Birsa Institute of Technology Sindri (BIT Sindri), formerly Bihar Institute of Technology Sindri, is an affiliated engineering college in Sindri, Jharkhand, India. Established in 1949, BIT Sindri is one of the oldest engineering and technological institute in India.

History

BIT Sindri was established in 1949 as College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Sindri with temporary campus at

Patna Patna ( ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...

and affiliated to

Patna University Patna University is a public state university in Patna, Bihar, India. It was established on 1 October 1917 during the British Raj. It is the first university in Bihar and the seventh oldest university in the Indian subcontinent in the modern ...

. It was shifted to its permanent campus at Sindri in Dhanbad District a year later, where it was renamed as Bihar Institute of Technology, Sindri. After reorganisation of

and establishment of

Ranchi University Ranchi University is a public state university in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. It was established in 1960 by an Act of the Bihar legislature. Ranchi University offers degrees in undergraduate, post-graduate, M.Phil. and doctorate programs. Histo ...

in 1960, it was affiliated to

. BIT Sindri was later affiliated to

Vinoba Bhave University Vinoba Bhave University is a state university located at Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India, about 100 km from Ranchi, the state capital. The university offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels, manages and maintains 12 cons ...

after establishment of

Hazaribagh Hazaribagh is a city and a municipal corporation in Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is the divisional headquarters of North Chotanagpur division. It is considered as a health resort and is also popular for Hazaribag ...

in September 1992. Currently, it is affiliated to

Jharkhand University of Technology Jharkhand University of Technology, (JUT) is an autonomous body intended to impart higher, technical education and skill development and other such programs in the state of Jharkhand, India. History Jharkhand University of Technology (JUT ...

. With the

partition of Bihar Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 was a law passed by the parliament of India in 2000. Loksabha and Rajya sabha passed the bill on 2 and 11 August respectively and on 15 November 2000, which enabled creation of Jharkhand State out of Bihar. http ...

in 2000, BIT Sindri was named Birsa Institute of Technology, but later decided to be referred only as BIT Sindri because of historical importance of its name.

Academics

The institute continued to be affiliated with

until 2017. From 2018 onwards, the institute has been affiliated with the

(JUT), Ranchi, the foundations of which were laid down by the former Hon'ble president of India, Shri

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. All courses are approved by the

All India Council of Technical Education The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is a statutory body, and a national-level council for technical education, under the Department of Higher Education. Established in November 1945 first as an advisory body and later on in ...

. 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 Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, ...

Electrical Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

Production Engineering Manufacturing engineering or production engineering is a branch of professional engineering that shares many common concepts and ideas with other fields of engineering such as mechanical, chemical, electrical, and industrial engineering. Manufa ...

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

Metallurgical Engineering Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys. Metallurgy encompasses both the sci ...

Computer Science and Engineering Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) is an academic program at many universities which comprises scientific and engineering aspects of computing. CSE is also a term often used in Europe to translate the name of engineering informatics academic ...

Electronics and Communication Engineering Electronics engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering which emerged in the early 20th century and is distinguished by the additional use of active components such as semiconductor devices to amplify and control electric current f ...

Information Technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology syste ...

Chemical Engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials in ...

Mining Engineering Mining in the engineering discipline is the extraction of minerals from underneath, open pit, above or on the ground. Mining engineering is associated with many other disciplines, such as mineral processing, exploration, excavation, geology, a ...

*Natural Sciences: **

Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which ...

Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the elements that make up matter to the compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, proper ...

Mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

*Earth Sciences **

Geology Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other Astronomical object, astronomical objects, the features or rock (geology), rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology ...

and

Geoscience Earth science or geoscience includes all fields of natural science related to the planet Earth. This is a branch of science dealing with the physical, chemical, and biological complex constitutions and synergistic linkages of Earth's four sphe ...

Humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at t ...

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 JEE-Main, a national level engineering entrance examination conducted by the National Testing Agency 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

Indian Engineering Services The Engineering Services Examination (ESE) is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to recruit officers for the services which cater to the technical functions of the Government of India. It is a three-stage competitive exami ...

exam, conducted by

Union Public Service Commission The Union Public Service Commission ( ISO: ), commonly abbreviated as UPSC, is India's premier central recruitment agency for recruitment of all the Group 'A' officers under Government of India. It is responsible for appointments to and exam ...

Campus

The Institute campus spreads over an area of 450 acres of land, located near the eastern bank of Damodar River. 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. BIT sindri campus taken through drone

Alumni

Notable alumni include: * Subodh Das - Material scientist, CEO of Phinix LLC, USA *

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- Member of the Legislative Assembly of

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for Radisson *

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- COO -

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* Manish Kumar - Chief (Procurement) - Tata Steel *

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- Executive in Charge - Tata Steel * Inder Singh Namdhari - 1st Speaker of Jharkhand Assembly and also a M.P from Chatra,Jharkhand *

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- CEO -

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* B. S. Sahay - Director- IIM Jammu, former Director of IIM Raipur

References

{{Authority control Colleges affiliated to Vinoba Bhave University Engineering colleges in Jharkhand Education in Dhanbad district Memorials to Birsa Munda Educational institutions established in 1949 1949 establishments in India