Birsa Institute of Technology Sindri

Birsa Institute of Technology Sindri

Sindri, Jharkhand , India
Campus	Suburban, Area = (450 Acres)
Affiliations	Jharkhand University of Technology
Website	www.bitsindri.ac.in

Birsa Institute of Technology Sindri (BIT Sindri), formerly Bihar Institute of Technology Sindri, is an affiliated engineering college in

, India. Established in 1949, BIT Sindri is one of the oldest engineering and technological institute in India.BIT Sindri emerged as rank 1 in the East Zone and 9th in engineering colleges of the country in the Internshala Annual College Ranking 2023.

History

Academics

The institute continued to be affiliated with

The institute currently conducts graduate and postgraduate courses in ten disciplines of engineering which are supported by three departments of natural sciences, one department each of earth sciences and humanities.

• Engineering Disciplines:
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Production Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Metallurgical Engineering
  • Computer Science and Engineering
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Information Technology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Mining Engineering
• Natural Sciences:
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Mathematics
• Earth Sciences
  • Geoscience
• Humanities

Currently, postgraduate students are admitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Electrical Engineering only. Admission to undergraduate courses were earlier based on ranks in Jharkhand Engineering Entrance Competitive Exam(JEECE), conducted by Jharkhand Combined Entrance Competitive Examination(JCECE) Board. The JCECEB announced in April 2019 that admissions to the institute shall be based on scores in

or NTA.

BIT Sindri is particularly known for its core engineering departments viz. Mechanical and Electrical Engineering and an appreciable number of students from these departments clear the coveted

.

Campus

The Institute campus spreads over an area of 450 acres of land, located near the eastern bank of Damodar River.^[1] The campus is fully residential, both for faculty as well as the students.

Students are housed in a total of 27 Hostels for both Undergraduate and Post-Graduate Programs. Construction for newer hostels is underway too. Much of the work of the construction has been completed and the campus now has new infrastructure and new facilities.^{[citation needed]}

Alumni

Notable alumni include:

• Subodh Das - Material scientist, CEO of Phinix LLC, USA
• Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for Radisson
• Fox School of Business, Temple University
  , USA
• Inder Singh Namdhari - 1st Speaker of the Jharkhand Assembly and also a M.P from Chatra, Jharkhand
• B. S. Sahay - Director of the Indian Institute of Management Jammu and former Director of the Indian Institute of Management Raipur

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