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K K Birla Goa CampusConvocation 2013

BITS Vision

“ What do we propose to do here? We want to teach real science

whether it is engineering, chemistry, humanities, physics or any other

branch. We want to develop a scientific approach in Pilani, which

means there would be no dogma. There will be a search for truth. What

we propose to do here is to cultivate a scientific mind.”

--The Late Shri G. D. BirlaFounder Chairman, BITS Pilani.

“….to prepare young men and women to act as leaders for the

promotion of the economic and industrial development of the country

and to play a creative role in service to humanity.”

--The Late Dr. K. K. BirlaFormer Chancellor, BITS Pilani.

“What is it that can empower our nation? The most obvious answer is

education. Education that enhances livelihoods but also education that

is value-based. Education that gives roots and gives wings as well.”

--Dr. Kumar Mangalam BirlaChancellor BITS Pilani

MINUTE TO MINUTE PROGRAMME OF CONVOCATION 2013August 11, 2013

09.45 A.M. Chief Guest, Shri Rahul Dravid arrives at the Porch (B Dome)

09.47 A.M. Tree plantation by the Chief Guest

09.50 A.M. Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Members BoG, Directors, Deputy Directorsand Registrar meet the Chief Guest in the Conference Room

10.10 A.M. Senate members assemble in the portico in front of Auditorium Gate afterwearing robes.

10.10 A.M. Wearing of robes by Chief Guest and others

10.15 A.M. Introduction of the Members BoG, Directors, Deputy Directors, Registrarand other Senate members to the Chief Guest and Chancellor by theVice-Chancellor and Director

10.25 A.M. Recitation of shlokas in Auditorium.

10.25 A.M. Academic Procession proceeds, led by Registrar to the ConvocationHall. {

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10.30 A.M. Invocation

10.32 A.M. Registrar requests the Chancellor to declare the Convocation open. TheChancellor declares the Convocation open.

10.33 A.M Report on activities of the Institute and address by the Vice-Chancellor

10.45 A.M. Chancellor's Address

10.55 A.M. Director's Report

11.05 A.M. Introduction of the Chief Guest by the Vice-Chancellor

11.07 A.M. Convocation address by the Chief Guest

11.27 A.M. Presentation of Memento to the Chief Guest by the Chancellor

11.30 A.M. Presentation of Degrees by the Vice-Chancellor. Registrar presents thecandidates who have qualified for the award of various degrees. {

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12.30 P.M. Presentation of Medals by the Chief Guest

12.35 P.M. Administration of Oath to the recipients of Degrees by the Gold Medalist.{

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12.40 P.M. Vote of thanks

12.43 P.M. Convocation is dissolved by the Chancellor

12.45 P.M. National Anthem

12.50 P.M. Academic procession led by Registrar departs in the reverse order inwhich it entered. {

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When the procession enters the Convocation Hall, all assembledwill stand up and remain standing until the members forming theprocession have reached their seats.

All thecandidates will rise in their seats and keep standing until the citation isread by the Vice-Chancellor

Gold medalist will lead the Oath. Recipients of Degrees will repeat theoath word by word

Upon the procession leaving the Convocation Hall, allassembled will rise in their seats, and remain standing until the membersforming the procession have left the hall

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MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Dr. Kumar Mangalam Birla

Smt. Shobhana Bhartia

Prof. Bijendra Nath Jain

Shri B. K. Birla Shri Kris Ramachandran

Shri Sidharth Birla Shri D. N. Patodia

Smt. Manjushree Khaitan Shri Vir Sanghvi

Prof. V. S. Rao Shri H. S. Bawa

Shri Hemant Kumar Prof. M. M. S. Anand (Registrar),

Non-member Secretary


Vice-Chancellor

Prof. G. Raghurama

Director, Pilani Campus

Prof. M.M.S. Anand

Registrar

Prof. R.K. Mittal, Dubai Campus

Prof. K.E. Raman (Acting), KK Birla Goa Campus

Prof. V.S. Rao, Hyderabad Campus

Prof. G. Sundar, Pilani Campus

Chancellor

Pro-Chancellor

Vice-Chancellor

SENATE MEMBERS

Chairman

Vice-Chairman

Secretary

Other Members

Directors

Deputy Director

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Deputy Director & Dean

Deans University Wide

Pilani Campus

Hyderabad Campus

Campus Wide

Pilani Campus

Hyderabad Campus

Assistant Deans

Pilani Campus

K K Birla Goa Campus

Hyderabad Campus

Off-Campus Centre

Professors

Pilani Campus

Prof. Ranendra N. Saha, Pilani Campus

Prof. S. Balasubramaniam

Prof. S. Gurunarayanan

Prof. R. Mahesh

Prof. Suman Kapur

Prof. Niti Nipun Sharma

Prof. M.B. Srinivas

Dr. P. Srinivasan

Prof. Sutapa Roy Ramanan

Dr. K.V.G. Chandrasekhar

Dr. S. Sindhu,

Prof. Rahul Banerjee

Prof. Surekha Bhanot

Prof. V.K. Chaubey

Prof. Sudeept Mohan

Prof. Niranjan Swain

Prof. Sanjay Kumar Verma

Prof. Ajit Pratap Singh

Prof. Arya Kumar

Shri K. Venkatasubramanian

Dr. Raghunath Ratabole

Dr. G. Venkiteswaran,

Prof. Ashis Kumar Das

Prof. Mani Sankar Dasgupta

Prof. Balram Dubey

Prof. Chandra Bhan Gupta Prof. Rajendra Prasad Pareek

Prof. Rajiv Gupta Prof. Bandi Venkata Prasad

Prof. S. Kanan Prof. Kodali Rambabu

Prof. Dalip Kumar Prof. N.V. Muralidhar Rao

Prof. Rajiv Kumar Prof. Ram Kinkar Roy

Prof. L.K. Maheshwari Prof. Ashoke Kumar Sarkar

Bangalore Chennai


Prof. Rashmi Ranjan Mishra Prof. Shamsher Bahadur Singh

Prof. Janardan Prasad Misra Prof. S.C. Sivasubramanian

Prof. Mukund Keshavrao Deshmukh Prof. Aditya Prasad Koley

Prof. Arun V. Kulkarni

Prof. Souri Banerjee Prof. Srinivasa Prakash Regalla

Prof. N. Rajesh Prof. D. Sriram

Prof. Komaragiri Srinivasa Raju Prof. S. Swaminathan

Prof. Addepalli Ramu Prof. P. Yogeeswari

Prof. P.N.K. Rao

Prof. Priti Bajpai Prof. S. Swaminathan

Prof. S. Karthiyayini Prof. Thoppil George Thomas

Prof. Tanmay Panda Prof. G. Vijaya

Prof. Dawood Jalaluddin Shariff

Prof. Hari Om Bansal Prof. Arun Maity

Prof. Sanjiv Kumar Choudhary Prof. Dilip Kumar Maiti

Prof. Shibasish Chowdhury Prof. Hitesh Datt Mathur

Prof. Anshuman Dalvi Prof. Sai Jagan Mohan

Prof. P.R. Deepa Prof. Debi Datt Pant

Prof. Arun Kumar Giri Prof. Mukesh Kumar Rohil

Prof. Poonam Goyal Prof. Bijay Kumar Rout

Prof. Lalita Gupta Prof. Srikanta Routroy

Prof. Subhash Narayan Karbelkar Prof. Kumar Neeraj Sachdev

Prof. Anil Kumar Prof. B.G. Saha

Prof. Sanjeev Kumar Prof. Sangeeta Sharma

Prof. Kusum Lata Prof. Krishna Kumar Singh

Prof. Pushp Lata

Prof. Dibakar Chakraborty Prof. D.M. Kulkarni

Prof. Gaurav Dar Prof. Sampatrao D. Manjare

Prof. Ranjan Dey Prof. Shrikanth Mutnuri

Prof. Narendra Nath Ghosh Prof. Vijayashree Nayak

Prof. Neena Goveas Prof. Bhavana P.

Prof. Meenal Anil Kowshik


Hyderabad Campus

Dubai Campus

Associate Professors

Pilani Campus


Prof. Jagarlamudi Venkateswara

Rao


Prof. A. Michael Alphonse Prof. V.R. Vinayaka Rao

Prof. Amit Kumar Gupta Prof. N. Suresh Kumar Reddy

Prof. Chittaranjan Hota Prof. Morapakala Srinivas

Prof. Jeevan Jaidi Prof. P.K. Thiruvikraman

Prof. Vidya Rajesh Prof. A. Vasan

Prof. Somasundaram Arumugam Prof. K. Kumar

Prof. Maneesha Bhagchandani Prof. Surendra Kumar

Prof. Adhir Baran Chattopadhyay Prof. Sankaram M.

Prof. Tapan Kumar Datta Prof. B. Muralidharan

Prof. Vijaya Ilango Prof. K. Nithyananthan

Prof. Kavita Sunil Jerath Prof. R Udayakumar

Prof. Ram Karthikeyan Prof. A. Srinivasa Rao

Prof. Anand Kumar Prof. B. Vijayakumar

Prof. Geetha B Prof. Pradipkumar Haribhau

Keskar

Prof. Debashish Bandyopadhyay Prof. Manoj Kumar

Prof. Anil Kumar Bhat Prof. Jitendra Panwar

Prof. Navneet Goyal Prof. Subit Kumar Saha

Prof. Anu Gupta Prof. Kuldip Singh Sangwan

Dr. Suresh Gupta Dr. Arvind Sudarsan

Prof. Hemant Ramanlal Jadhav

Prof. K.R. Anupama Prof. S. Krishnaswamy

Prof. Sunil Bhand Prof. Prasanna Kumar N.

Prof. Bharat M. Deshpande Prof. Patincharath Nandakumar

Prof. Mridula Goel Prof. Meenakshi Raman

Prof. Utpal Roy Prof. Pravin M. Singru

Dr. R. Gururaj Dr. Kannan Ramaswamy

Dr. Balaji Krishamurthy Prof. Y.V. Daseswara Rao

Dr. P. Lalitha Prof. K. Sumithra

Prof. Bivudutta Mishra Prof. Ramakrishna Vadrevu

Dr. Chandu Parimi Dr. V. Vamsi Krishna Venuganti

Dr. M.G. Prasuna Prof. Y. Yoganandam

Hyderabad Campus

Dubai Campus

Heads of Departments

Pilani Campus


Hyderabad Campus


Dubai Campus

Co-opted Faculty

Librarian

Workshop Superintendent

Chief Wardens

Admissions Officer

Placement Officer

External Members

Student Members

Prof. Bharat Bhushan Gulyani Prof. Mary Lourde R.

Prof. Ramadoss Roop Kumar Prof. Shah Jabeen Shazi

Prof. C. Periasamy Prof. Neeru Sood

Prof. D.V. Prasad Prof. S. Vadivel

Ms. Madhuri Bayya, Hyderabad Campus

Mr. Manoj Kannan, Pilani Campus

Dr. Leela Rani, Pilani Campus

Dr. Ishwara Bhat M.,

Dr. N. Radhakrishnan,

Shri G.J. Desai, KK Birla Goa Campus

Prof. Sanjiv Kumar Choudhary, Prof. Dibakar Chakraborty,

Dr. N.K. Miller Jothi, Dr. Kumar Pranav Narayan,

Prof. Sudeept Mohan

Prof. Mani Sankar Dasgupta

Dr. Malini Balakrishnan Dr. Rishi P. Jamadagni

Dr. S. Ganguli Dr. Chandra Shekhar

Shri Aayush Agarwal

Shri Arnav Jain

Shri Aatif Mehraj Kababi

Shri T. Harsha Vardhan Reddy

Pilani Campus

Dubai Campus

Pilani Campus KK Birla Goa Campus

Dubai Campus Hyderabad Campus


INTRODUCING THE BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND

SCIENCE, PILANI AND THE K K BIRLA GOA CAMPUS

The Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani is an all-India Institution declared

as deemed to be university established under Section 3 of the UGC act. It is privately

supported, fully residential and admits both male and female students. The primary

objectives of the Institute are "to provide for and otherwise promote education and research

in the fields of Technology, Science, Humanities, Industry, Business, Public Administration

and to collate and disseminate in such fields effective ideas, methods, techniques and

information as are likely to promote the material and industrial welfare of India" and to "train

young men and women able and eager to create and put into action such ideas, methods,

techniques and information".

The Institute was initially registered as a Society under the Rajasthan Societies Registration

Act of 1958 on the 13th May, 1964. Subsequently, by notification published in the Gazette of

India dated the 27th June, 1964, the Ministry of Education, Government of India, declared

that the Institute being an institution for higher education shall be "deemed to be a

University". The Institute started functioning with effect from 1st July, 1964 with late Shri G.D.

Birla as its Founder Chairman.

The Institute started as a small "Pathshala" in Pilani way back in the year 1901 by Seth Shri

Narainji Birla with one teacher for educating his grandsons, late Shri G.D. Birla and late Shri

R.D. Birla. Pilani was then a small isolated desert village in Rajasthan. The Pathshala

evolved slowly and steadily into a High School in 1925 and became an Intermediate College

in 1929. The Birla Education Trust was founded in the same year. The Intermediate College

developed into a Degree College in 1943. In 1947, this college was raised to postgraduate

level. In 1950, Pharmacy courses were started in this college, and in 1952, it was bifurcated

into College ofArts and the College of Science, Commerce and Pharmacy.

During World War II, the Government of India established a Technical Training Centre at

Pilani for the supply of technicians for Defence Services and industry. In 1946, late Shri G.D.

Birla decided to convert it into an engineering college with degree programmes in Electrical

and Mechanical Engineering. Master's programme in Electronics was started in 1955. B.E.

programmes in Civil Engineering and Chemical Engineering were started later. In 1964 with

the inception of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, the colleges, viz., Birla College

of Science, Commerce and Pharmacy, Birla College ofArts and Birla College of Engineering

situated at Pilani, as also all properties, movable and immovable, together with educational

facilities, hostels, staff quarters, playgrounds, etc., became part of the Institute and all these

properties were vested in it. During the early years of its inception, i.e., 1964 to 1970, the

Institute with the support of Ford Foundation Grant had the advantage of having

collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. It adopted the

semester system, modular structure of courses, continuous and internal evaluation, letter

grading, etc. It also created institutionalized linkages with the industries. Over a period of

time, the Institute also introduced several flexibilities in its educational programmes.


Dr. K.K. Birla who took over as the Chairman of BITS in 1983 was deeply involved and

closely associated with his visionary father in running both the earlier Birla Colleges and the

current institute BITS, since its inception. With his spirited involvement in all the activities of

the Institute, he was able to see the vision of his father Late Shri G.D. Birla unfolding. Taking

over the responsibility of running the institute, Dr. K.K Birla who became the Chancellor in

2003 realized the need for greater number of promising graduates in the field of science and

technology in shaping up the nation's development. Hence he initiated an increase in the

number of students at Pilani campus during 1999 which gradually carried the total strength

from 2500 to 4000. Under his patronage, BITS started expanding by establishing three

campuses, one in Dubai in the year 2000, in Goa in the year 2004 and in Hyderabad in the

year 2008.

Consequent upon the sad demise of Dr. K.K. Birla on 30 August 2008, Dr. Kumar Mangalam

Birla was elected as the Chancellor and Smt. Shobhana Bhartia was nominated as the Pro-

Chancellor of the Institute. Under the leadership of young and dynamic Chancellor, BITS is

taking steps to scale greater heights.

In the year 2000, BITS was accredited by NAAC with the highest possible rank in University

accreditation. In 2008-2009, the NAAC peer team visited BITS campuses at Pilani, Goa and

Dubai and BITS has been reaccredited with CGPA 3.71 on four point scale at the highest 'A'

grade.

The Institute has embarked on a journey to become one of the leading universities in the

world by the year 2020. Initially, a task force was constituted to prepare the Vision 2020

document and the draft 'Vision 2020' was released in February 2009. After several

deliberations and discussions, Vision 2020 was formalized and logically split into 3 year long

milestones, known as 'Mission Programmes'. First such milestone, , was

accomplished in the year 2012, after being formally launched in October 2009.

Mission 2012 focused and achieved significantly in six thrust areas - Academic Programs

and Pedagogy, People, Research & Consultancy, Campus Life, Infrastructure & Facilities

and UniversityAdministration. 16 Task Forces comprising of more than 110 faculty members

were involved in realizing 33 different goals under these six thrust areas. Several initiatives

such as curriculum bench marking and redesign, strengthening student feedback, seed

grant, research initiation grant, sabbatical leave policy, performance appraisal, faculty

recruitment among others were fully completed and institutionalized into regular operations

at BITS.

Other initiatives with varying degrees of completion would be taken up by existing offices,

completed and institutionalized. Off Campus programmes (WILP), initially an intrinsic part of

the People thrust area, was recognized to be a significant component in realizing Vision

2020. Several initiatives to engage with the industry have been taken up that will be achieved

over 2-3 years.

Vision 2020:AStrategic Plan for BITS

Mission 2012


Mission 2012 was formally concluded on a celebratory note, with a formal event 'Reflections

2012', presided by the Chancellor, Dr Kumar Mangalam Birla. The event was held in the K K

Birla Goa campus, and was attended by several faculty & staff members. The Task force

members were felicitated for their valuable contribution towards Mission 2012 goals.

In March earlier this year, , the next milestone in the journey towards Vision

2020, was formally launched. The Mission 2015, expected to bring a quantum jump in the

aspirations of the objectives set forth, entails focusing on 7 imperatives: Faculty & Staff

Development, Industry Engagement, Inter-Disciplinary Research, Internationalization,

Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Quality Assurance & Assessments and Technology

Enablement. One team per imperative has been identified and the teams have already

started working on refining and actioning the goals.

A growth plan for the next 10 years has been developed and under implementation. While

projecting growth in number of students from 11,000 to more than 17,000 by 2020-21 across

its four campuses, the plan outlines a strategy for transforming BITS into a research-focused

university while continuing to consolidate its First degree and Higher degree programmes.

Establishment of new research labs is an important ingredient of the growth plan, for which

the plan envisages an aggressive push to sponsored research grants from Govt. agencies

and from industry. As a result of extensive efforts to benchmark the First degree and Higher

degree programmes against the best in the world, the curricula of all First degree and Higher

degree programmes have been completely re-designed while ensuring greater focus on

discipline-specific courses, on courses in Humanities, and on hands-on learning through

lab-based experimentation and thesis work. The new curricula was implemented starting

August 2011.

Transforming BITS into a research-focused university is at the top of BITS' agenda. To take

that forward, BITS has undertaken several measures. These include (i) Significant increase

in the number of “teaching assistantships” that offer tuition waiver and stipend to full-time

PhD students and (ii) Streamlining of its processes from admissions to evaluation of PhD

dissertation. BITS has undertaken several initiatives to encourage, facilitate and incentivize

faculty to seek and execute research grants.

Mission 2015

BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus

The idyllic and sylvan beauty of Goa sets the right ambience for BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa

Campus, an Institute of excellence in Technology and Science. Nestling in the lap of verdant

hills, overlooking the Zuari River, the campus is spread over an area of 180 acres. The

location of campus is unique in the respect of scenic beauty and panoramic view of

picturesque surrounding sencompassing the river Zuari, hillocks, waterways, forests and

landscape. The Campus is about 25 kms south of Panaji (capital of Goa), 10 kms west of

Vasco-da-Gama, 22 kms north of Margao and 5.5 kms from the Goa airport, along National

Highway 17B. The campus houses the main building, having academic and administrative

offices, Visitor's Guest house, hostels for boys & girls, student activity centre, faculty & staff

quarters, medical centre, playground and shopping complex.


BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa campus was commissioned in August 2004 and was formally

inaugurated by Honorable Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh on May 5, 2006. In

keeping with the tradition of innovation and creativity, it has given a state-of-the art touch to

the infrastructure of the entire institute without diminishing in the least, the natural beauty of

Goa surrounding its campus. Spacious laboratories, state of art classrooms with soundproof

acoustics, modern furniture, computer labs with Internet facility and library define the

infrastructural pillars of the institution. Being fully residential, separate hostels are provided

for girls and boys with single rooms. Prof. T. C. Goel was the first Director of Goa campus and

continued till June 2008. Prof. K. E. Raman took over the office of the Director in July 2008.

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VICE-CHANCELLOR’S REPORT

It is a special honour for us to have

as our Chief

Guest for our Convocation in Goa. We are deeply indebted to you, Mr. Dravid for readily

accepting our invitation.

Chief Guest for the occasion, Padma Bhushan Shri Rahul Dravid, Our Chancellor, Shri

Kumar Mangalam Birla, Member of the Board of Governors, Mr. Kris Ramachandran,

Directors of our campuses, Prof. V. S. Rao, Prof. G. Raghurama, Prof. R. K. Mittal and Prof.

K. E. Raman, Members of the Senate, Faculty and Staff of K K Birla Goa campus, the

graduating Class of 2013 and members of your families, Ladies and Gentlemen: a very Good

Morning to all of you.

It is my proud privilege to welcome you to this happy occasion, and to present to you the

Convocation Report 2013 on this occasion.

Padma Bhushan Shri Rahul Dravid, Former Captain of

Indian Cricket Team and one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket,

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I will now present the report on BITS Pilani, and its four campuses taken together. The report

highlights its achievements, while bringing out its future plans, and the challenges BITS

Pilani faces going forward. Prof. Raman, Director of the Goa campus, will present a report

that is specific to the Goa campus.

As you are aware, BITS Pilani was declared "deemed to be university" by UGC in 1964. It

offers undergraduate, post-graduate and PhD programmes in Science, Engineering,

Pharmacy, Management and Social sciences to over 11,500 students from its four

campuses in Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai. While today students in the undergraduate

programmes account for nearly 88% of the student body, we expect the share of post-

graduate and PhD students to grow from the current 12% to 22% by the year 2020. These

numbers partly reveal our growing emphasis on pursuing an agenda for research that aims

to grow the number of PhD students from the current figure of 450 to over 1700 by year 2020.

I am happy to report that BITS Pilani was, in 2005, the first institution in India to conduct

BITSAT, an online examination for admission to its undergraduate programmes. But, more

importantly, it has conducted BITSAT every year for nine years without any disruption. This



summer, nearly 140,000 students took the exam at 40 centers, including the one in Dubai, an

increase of nearly 30% over last year. Students have the option of taking the exam in any one

of over 50 sessions spread over 21 days. This reflects our commitment to using technology

to ensure our admissions process is fair, transparent, and efficient. Most other institutions in

the country have only recently woken up to the potential use of technology in admissions.

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Invariably, and justifiably, BITS Pilani is ranked amongst the top 7 or 8 publicly privately

funded engineering institutions in India. And this is improving year-on-year. That standing is

mainly on account of its emphasis on excellence in teaching, its

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You will be pleased to note that during the academic year 2012-13, 3,300 students have

graduated from BITS with an undergraduate or post-graduate degree. Of these, over

350 have graduated with two degrees under the Dual-degree programme, an option that

only BITS provides to its students. An additional 56 students have graduated this year

with a PhD. In the coming years, we expect these numbers to grow significantly. By year

2020, the number of students completing an undergraduate or post-graduate degree is

expected to surpass 3,800, and those graduating with a PhD should exceed 200.

Thus far I have reported on programmes that we run for students who reside on our four

campuses. You are perhaps aware of BITS 's pioneering role in running academic

programmes for working professionals in partnership with industrial organizations. While

over 20,000 industry professionals are currently enrolled in one of 24 UG or PG

programmes, the expected enrollment is expected to touch 38,000 by 2020. It is to be noted

that such programmes allow industry professional a second chance to obtain a formal

degree, or to upgrade their skills in keeping with a fast changing environment in the world.

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programme through Practice School, and its focus on soft-skills development. Clearly, we

are not content with that.

Going forward, we aspire to be listed as one of India's top 3 research-led technical institutes

by 2015, and be counted by 2020 amongst the leading 25 technical universities in Asia. And

to realize that dream we have just completed a number of projects under Mission 2012, only

to give way to a new set of imperatives under the recently launched Mission 2015. Together,

these will enhance our capability and capacity to run a world-class university whose faculty

and students excel in both teaching and research or in innovation and entrepreneurship. I will

outline some of the projects we have completed. Later, I will mention imperatives that have

been launched this month. Before closing, I will speak about some of the challenges that we

face.

Our new curriculum is being followed starting with students that entered BITS in

2011. Consequently, those graduating in the coming months and years will be exposed to

increased emphasis on discipline-specific courses, to more courses in humanities and to

increased hands-on laboratory work.

Our PhD programme and sponsored research projects are not simply growing at the

expected rate, they are feeding into each other's growth. Success in these two areas

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gives us the confidence that we are on track to be recognized globally for our focus on

research and innovation.

BITS 's aggressive plan to recruit research-focused faculty is gaining traction. We

have received and processed an unprecedented number of applications for faculty

positions. While fewer than 2% of the applicants are offered a position, 8 in 10 candidates

readily accept the offers we make. What is more, three professors have joined or are

expected to join shortly. Another three faculty members who are of Indian origin are

expected to join soon.

Our plans to upgrade the physical infrastructure are beginning to take shape across all

our campuses. Project “Parivartan” in Pilani campus envisages an investment of over

Rs. 650 crores to renovate or expand housing for students and faculty and other

academic areas. Similar projects for expanding our capacity in Hyderabad and Goa

campuses to cater to increased number of students are on the anvil.

I cannot help but share with you the successful opening of the multi-crore state-of-the-art

high-definition video conferencing facility that connects conference rooms and lecture

classrooms across our campuses. Using this facility, not only does our faculty teach

classes across our campuses, the leadership is now able to better engage with its faculty

across our campuses.

I will now turn my attention to the seven imperatives that we have taken up as part of Mission

2015. I will however speak about only three of them, which to my mind are game changers.

“Technology enablement” is a major game changer for us. Over the last nine years, we

have already seen in the context of BITSAT. In the last six months, we have reaped

rich dividends from the high-definition video-conferencing facility we have implemented

across our campuses. Now that a full-scale implementation of ERP is nearing

completion, we can see how ERP will impact transparency, efficiency and speed in the

way we do things. Going forward, we will develop and deliver digital content as a

substitute for large-format lecture classes to address the issues of quality and scale of

our on-campus and off-campus programmes. For a country with a growing economy and

growing aspirations, this is possibly the only way to educate or train the growing number

of young men and women. BITS aspires to be a leader in this area.

The second imperative for BITS is applied research and innovation, but one that

addresses the very many and serious problems faced by the diverse population in this

country. We have, therefore, decided to give special impetus to inter-disciplinary

research. And to do so we are establishing a Centre for Excellence in Water, Waste and

Energy Management. Faculty and students from across disciplines and across

campuses are expected to compete for funds that this virtual centre will make available,

while also seeking research grants from government agencies and industry.

Internationalization is one imperative that will not only allow BITS to be ranked

amongst the very best global universities, it will bring together people from diverse

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backgrounds or cultures to work together and thereby prepare themselves for

opportunities in this globalized world. Exchange of faculty with foreign universities,

followed by research collaboration, is expected to reinvent and re-energize our faculty to

excel both in teaching and research.

Various projects and programmes that are currently under implementation, together with the

seven imperatives we have launched as part of Mission 2015, are part of a larger plan to

grow the student body significantly over the next decade, while transforming BITS to

become one of India's finest science and technology institution.

I must pause here and speak about the growing set of challenges that limit the growth of

universities, particularly those that are independent, and not publicly funded. While there are

many, I will focus on three challenges. These relate to (a) induction and retention of

research-focused faculty, (b) creation of lab infrastructure to support research or innovation,

and (c) a growing role that independent universities, like ours, play in preparing our children

for fruitful and satisfying careers.

Having seen an explosive growth in the number of colleges that offer UG or PG programmes

in science and engineering, we have also witnessed a huge decline in standards of

education to the point that a majority of graduates in science or engineering are

unemployable. To a large extent, the prime reason is lack of motivated, talented young men

and women who wish to take up teaching and research as a career in India.

BITS has assigned the highest priority to recruiting the best talent available anywhere

in the world. Today, across its four campuses, BITS has over 600 faculty members,

resulting in a student-to-faculty ratio of over 18 students to one faculty. Given our experience

over the last two years, we are confident of hiring and retaining faculty that excels in both

teaching and research enough to achieve a ratio of 13::1 by year 2020. This, together with

greater use of technology, will result in our faculty having more time to engage in research or

innovation.

Funding to create lab infrastructure necessary to support a growing community of faculty and

over 1700 PhD students is the other challenge we face. Given the disciplines that BITS

has emphasized over the years, BITS has decided to invest over Rs. 200 crores

in upgrading or expanding its research infrastructure. That will not be enough. We must

necessarily depend upon competitive research grants from government agencies, such as

DST or DBT, and the industry. I am happy to report that our efforts in this area are beginning

to bear fruit. However, going forward this is going to be a challenge since any shrinkage in

Government of India budget for research will have a greater impact on funding being made

available to independent universities that are not publicly funded. I fear the rules for funding

research in publicly- or privately-funded universities will be increasingly different, to the

detriment of growth of research in universities that are not publicly funded.

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This brings me to the third challenge that independent universities, such as ours, currently

face. Statistics clearly bear out the fact that privately-funded universities and colleges have

played a significant role in increasing the Gross Enrollment Ratio, or GER, in India to 18% or

so. The government expects, and correctly so, that privately-funded universities must

assume greater responsibility in increasing our GER to 30% in the coming decade. Further,

and again correctly so, the government is hugely concerned with the quality of education

provided by all our institutions, both publicly funded and those privately funded. However, its

actions are largely targeted to regulating privately funded universities, particularly the so-

called deemed universities. While the new UGC regulations for deemed universities impose

several, and severe, constraints on deemed universities, it offers no solution on how to

address issues in quality of education imparted by universities funded by central or state

governments. Going forward, we need regulations that address issues of quality,

transparency and accountability across all our universities, including the IITs, IIMs,

NITs, and Central Universities.

Before I close, I would like my faculty and staff to join me in congratulating all our students

who will be graduating today from our campus in Goa. To all those graduating today, I hope

you were able to get the most of what BITS had to offer, and that you will use your

knowledge and experience fruitfully to serve the people of this country and those elsewhere.

I wish you all the very best in your lives, both professional and personal. And, as you move

forward in your life, do reflect upon the many contributions that your family, your teachers,

and your communities have made to your lives. Do remain connected with your alma mater

and visit us whenever you yearn to re-live some of your fine moments at the .

Congratulations, once again.

, thank you once again for readily agreeing to be with us at this very joyous

moment. My faculty, staff and students are eagerly waiting to hear your convocation

address.

I would also like to thank our Chancellor, Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla, and members of the

Board of Governors for their unflinching support to BITS .

Last, but not the least, I want to thank my faculty and staff in Goa, and elsewhere, for their

commitment to excel in every aspect of teaching and research, both inside and outside the

classrooms. Their continued effort helps BITS Pilani retain its position as a top destination for

students, faculty and recruiters from India.

Thank you for your attention.

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Goa campus

Mr. Dravid

Pilani

Bijendra Nath Jain, Senior Professor & Vice Chancellor

Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Pilani | Dubai | Goa | Hyderabad


DIRECTOR'S REPORT

Chief Guest of today's convocation at the BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa campus, Padma

Bhushan Shri Rahul Dravid; Chancellor, Dr. Kumar Mangalam Birla; Vice Chancellor, Prof

B.N.Jain; distinguished guests present in the audience; my colleagues from all the four

campuses of BITS, Members of the Senate, proud parents of the graduating students,

students, faculty and staff of K K Birla Goa campus, members of the press and, the real

heroes of today's function – BITSians graduating today from this campus

Awarm welcome to one and all!

This year we have 687 of our students eligible to receive their degrees, 440 of them their first

degrees, 149 of them, their first degree along with another degree under the dual degree

scheme, 93 of them, their higher degree, and 5 of them their PhD degree. In this batch, we

have three medalists: a gold, a silver and a bronze.

Sir, this campus is the dream-come-true of our respectful former Chancellor, Dr Krishna

Kumar Birla, and the son of the legendary Dr. Ghanshyam Das Birla. He was a successful

industrialist, a renowned philanthropist and an active Parliamentarian. When Dr. K. K. Birla

decided to build campuses outside Pilani, Goa was his first choice. Known for his vision and

meticulous planning, Dr. Birla saw to it that the campus came up with all the necessary

infrastructure in two years time well before admitting the first batch of 600 students inAugust

2004. Dr Birla evinced keen interest in the progress of this campus till his demise in August

2008. In respectful homage to the memory of Dr. K. K. Birla, this campus was renamed as

BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa campus on 21 April, 2011 by Shri Rahul Gandhi.

Sir, this fully residential campus has been built on an area of 180 acres with a capital

investment of about 155 crores. 11 first degree programmes, 6 higher degree programs and

PhD programme are being offered from this campus. With an annual intake of 660 students,

the campus has now a total strength of about 2800 students.We are now embarking upon an

ambitious growth plan over the next 7 years, wherein the student population will almost be

doubled and the focus would be on post graduate and research programmes.

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Sir, you might be aware that, BITS has implemented all the educational reforms

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recommended by various commissions in the country right from the seventies. Notable

among them are credit based system, transparent admission process, semester system,

continuous and total internal evaluation, letter grading, academic flexibilities which include

the well known dual degree scheme, by which BITS has provided a fillip to science education

in the country, periodic revision of curriculum in tune with the needs of industry and practice-

oriented learning apart from classroom teaching.

The last one that I have just mentioned, which is popularly known as BITS Practice School

programme running for the past 4 decades is unique in this country wherein students are

required to spend seven and a half months on projects in the industry. This programme is an

integral part of the curriculum enabling our students to practice what they learn in the class

rooms. As on today, about 300 students of this campus are occupied in about 50 locations

supervised by an equal number of faculty members. I am proud to share with you the fact that

industry supports the students for this period by giving stipends.

As an alternative to Practice School, our students are encouraged to pursue their thesis work

either at our research labs or in the prestigious institutions of national and international

repute. Students of this campus have been carrying out their thesis work in IISc., TIFR, in

India and IECR (Institute of Energy and Climate Research) Germany, University of Michigan

USA, INRAFrance, Imperial College London, etc.

BITS Pilani along with BITSAA, its global alumni association, launched a first of its kind multi-

million dollar cross-campus technology initiative named BITSConnect 2.0 on 9th of January

2013. Pioneering a unique model of multi-campus education in India, the initiative

comprises Immersive Telepresence, High-definition Video Conferencing and Live

Streaming technologies that are set to transform the learning experience by connecting all

campuses at an unprecedented scale. This University-Alumni initiative was launched

simultaneously at Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad campuses, while being connected to Cisco's

offices in San Jose and Boston, jointly by Prof. Bijendra Nath Jain, Vice Chancellor, BITS

Pilani and Raju Reddy, Chairman, BITSAA, in the presence of His Excellency the Governor

of Goa, Shri Bharat VirWanchoo and Shri J. Satyanarayana, Secretary, Department of IT,

Government of India.

As a part of Mission 2012, ICT Infrastructure team implemented a Centralized e-mail solution

for 30,000+ users of BITS campuses and WILP students using google. User is given 25 GB

mail box size and 5 GB file storage.

The Centre for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) at BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus in

association with the Department of Information Technology, Government of India has

established a Technology Business Incubator under the TIDE scheme in the area of

Electronics and ICT to embolden the spirit of technology based innovation and

entrepreneurship. Four promising Goa Campus startups , ,

and have commenced using the services offered by this

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Research at BITS is an integral activity that encompasses teaching and utilizes its linkages

with the outside world of Academia and Industry. A large number of students from all the

three-tiers are involved in research. In addition to Doctoral research, at the first degree level,

a one-semester full-time, thesis-cum-seminar course and at the higher degree level,

dissertation course offer excellent research opportunities to our students.

Our faculty members have brought laurels to this campus through their academic and

research endeavors:

Four faculty members have been deputed on sabbatical to spend some time in reputed

institutions in India and abroad to pursue their research interests. Two faculty members from

Goa campus were selected to attend the recently launched Industry Immersion and the

University Immersion Programme: Prof. Pravin Singru of Mechanical Engineering was sent

for Industry Immersion Program to Tata Technologies, Pune during June 2013. Dr. Judith

Braganca of the Department of Biological Sciences visited Goethe-University Frankfurt,

Germany during June – July 2013 under the BITS University immersion Scheme.

A number of research projects have been sponsored by various funding agencies such as

Department of Science and Technology (DST), Defence Research and Development

Organisation (DRDO), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), University

Grants Commission (UGC), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Ministry of New & Renewable

Energy, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, The Indian

Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), and the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL). At

present, the campus has 53 sponsored research projects worth Rs. 21.52 Crores funded by

various National and International funding agencies. Among these research projects, 21

projects worth Rs. 4.2 Crores have been approved during 2012-13, the funding agencies

being CSIR, DST-FT, DBT, DST, UKIERI-DST, BRNS, BRFST, DSTE GOAand ICSSR.

In this context, I may now briefly mention about some of our significant , ongoing research

projects:

Prof. Sunil Bhand of the Department of Chemistry has received a funding of Rs. 5.36 Crores

for two projects: (i) Development of Biosensors for analysis of contaminants in milk and ii)

Detection and mitigation of dairy pathogens using chemical biology under National

Agricultural Innovation Project NAIP, funded by ICAR and the World Bank.

Prof. N N Ghosh, Department of Chemistry has been granted Rs. 91 lakhs under the UKIERI

(DST& British Council) for a collaborative research project with the University of Leeds, UK in

the area of Nanomaterials.

Prof. Srinivas Krishnaswamy of the Department of Chemical Engineering has been pursuing

a project worth Rs. 3.82 Crores granted by GAIL India Ltd to work on Seawater desalination

using Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) refrigeration.

Prof. K. R. Anupama of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering along with

her colleagues from the Pilani campus is working on Design and Development of Condition


based Monitoring of Pipelines using Wireless Sensor Networks with the funding of Rs. 80

Lakhs sanctioned by GAIL

Dr. Ram Shankar Patel of the Department of Physics has been granted a project worth Rs.

49.09 Lakhs on Magneto transport in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions.

Six patents have been filed by our faculty members during 2012-13. Prof. Sunil Bhand on

Microwell Biosensor chips; Prof. Srinivas Krishnaswamy on a treatment process in ammonia

plants; Dr. Shalini Upadhyay (Humanities) on a method for generating spiritual intelligence,

Dr. Dibakar Chakraborty (Biology) on a method forAssessment of FibrinolyticActivity and Dr.

Meenal Kowshik (Biology) on Nanomaterial based DNAdelivery vehicle.

Dr. M. Srikanth of the Department of Biology has been appointed by the Government of Goa

as the Member of Expert committee constituted for technical evaluation of bids for the

Municipal solid waste (MSW) processing facility going to be set up at Bainguinim, North Goa.

Research work done by Dr. HalanPrakash and his group from the Department of Chemistry

featured as a front page cover article and highlighted in, March, 2013 issue of PPS, Royal

Society of Chemistry, UKPPS.

Anumber of conferences and workshops held at this campus during 2012 – 13 have enabled

the students and faculty to network with experts from various fields and exchange ideas with

them:

International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Micro to Nano (ETMN –

2013) ( Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry and Biology)

Workshop on Higgs boson and top quark physics HIGGSTOP-2013 in collaboration

with RECAPP (Regional Center for Accelerator based Particle Physics), Harish-

Chandra Research Institute (HRI, a autonomous DAE Institute), Allahabad and

Department of Science &Technology(DST), Government of India HiggStop-2013.

(Department of Physics)

Workshop on Graph and Geometric Algorithms was sponsored by National Board

for Higher Mathematics. Department of Mathematics in association with School of

Technology and Computer Science, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,

Mumbai organized this workshop.

International Workshop on Data Analytics and Applications (IWDAA 2013)

(Departments of Computer Science & Information Systems of Pilani& Goa

campuses)

Workshop on Negotiations and Negotiating (Department of Humanities and

Management)

Introductory Workshop on Mathematica(Department of Mathematics)

Workshop on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) during 2-5 January 2013

( Department of Mechanical Engineering )

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The Institute has collaborative arrangements with several foreign universities in order to

promote joint research activities and the exchange of faculty, students and published

material. Notable among them is the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences,

Bethesda, Maryland, USA, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement, INRA,

Narbonne, France, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany and

Cypress Semiconductors, California, USA.

During 2012-13, the Goa Campus established collaborations with Vergo Pharma Research

Laboratory, Goa, in the area of environmental chemistry; with DUCOM Instruments

Bangalore, in the area Bio-Tribology; with Deer Tree Technologies Pvt Ltd, Goa, in the

area of Biogas Plants and with University of Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy for Students

Exchange.

Our students as have always enjoyed a pride of place in our success by winning honors in

various spheres. Often we find number of students opting for internships abroad (France,

Germany, and USA) out of their own initiatives during the summer of their third year. They

participate in various competitions and win accolades for the campus. Our research scholars

too have received a number of awards and scholarships. Some of the achievements for the

year 2012-13 are:

39 students have completed their first degree thesis at various national and international

organizations of repute such as University of Michigan, USA ; University of Alberta, Canada,

University of Stuttgart, Germany; North Texas University, USA; INRIA, France; University of

Calgary, Canada; University of Vermont, USA; Institute of Neuroinformatics, Zurich,

Switzerland; INRIA, Paris; Imperial College, London; Institute of Energy and Climate

Research (IECR), Germany; DRDO, Hyderabad; IIM, Bangalore; IISc, Banglore; TERI,

Mumbai etc.

Ms. Ramya Ramachandran a DST-JRF being supported by Department of Biotechnology,

India presented a paper 'Antimicrobial Prowess of a Soil Isolate Bacillus subtilis' authored by

Ramya, R, Ram Lal and Utpal Roy at the 2nd International Conference on Antimicrobial

Research (ICAR-2012) held at the UNIVERSITY of LISBON, Portugal on 23 November 2012

Ms. Bhakti Salgaonkar and Mr. Kabilan Mani, both pursuing their PhD under the supervision

of Dr. Judith Braganca received DBT CTEP grant for presenting research papers at the 9th

International Congress on Extremophiles 2012 at Seville Spain.

Ms. Kshipra Naik, research scholar working under the supervision of Dr. Meenal Kowshik

won the best Poster Prize for her poster entitled Silver Embedded Titanium Dioxide

Nanoparticle Films as Efficient Inhibitors of Biofilm Formation at the Nanomedicine

Conference held at Rey Juan Carlos Hotel, Barcelona, Spain on 11-12April 2013.

Mr. Raghavendraprasad Suryavanshi an M.E. Biotechnology student won the 1 prize in TiE

50K Big Idea Business Plan Competition final round held on 22 May 2013 at TiE Hubli.

Malte Esra Horvat from University of Leipzig, Germany and Linus Lorenz from Technical

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University, Hamburg have joined Dr. M. Srikanth's research group in the department of

Biology to work on "Terra Preta composting" and "Case study on a new sanitation

approach” respectively.

Ms. Priyadarshini Parakh, Mr. Gokulakrishnan Subramanian, and Dr. HalanPrakash, won

the Best Poster award in Second International Conference on Advanced oxidation Process,

Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, during September, 2012.

BITSAA Travel Scholarship was awarded to Mr. Priyans Murarka to present a paper `A

Ubiquitous Sensor Network for Domestic Energy Monitoring and Energy Consumption

Optimization' at the IEEE iThings – 2012 Conference, held at Femto-st Institute, France.

BITSAA Financial Assistance instituted by Class of 1966-71 was awarded to two the

following ME students of the campus:

(i) Mr. Nishad Kamdar to present a paper entitled `Design and Implementation of a

Cross-Layered Protocol Stack for Sensor Networks in an Indoor Environment' under

the guidance of Dr. K.R. Anupama at the Ninth IEEE International Conference on

Wireless and Optical Communication Networks, IEEE WOCN 2012 at Indore,

Madhya Pradesh (Sept 2012)

(ii) Mr. Akhil Mohan to present a paper entitled “ Conceptualizing an Adaptive

Framework for Pervasive Computing Environment” at the Second International

Conference on Computer Science, Engineering and Applications ( ICCSEA-2012)

held in New Delhi( May 2012)

Rishabh Goel (2009B3A4446G) and Tejas Pandey (2009A3TS168G) finished as runner-

upsS of the Tata Crucible Campus Quiz, Goa and won Rs. 35000/-

Palnitkar Aditya Devdatt (2008A7PS701G) secured admission in Stanford

University.

Arnav Goel (2010A3PS077G) worked as an associate intern at Indian Institute of Science

(IISc) Bangalore under MMSoC2013 Program.

Balasubramanian Viswanathan (2012A4PS143G) and Pradhyumna Bhat

(2012A3PS127G) won the "Times College Quiz" conducted by Goa Times. Arka

Bhattacharya (2009A3PS047G) and TejasPandey (2009A3TS168G) finished third i n t h e

same.

Shobhit Sharma (2009B5A7540G) was selected for CERN Summer Student

Program and was accepted by Queens University, Canada for his thesis on Neutrino

Physics.

Raunak Sharan (2009A7PS142G) successfully completed his internship at the

prestigious International Thermo-Nuclear Experimental Reactor project in

Cadarache, France. He worked with the executive team at SAP Labs Bangalore in the OEM

enablement program of their global business incubation project


Apart from their scholastic records, students of Goa campus are actively involved in various

extracurricular activities: Three festivals, namely, Waves (Cultural), Quark (Techno-

management) and Spree (Sports) all were organized by students at the All-India level with a

host of interesting and challenging events. They also demonstrate their sensitivity to the

needs of the society by organising social service activities through two forums, Nirman and

Abhigyan. The TEDxBITS Goa event organized by our students for the successive fourth

time during the techno-management festival Quark presented an extraordinary range of awe

inspiring stories from the most fascinating and extraordinary individuals who enthralled and

encouraged the audience to participate, promote and propagate.

Reflections 2012, a celebration to review Mission 2012 as well as to redefine Mission 2015

as a part of Vision 2020 programme was organized at the K K Birla Goa Campus on 21st

November 2012. Reflections 2012 witnessed the Task Forces presenting their

accomplishments and the tasks yet to be achieved.

Prof. D M Kulkarni received the Prof. S. Venkateswaran Faculty Excellence Award 2012

instituted by Karthik Krishna of 93 batch for excellence in teaching, research and contribution

to institution development.

Retired Army Chief, General V. K. Singh interacted with the Faculty and Staff of BITS

Pilani, K K Birla Goa campus on 17th October 2012.

His Excellency Shri Bharat Vir Wanchoo, Governor of Goa inaugurated the 3-day Goa State

Convention 2012, organised by SPIC MACAY at BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, on 24

August, 2012

All such achievements of our faculty and students, we hope would go a long way in fulfilling

our mission of achieving the first position among Indian universities in the near future.

Sir, as envisioned by our Vice Chancellor and presented in his address, BITS is gearing up to

meet new challenges with an ambitious growth plan for the coming years and we are quite

sure of our success under the dynamic leadership of our Chancellor Dr. Kumar Mangalam

Birla and with the active support from our faculty members, staff and students.

My best wishes to all the graduating students. Thank you.

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INTRODUCTION TO THE CHIEF GUEST

Shri Rahul Dravid, former Captain, Indian cricket team, also hailed as 'The Wall' or 'Mr.

Dependable', has been described as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.

Rahul Dravid was probably one of the last Classical Test match batsmen. His progress into

the national side has been steady and methodical. Armed with an orthodox technique drilled

into him by Keki Tarapore, he became the cement that held the foundations firm while the flair

players expressed themselves.

Born in Indore, he did his schooling in Bangalore and earned a Degree in Commerce while

representing Karnataka at various levels. He made his first class debut in 1991 against

Maharashtra, and straight away making a mark by scoring a brilliant 82. With his

international debut in 1996, he has given brilliant knocks like Headingley, Adelaide,

Rawalpindi and Kingston. He was named one of the best five cricketers of the year by

Wisden Cricketers'Almanack in 2000 and received the Player of the Year and the Test Player

of the Year awards at the inaugural ICC awards ceremony in 2004. In December 2011, he

became the first non-Australian cricketer to address at the Bradman Oration in Canberra.

Rahul is the third-highest run scorer in Test cricket, after Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky

Ponting, and is only the second Indian cricketer. In April 2009, he became the only player to

score a century in all the ten Test-playing countries. He also holds the record for the most

number of catches taken by a player (non-wicket-keeper) in Test cricket.

From an enthusiastic child to becoming one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket,

he has shown dedication, hard work, concentration and sheer excellence. From missing a

century at Lords on his debut to scoring it in 2011, he has made his name prominent in the

record books. He has always justified that “CRICKET IS A GENTLEMAN'S GAME” and has

been appreciated by his fans, fellow team mates and even by opponents.

Rahul has a number of awards to his credit. Notable among them are the Arjuna award in

1998, Padma Shri in 2004 and Padma Bhushan in 2013.

Shri Raul Dravid


LIST OF STUDENTS WHO ARE AWARDED MEDALS

Sl.No

Name and ID No. Photograph CGPAobtained

Positionobtained

Type ofMedal to

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2

TUSHAR MANDAR2009A7PS011G

JOSHI ABHIJITMOHAN2009A3PS083G

CHITHRA2009A3PS001G

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9.56

FIRST

SECOND

GOLD

SILVER

3 9.53 THIRD BRONZE


GRADUATION DATA (73 AWARD)

BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus

CONVOCATION 2013

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M.E.Biotechnology

M.E. Chemical

M.E. Embedded Systems

M.E. Software Systems

M.E. Design Engineering

M.E. Microelectronics

Chemical Engineering

Electrical & Electronics

Engineering

Electronics & Instrumentation

Mechanical Engineering

Computer Science

Information Systems

Biological Sciences

Chemistry

Economics

Mathematics

Physics

ProgrammesB.E./B.Pharm.

(Hons.)S. No.

M.Sc.

(Hons.)

M.Sc.

(Tech.)H.D Ph.D. Total

69 - - - - 69

119 - - - - 119

107 - 107

116 - - - 1 117

121 - - - 2 123

- - 53 - - 53

- 31 - - - 31

- 20 - - 2 22

- 44 - - - 44

- 32 - - - 32

- 26 - - - 26Physics

- - - 20 - 20

- - - 8 - 8

- - - 20 - 20

- - - 19 - 19

532 153 53 93 5 836

10 - 10

73 Award

CONVOCATION - 201311 August, 2013

LIST OF STUDENTS RECOMMENDED FOR CONFERMENT OF VARIOUS DEGREESBITS PILANI, K K BIRLA GOA CAMPUS

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“On this solemn occasion, Convocation 2013 at Goa and in the

presence of my teachers and family, I pledge to use my

knowledge and experience gained at BITS Pilani and

elsewhere in the service of the people of my country and of the

world. I will do so while adhering to the highest ethical

standards, in harmony with the environment, and with utmost

humility, honesty and devotion, and thereby bring glory to my

family, my Alma mater, my profession, and my country.”

Oath

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