Know More:BITS Pilani "Goa" Campus

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The mere name of the campus- ‘BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus’- leads to a multitude of questions. Post-BITSAT, most would know that BITS stands for Birla Institute of Technology and Science. 

  

    1.  Why the different name ?

 Pilani happens to be a small hamlet in Rajasthan-on the educational map of India for being home to the country’s top private Engi­neering College, BITS Pilani, Pilani campus. In 2004, the BITS Pilani University expanded to include a second campus in Goa- a cam­pus that pays tribute to the late Chancellor -renowned industrial­ist Dr. K.K Birla. This nomenclature being fully explained, readers will be in a place to digest more facts about the college itself.

   

    2.    Admission

One aspect that assumes monu­mental importance while discuss­ing the credibility of BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus is that the insti­tute boasts of an admission pro­cedure that is completely merit-based.

Reservation is not there at any stage of admission here in any form.

There isn’t a single student here who does not belong here, who hasn’t set his priorities right and worked hard to get here. As alumni from any premiere insti­tute will tell you, the connections you forge in college will help you through the years.

Admissions to all integrated first degree programmes of BITS Pilani at Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad campus are made on the basis of a Computer-Based Online Test conducted by BITS Pilani. The test is called ‘BITS Admission Test’, commonly known as BITSAT

    

    3.    Academics

BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus shares its academic structure with the 50-year-old BITS Pilani university, so it’s a given that the academics here are top-class. Sin­cere students will always find the means to make great engineers and great citizens of themselves-a claim that has been strength­ened by the achievements of the students of this campus.

Other than the 4-year B.E courses BITS Pilani offers 5-year integrated M.Sc courses(Dual Degree).

The most popular (and often, least understood) of the flex­ibilities at BITS is the Dual De­gree Course.

Though the BITSAT score cutoffs for dual courses are usually lower than those for single de­gree courses, the Dualites are on par (sometimes even bet­ter off, courtesy an extra Mas­ter’s degree) with single degree students in terms of academic structure and placements. A Dual Programme does not mean twice the number of courses/ working hours per semester. Rather, Dualites who have opt­ed for a B.E. degree have a course structure spanning over 11 semesters (single degree students have 8), including a compulsory thesis semester.

   

    4.    Rankings

Regarding college rankings, you would find that BITS Goa in itself never features anywhere. It is because the university is centralized as BITS Pilani, so the mention of BITS Pilani in regular college rankings reflect both Pilani as well as Goa campus.

The college is different from the other colleges like IITs and NITs in the sense that the university is centralized. So, the certificate you get states that BITS Pilani is your university regardless of your campus (Pilani, Goa or Hyderabad).

    5.    Autonomy

The institute was named as a campus as opposed to a separate university. Graduating students are awarded degrees from BITS Pilani with no mention of the Goa Campus, as only the parent university has the right to grant degrees. However, with respect to most other aspects, the campus is autonomous. As an example, the institute has its own faculty and administration. Operating under the umbrella of an established university gives it the advantage of using the infrastructure (such as Practice School, evaluation systems etc.) which have already been developed and tested by BITS Pilani.

    6.    Course Sturcture

BITS is one of the few Indian universities to provide a unique academic structure and flexibilities in the same inspired by the structure of the Massachusetts Insti­tute of Technology, USA.

The freshman year at BITS focuses on ex­posing one to Elementary Science cours­es and Introductory courses to certain domains of Engineering. Courses like En­gineering Graphics and Workshop Prac­tice introduce students to the basics of Mechanical Engineering, while Computer Programming courses equip students with knowledge of basic Structure Oriented Programming.

The new curriculum introduced in the academic year 2011-12 focuses on branch specialization, while retaining the focus on soft skills and overall development. The number of Compulsory Disciplinary Courses (branch related courses) has in­creased. Besides the CDCs, the BITS aca­demic infrastructure provides an array of Elective Courses -courses from vari­ous engineering, humanities, science and management fields to add versatility to a BITSian’s academic profile.

For instance, the BITS system permits a Chemical Engi­neering student to pursue a fully fledged course in Cryptography, which is a disci­plinary subject of Computer Science en­gineering.

    7.  Campus Life

The four years you spend at BITS will have a lot more than just aca­demics and job interviews. With three top-notch festivals to host, we have a number of Departments to look into different aspects of each festival- be it overall control, Sponsorship &Marketing, Public­ity, Arts & Decoration or Journal­ism & Media Affairs, amongst oth­ers.

Besides the Departments, a num­ber of special-interest clubs func­tion actively on campus- perform­ing clubs such as the Dance Club, the Music Society, the Mime Club, and the Drama Club (which per­form during the festivals and or­ganize their own Nites) and the other bodies such as the Aerody­namics Club, the Quiz Club, the Electronics and Robotics Club, the Wall Street Society and the Center for Entrepreneurial Lead­ership-to name a few.

For the record, it is not true that the Goa campus has a private beach. But the college does have a won­derful view of the Zuari river and the small, but beautiful Bogmalo beach less than fifteen minutes away.

With a beautiful campus located in an even more beautiful state, you’ll be sure to have the time of your life here-whether you’re or­ganizing a fest, studying for exams or watching the Goan sun set over the Arabian sea.

    8.    Placements

    BITS:        http://universe.bits-pilani.ac.in/Goa/listOfRecruiters

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Every BITS applicant will wonder about the Placement scene at the sister campuses of the revered Pilani campus. While there are talks of having centralized place­ments for all BITS campuses, the Goa campus has fared well on its own (despite being a relatively young campus).

Sought after companies like Ya­hoo Inc., Oracle and Morgan Stan­ley have been recruiting BITSGians for the last few years. While the most lucrative pay-packages are still received by Computer Science /Information Systems students; candidates from other branches fare well with branch-specific firms such as MRF, CEAT and Tata Motors (for Mechanical students) and Nokia-Siemens, Deloitte and Sun Microsystems (for Electronics students) recruiting from campus. For a full list of past recruiter at BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, refer to the link below.

Dualites are eligible to sit for placements in their fifth year when most of them are doing PS-2 in different cities, leaving a small window for visiting the campus for placements. Hence,Dualites rely on PPOs (Pre-placement of­fers) from their PS-2 stations. The last semester saw Dualites receiv­ing cushy PPOs from the likes of Texas Instruments and Amazon.

While the college is yet to realize it’s full potential in terms of Place­ments, what’s reassuring is that the graph has always displayed a positive trend. With more com­panies, fatter pay-checks and in­creased recruitment, ****college name, whatever it may be**** continues to surpass itself on the Placements front.