will be opened in the country in an year for the benefit of the public in order to accept applications. Out of these, 3 Seva Kendras will be located in cities of Rajasthan , ie Sikar, Jaipur and Jodhpur and these will be opened in the next one year, he added.

Briefing the BITS Media Relations department, Mr S K Verma, Regional Passport Officer said that such camps are organized regularly in order to facilitate the applicants and obviate the need to travel to the passport offices. He said that the district police authorities of Jhunjhunu have agreed to expedite the police verification process so that the issuing of passport can be made faster. Considering the fact that there are large number of students and faculty of BITS wish to visit abroad, Mr Verma said that such camps will be held at BITS every year.

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For more information relating to this press release, please contact Dr M Ishwara Bhat, Unit Chief, Publications and Media Relations, BITS Pilani. Cellphone +91 9414082462

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani is an all India university established under Section 3 of UGC Act. It has the main campus at Pilani, Rajasthan and additional campuses at Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai.

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Prof Bijendra Nath Jain is New Vice Chancellor for BITS Pilani. Prof Bijendra Nath Jain was with IIT, Delhi where he has been a Microsoft Chair Professor, Head of the Department, Dean Alumni Affairs, and Deputy Director (Faculty Affairs). Prof Bijendra Nath Jain will succeed Prof L K Maheshwari on 1st August 2010.

1 August 2010, Pilani, /IndiaPRLine.com/ Prof Bijendra Nath Jain has been appointed as the new Vice Chancellor of Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani. Prof Jain will succeed Prof L K Maheshwari on 1st August 2010.

Prof Bijendra Nath Jain new Vice Chancellor of BITS Pilani

Prof Bijendra Nath Jain obtained his B. Tech. from IIT Kanpur and Ph.D. from SUNY, Stony Brook (NY), both in Electrical Engineering. Since 1975, he was with IIT, Delhi where he has been a Microsoft Chair Professor, Head of the Department, Dean Alumni Affairs, and Deputy Director (Faculty Affairs).

He has held visiting assignments with the Universities of Texas and Maryland, Bell Labs, and Cisco Systems. Most recently, he was a Gledden Senior Visiting Fellow at University of Western Australia, Perth.

His teaching and research interests are in Computer Networks and Systems, with applications to wireless networks, environment monitoring and information security. Over the last 35 years, Prof Jain has trained over 2500 computer communication specialists, many of whom are leaders in R & D in India and abroad, including those in government or industry.

Other than authoring a large number of research papers in international journals and conferences, he has co-authored the book “OSI : Its Architecture and Protocols’ published in 1993 by McGraw Hill, New York and translated into Japanese by Soft Research. He is also a co-inventor, with researchers from Cisco Systems, in seven US patents.

In 1983, Prof Jain was the first to propose a nation wide data network for India. With funding from Government of India and UNDP, and together with developers from other institutions in India, he built and launched in 1989 India’s first data network, ERnet. Today, ERnet is a thriving not-for-profit company connecting over a million users spread across 2000 institutions in India.

He has helped several organizations in India build their data networks. These include REC, IA, PNB, NTPC, NDDB, UNICEF and (most importantly) Customs & Excise Department. He is also a member of several committees, including DRDO’s Naval
Research Board, Technology Assessment Board of Microsoft Research and Board of Directors of IIIT Delhi.

As Deputy Director (Faculty Affairs), he developed and implemented several innovative schemes to attract and retain faculty at IIT, including those that support Chair Professorships and Outstanding Faculty Fellowships. As former Dean for Alumni Affairs and International Programs, he helped establish IIT Delhi Excellence Foundation as a “public charity” in USA, and the new School of IT, funded in large part by IIT alumnus, Vinod Khosla.

Prof Jain is a co-founder and past – Chairman of Krtikal Solutions, a technology start-up focused on computer vision, embedded systems and networks.

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For more information relating to this press release, please contact Dr M Ishwara Bhat, Unit Chief, Publications and Media Relations, BITS Pilani. Cellphone +91 9414082462

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani is an all India university established under Section 3 of UGC Act. It has the main campus at Pilani, Rajasthan and additional campuses at Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai.
Visit : www.bits-pilani.ac.in

The Dabbawalas derive their inspiration from the quote “Serving someone food is an extremely satisfying feeling. The smile you get after giving good food to someone is an experience to cherish.”

Pilani, Rajasthan, February 22, 2010 / IndiaPRLine / — At 5 Pm on Saturday 13 February 2010 the Lecture Theatre Complex – LTC at Birla Institute of Technology and Science – BITS Pilani was bustling with a huge crowd of faculty members and students to attend a very special event organized as part of Interface 2010 – a talk by famous Mumbai dabbawala. Kiran the Dabbawala from Mumbai in his hour long session had the audience eating out of his hands explaining the modus operandi of the Dabbawalas and their much acclaimed coding system. Its not just yet another lecture but One lecture which power packed the essence of what B Schools ought to be teaching on OB – Organizational Behaviour, SCM – Supply Chain Management, CRM – Customer Relationship Management, MIS – Management Information Systems, HRM – Human Resource Management, PM – Project Management, MM -Marketing Management, TQM – Total Quality Management and what not.

By preaching what they practice, the Mumbai Dabbawalas have indeed proved to be a cut above the rest of management gurus.

Editor Notes

About BITS Pilani

The Birla Institute of Technology and Science – BITS Pilani is a Deemed to be University established vide Sec.3 of the UGC Act, 1956 under notification No. F.12-23/63.U-2 of June 18, 1964. NAAC – National Assessment and Accreditation Council reaccredited BITS with 3.71 CGPA out of 4 and awarded “A” grade “Very Good” status. It is indeed a matter of pride that for the year 2009, BITS Pilani has been ranked among the top ranking universities along with IITs in various Magazine surveys such as India Today, Outlook, LiveMint DataQuest etc. BITS offers degrees in various disciplines presently at Pilani, Dubai, Goa and Hyderabad campuses. BITS Pilani has done pioneering work in industry university collaborations in terms of Practice School and Work Integrated Learning Programmes. Alumni of the Institute who are Proud to be BITSians and ambassadors for Brand BITS Pilani are spread across all continents from Australia to America.

For the founder of NBC David Sarnoff, the word ‘visionary’ meant a capacity to see into tomorrow and make it work.

Pilani, Rajasthan, February 4, 2010 / IndiaPRLine / — Starting from 2004, India Habitat Centre has been engaging with the youth, who are successor generation and form the largest component of our population, through the Habitat Young Visionary Award competition. For more details click http://www.indiahabitat.org/main.htm

This award carries a fully funded summer programme at Cambridge University and is awarded to a young voice that expresses the vision to build a society of their choice based on a theme that enables and urges the young minds to search their values and relate them to the future. The runner-up gets an internship at National Geographic Hong Kong. The competition for the Habitat Young Visionary Award is open to students all over India who go through three rounds of rigorous participation, at the end of which the finalists are chosen to compete for the Award. Participants are required to write an essay on their specific vision, based on a theme that is provided each year. The theme for this year was “The Change I want to See, the Change I want to Make.”

A committee of academic experts then evaluates these essays and selects the best ten from each zone – North & East and South & West. These semi-finalists are invited to present their vision in greater detail before a panel of judges comprising of well-known and eminent persons – journalists, bureaucrats, writers, politicians, policy-makers and achievers. This year, the semi-finals for North & East zones took place in India Habitat Centre, Delhi and for South & West zones in IIT Madras, Chennai. Three semi-finalists each from the two Semi-Finals – a total of six – were short-listed for the Finals, in which their vision was questioned in greater detail.

The grand finale for the Habitat Young Visionary Award 2010 was conducted at India Habitat Centre Lodhi Road New Delhi on 30 January 2010. The finals had six contestants – Rishika Das Roy from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata; Neha Kamra from Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, GGSIPU, Delhi; Kushal Bhimjiani from National Law School of India, Bangalore; Rohit Keshav Pothukuchi from NALSAR, Hyderabad; Abhinav Aggarwal from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai and Aayush Deora from Birla Institute of Technology and Science – BITS Pilani.

In the hotly contested finals, Rishika Das was declared winner for her presentation on Saving Lives of victims after natural disasters in Sunderbans by adopting a tree while Aayush Deora was declared runner-up for his presentation on Empowering India through Education. It is indeed a matter of pride that Anurag Dutta also a student of BITS Pilani won the runner-up position in 2009.

Aayush Deora did his schooling in Calcutta Boys School and joined BITS Pilani in the year 2006 for the MSc (Tech) Finance degree program after clearing the online entrance examination BITSAT. In September last year as Group Leader for the team with 2 other BITSians Anirudh Mandhana and Gaurav Shahlot, he participated in the Youth Business Development Competition 2009 organized by the Oxford Business Network for Social Entrepreneurship – The Said Business School and won the first position. He is all geared up to participate in ASES (Asia-Pacific Student Entrepreneurship Society) scheduled during April 4-10, 2010 at Stanford University, USA. His role model is none other than IT Czar Infosys N R Narayana Murthy.

Proud to be BITSian Aayush Deora is bound to climb many more peaks in the coming years and bring laurels to BITS Pilani.

Editor Notes

About BITS Pilani

The Birla Institute of Technology and Science – BITS Pilani is a Deemed to be University established vide Sec.3 of the UGC Act, 1956 under notification No. F.12-23/63.U-2 of June 18, 1964. NAAC – National Assessment and Accreditation Council reaccredited BITS with 3.71 CGPA out of 4 and awarded “A” grade “Very Good” status. It is indeed a matter of pride that for the year 2009, BITS Pilani has been ranked among the top ranking universities along with IITs in various Magazine surveys such as India Today, Outlook, LiveMint DataQuest etc. BITS offers degrees in various disciplines presently at Pilani, Dubai, Goa and Hyderabad campuses. BITS Pilani has done pioneering work in industry university collaborations in terms of Practice School and Work Integrated Learning Programmes. Alumni of the Institute who are Proud to be BITSians and ambassadors for Brand BITS Pilani are spread across all continents from Australia to America.

The issue in hand is all about maintaining a state of harmony between humans and nature and remembering Mahatma Gandhi’s saying “There is a sufficiency in the world for man’s need but not for man’s greed.”

Pilani, Rajasthan, November 20, 2009 /IndiaPRLine/ — Prof Rajagopalan Member, Governing Board of International Ocean Institute, Malta visited Birla Institute of Technology and Science – BITS Pilani on 17 November 2009 to deliver a talk on Global Environmental Crisis. The talk was sponsored buy Oxford University Press (OUP) India and organized by Staff Association BITS Pilani. Dr VS Nirban Vice President Staff Association welcomed the gathering and introduced Prof Rajagopalan to the audience.

OUP which is the world’s largest university press, publishing more than 4,500 new books a year; has a presence in more than fifty countries worldwide and employs some 3,700 people. OUP India propagates the liberal objectives of the University to further education and learning through publications that reflect the specific needs of the country that it serves. OUP India was established in 1912 in Bombay (now Mumbai). After Mumbai, offices were established at Chennai and Kolkata, and an office at Delhi was opened in 1972. With the opening of the Delhi office, the headquarters of OUP India shifted from Mumbai to Delhi.

Prof. R.Rajagopalan holds a B.E. degree from Madras University and Ph.D. degree from IIT Kanpur. He had taught for over 30 years at IIT Kanpur and IIT Madras handling a variety of courses on industrial engineering, management, environment, and development. At IIT Madras, he was also the Director of International Ocean Institute (IOI India). He has been giving presentations and conducting workshops on environment across the country. He is passionately involved in a rural development project in coastal villages in South India, integrating livelihood issues, environment, and eco-technologies. Prof. Rajagopalan has edited and written several books and papers.

His talk focused on creating an increased sensitivity towards environmental issues apart from developing an appreciation of the seriousness of the environmental crisis at the local and global levels among students and faculty. Spiced with wit and humour, Prof Rajagopalan discussed the major environmental problems which included over exploitation of natural resources, degraded land, disappearing forests, endangered species, escalating pollution, growing population, dangerous toxins, global warming, and extreme weather, among others.

Apart from environmental damages that have happened in Easter Island, Madagascar, Himalayas, Arctic and Antarctic, Greenland, Maldives etc, Prof Rajagopalan also talked about Gaia theory as well as coastal – marine degradation, ecological footprint, sustainable development, ozone layer depletion, urban explosion and associated issue of slum dogs. The details presented by him about population spike, consumption spike and extinction spike were truly eye openers.

Dr Hari Om Bansal Secretary Staff Association proposed the vote of thanks. What emerged after the talk is to remember the quote by Alan M Eddison “Modern Technology owes Ecology an Apology” and gear up for a “Cradle to Cradle” approach which challenges society to redesign the materials we use and to revolutionize the manner in which we make them.

In India today, this tie-up of steel major SAIL with higher education pioneer BITS Pilani marks yet another milestone in industry university collaborations.

Nov 05, 2009 /IndiaPRLine.com/ The Scientific Manpower Committee (1947), Engineering Personnel Committe(1956), AICTE (1958, 1966, 1969, 1971), Thacker Committee (1961), Kothari Education Commission (1966), National Policy on Education (1968), Ministry of Education, Government of India (1978), Draft National Policy on Education (1979), AIEI (1980), Nayudamma Review Committee (1980), Challenge of Education – a policy perspective, Ministry of Education, GOI (1985), IIT Review Report (1986), …… many more committees, commissions, seminars, symposiums……have repeatedly advocated and emphasized on the need for strong university industry linkages in India.

With Dr Kumar Mangalam Birla as the Chancellor and Dr LK Maheshwari as the Vice Chancellor, BITS presently has its campuses at Pilani (Rajasthan), Goa and Hyderabad in India and Dubai in UAE. BITS offers degrees in various disciplines at all three tiers namely Integrated First degree, higher degree and PhD.

For the year 2009, the Birla Institute of Technology and Science well known all over as BITS Pilani has been ranked among the top ranking universities in India along with IITs in various Magazine surveys such as India Today, Outlook, LiveMint etc. The alumni of BITS Pilani who are Proud to be BITSians are spread across various continents from Australia to America.

Admission to various degrees at BITS Pilani is by online test BITSAT. The NAAC – National Assessment and Accreditation Council has reaccredited BITS Pilani with 3.71 CGPA out of 4 and awarded “A” grade “Very Good” status. BITS Pilani has done pioneering work in industry university collaborations in terms of Practice School and Work Integrated Learning.

It is indeed a matter of pride that BITS Pilani today has Practice School program in very many organizations not only in India but also in USA, several countries in Europe, Middle East and Singapore. For Work Integrated Learning, BITS Pilani partnerships include Wipro, CTS, HP, Persistent, Patni, Tech Mahindra, SAP, Yahoo!, Sabre Travel, Bharat Forge, Bharat Dynamics, Ashok Leyland, L&T, NTPC, NDPL, Essar Power, Tehri Hydro, Renusagar Power, Chambal Fertilizers, Tata Chemicals, Hindustan Zinc (HZL), Hindalco, Aditya Birla Group Cement Business, Dr Reddy’s Labs, Matrix Labs, Strides Arco Labs, Dabur Pharma (Fresenius Kabi Oncology Ltd), CMC Hospital Vellore, Bombay Hospital, CDC New Delhi, NCSM Kolkata, CLRI Chennai. NPL Delhi, IIQM Jaipur, RDSO Lucknow and IRCAMTECH Gwalior

The Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is India’s largest Steel producing Navratna Company. With a turnover of Rs. 48,681 crore, SAIL is among the top five highest profit earning corporates of the country. The Management Training Institute (MTI) which is the apex corporate training centre of SAIL is continuously exploring the means of enriching and upgrading its Human Resource Development initiatives for building the competence of the executives to enable them to take up newer challenges. In addition, MTI supports various SAIL Plants and Units in their efforts to develop the competence of employees in all disciplines.

In a colourful function organized at ISPAT Bhawan, Lodhi Road New Delhi on 05 November 2009, the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in the presence of Mr G Ojha Director (Personnel) by Dr G Sundar Dean Practice School Division and Dr BR Natarajan Dean Work Integrated Learning Programmes Division on behalf of BITS Pilani and by Mr Satya Prakash Patnaik Executive Director (HRD) from MTI Ranchi and Mr B B Singh Executive Director (Operations) on behalf of SAIL. With effect from the date of signing, the MoU will remain in force for three years with the provision that it may be extended for another period on mutually agreeable terms and conditions.

Apart from BITS Faculty members from Delhi off campus centre Dr MD Arora, Mr Rajesh Tewari, Mrs Ritu, senior executives from SAIL including Mr B Dhal Executive Director (P&A) and Mr R K Singhal DGM (Corporate Affairs) also attended the function.

Dr Natarajan gave an overview of BITS Pilani after which Mr Patnaik presented the highlights of the proposed collaboration. Mr Ojha nostalgically recollected his visit to Pilani way back in 1969 and reiterated that SAIL had top focus for HRD with emphasis on work integrated learning. On behalf of BITS, Dr Sundar thanked all SAIL executives including Mr Anil Sharma from Bhilai and Mr Manas Panda from MTI Ranchi for making the MoU function a grand success. Dr Taposh Ghoshal AGM (Academic) from MTI Ranchi welcomed the gathering and proposed vote of thanks.

This Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between BITS and SAIL has been signed with the objective of fostering collaboration between the two institutions to promote academic and research interactions which include Practice School Programme for students of BITS, Work Integrated Learning Programmes for employees of SAIL under continuing education, Faculty support by BITS for short term technical programmes at SAIL as well as Involvement of Senior Executives and Experts from SAIL for value addition to the educational process at BITS.

SAIL and BITS understand that they may share confidential information and mutually agree to respect and adhere to the Confidentiality as well as IPR requirements of the respective organizations. A Coordination Committee consisting of Vice Chancellor, BITS as Chairman, two nominees each from SAIL and BITS would coordinate and monitor the academic and research programmes and all related operational matters within the framework of the academic regulations of BITS and the objectives outlined by SAIL.

After the MoU signing, the BITS team along with Mr Ojha and Mr S P Patnaik met Chairman and Managing Director Mr S K Roongta and discussed the salient features of the collaboration.

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About BITS Pilani: The Birla Institute of Technology and Science – BITS Pilani is a Deemed to be University established vide Sec.3 of the UGC Act, 1956 under notification No. F.12-23/63.U-2 of June 18, 1964.

With Passion Quotient for alma mater peaking, for each one of them, Pilani is just not a destination where one arrives but rather the spirit with which one undertakes and continues the journey.

Birla Institute of Technology and Science – BITS Pilani which has been ranked as one among the top ranking universities for the year 2009 by India Today, OutLook and LiveMint is located in the heart of the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan. BITS offers degrees in various disciplines presently not only at Pilani but also at Dubai, Goa and Hyderabad campuses.

The Practice School and Work Integrtaed Learning programmes of BITS Pilani have set benchmarks for othes to emulate in Corporate college partnerships. Recently the NAAC – National Assessment and Accreditation Council had reaccredited BITS with 3.71 CGPA out of 4 and awarded “A” grade “Very Good” status.

The alumni movement of the Institute has already seen the golden jubilee years. BITS Alumni Association (BITSAA) organizes each year close to Gandhi Jayanthi, the silver jubilee reunion of BITSians who passed out 25 years ago. Alumni of the Institute are spread across all continents from Australia to America. Lately Pearl and Coral Jubilee Reunions are getting into the reckoning.

From the 70-75 batch (admissions 1970 – Graduation 1975), 69 BITSians from all over the world assembled at Pilani on 24th October 2009 evening for celebrating their Coral Jubilee Reunion. The alumni gathering indeed looked like a stellar constellation of Professionals from all walks of life. By putting their best foot forward to march out boldly and seize the opportunities to face the challenges head on, each one of them undoubtedly was a dreamer, performer, achiever and a leader in applying the interdisciplinary education they had at BITS Pilani to improve lives across society

Irrespective of whatever degree they did at Pilani, wherever they came from and whatever their life journey had taken them to, there was one thing they all shared in common and that was passion for the alma mater. Each one of them agreed that their stay at Pilani had left an indelible mark on their lives. This batch like the other batches have indeed enhanced the reputation and raised the profile of BITS Pilani both nationally and internationally through their successes, contributions and support.

On October 25, 2009, they went around the campus to visit the Sharda Peeth Saraswati Temple, Birla Science Museum, Student Activities Centre (SAC), various hostels, laboratories, Central Library etc. Prof Natarajan Vice President BITSAA took a nostalgic lecture for them in the Lecture Theatre Complex and gave an overview of BITS covering the happenings over the past 35 years.

Same day evening, a colorful function aptly titled YAADEIN – A Musical Trip Down Memory Lane was held in the auditorium of the Institute, where they remembered and honored Prof B D Deshpande who had cared, inspired, encouraged and challenged them during their student years. As Guru Dakshina they have a citation and a cheque for Rs 2 Lakhs to him.

Prof Deshpande had obtained from erstwhile Birla Science college in Pilani his MSc in 1951 and PhD in 1957. He joined BITS in 1957 and retired in 1987. During his stay at BITS, apart from being Professor of Biological Sciences Group at BITS Pilani, Prof Deshpande had been warden, chief warden and later Dean Student Welfare Division. The 81 year old emotion choked Prof Deshpande in his speech said that BITSians are undoubtedly a class apart and he had cherished every moment of his stay at Pilani.

The nostalgic evening function also included performance by the Music Club of BITS Pilani who took the alumni and audience to peaks of nostalgia by picking songs from the yesteryear hit hindi movies such as Jawani Diwani Padosan, etc. The alumni not to be left behind took the stage and proved that their performance which included Dinesh Sharma, Azhar Kazmi, Dinesh Maheshwari, Prafulla R Deo and others was indeed nothing short of a stellar constellation of K L Saigal, Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Hemant Kumar, Mukesh and Talat.

Yash Gandhi BITSAA Secretary welcomed the alumni for the auditorium function. Prof BR Natarajan Vice President BITSAA proposed the vote of thanks sprinkled with lyrics from Yaadein Yaad Aati Hain song sung by Hariharan for the Subhash Ghai film Yaadein, College Ke Din song O Sir and the immortal Proud to be BITSian Intel Sunit Rikhi poem recited by him as chief guest for the inauguration of OASIS 2007 prlog.org/10034740/.

On 26 October 2009, in the Engineering Theatre of the Institute a symposium was held on “Synergies between BITS Vision and BITS-75 Charitable Trust”. Prof R K Mittal Deputy Director Administration read out the message by Prof LK Maheshwari Vice Chancellor and gave details of avenues for alumni to participate in institution building and brand building of BITS Pilani. Prof G Raghurama Deputy Director Academics gave an overview of BITS Vision document which is in final stages of preparation.

Apart from Distinguished Alumni of BITS Dr Vijay Chandru and Prafullo Deo, Faculty members from BITS Dr NN Sharma, Dr RN Saha and Dr Raj Kumar Gupta gave their presentations. Proud to be BITSian Hanuman Bengani from BOC India Ltd and Suresh K Sharma from Innovolt USA gave the details of the trust while Prem Talreja from Sigma Designs USA moderated the entire proceedings of the symposium.

For the alumni of BITS Pilani, visiting the alma mater 35 years after graduation for the Coral Jubilee Reunion is indeed a mission with passion. For BITSians, BITS Pilani is a place to be remembered forever. They are indeed proud ambassadors of Brand BITS Pilani.

About BITS Pilani: The Birla Institute of Technology and Science is a Deemed to be University established vide Sec.3 of the UGC Act, 1956 under notification No. F.12-23/63.U-2 of June 18, 1964.

Dr BR Natarajan
Professor & Vice President BITS Alumni Association – BITSAA
BITS Pilani Rajasthan 333031 India
Phone 91-1596-242210
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Email brnt(at)bits-pilani.ac.in
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