Silicon Road Ventures, ex-BofA India MD form Rs 150-crore fund for investing in agentic AI startupsUS venture capital fund Silicon Road Ventures has partnered with former Bank of America India MD Ajay Mahajan to launch a Rs 150-crore alte...
13 May, 2026, 08.09 AM IST
Bharat Khera assumes charge as MSME SecretaryWith over three decades of administrative experience, he previously served in key roles at the Centre, including in the Ministry of Defence...
01 May, 2026, 02.34 PM IST
QS Subject Rankings 2026: Four IITs, JNU, BITS Pilani in world’s top 50India has significantly boosted its global higher education standing, with four IITs, JNU, and BITS Pilani achieving top 50 rankings in var...
25 Mar, 2026, 05.12 PM IST
BITS Pilani receives Rs 36 crore donation from US-based alumni coupleBITS Pilani has received a significant USD 4 million donation from alumni Chand P Garg and Manju Garg. This marks the largest individual al...
04 Feb, 2026, 12.02 PM IST
Prof Souri Banerjee appointed the new director for BITS Pilani Dubai CampusBITS Pilani has named Professor Souri Banerjee as the new director for its Dubai campus, starting August 2024. Professor Banerjee succeeds ...
02 Sep, 2024, 02.14 PM IST
BITS Pilani receives Rs 60 cr from Centre for advanced research facilitiesBITS Pilani has won the Sathi project and received a grant of Rs 60 crore. It will establish advanced research facilities and a sophisticat...
29 Feb, 2024, 01.29 PM IST
BITS Pilani launches Future-focused ‘BITS Design School’ in Mumbai23 Feb, 2024, 06.55 PM IST
BITS Pilani signs pact with Gati Shakti VishwavidyalayaGati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya is a central university operating under the Ministry of Railways. It is mandated to cover the entire transporta...
08 Jan, 2024, 03.03 PM IST
BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus and Goa University sign MoU to collaborate on academic and research advancesAs part of the agreement, faculty of both, BITS Pilani and Goa University will collaborate in supervision of students and in joint research...
16 Oct, 2023, 03.41 PM IST
BITS Pilani: Japanese company makes highest offer of Rs 60 LakhThe highest on-campus international package of Rs 60 lakh was offered by Tokyo-based Works Application, one of Japan’s largest enterprise s...
18 Jul, 2017, 12.02 AM IST
BITS-Pilani targets increasing UG intake to 1,040 by 2018Sarkar said the BITs-Pilani has also entered into agreements with several universities for research and other academic collaborations.
21 Aug, 2016, 02.18 PM IST
Placement teams at engineering schools turn extra vigilant after startups’ failure to make good on offersThis comes after the all-India placement committee at the IITs had in June decided to blacklist about half-dozen startups that reneged on t...
04 Aug, 2016, 10.30 AM IST
Prof VS Rao of BITS Pilani to join NIIT University as its next presidentRao has been the founding director for BITS Pilani (Hyderabad campus) since 2006. He has a PhD in chemistry, with a specialization in the f...
24 May, 2016, 01.11 PM IST
BITS-Pilani goes to Delhi High Court over UGC order; Harish Salve to lead institute’s legal fightUGC shot off notices to 10 of India’s best-known institutes asking them to ‘immediately’ shut down their allegedly ‘unauthorised’ off-campu...
22 Dec, 2015, 12.29 PM IST
- Colleges seek help from e-Course platform EdX
BITS Pilani has invested Rs 2 cr to offer 10 courses on the edX platform, available only to on-campus students while other institutions inc...
16 Jul, 2014, 12.27 PM IST
BITS Pilani may spend Rs 1,600 crore for expansion in five yearsBITS Pilani-Hyderabad director V S Rao said today the aim is to take the total number of seats up to 18,500 from the present 11,600.
11 Jul, 2014, 03.15 PM IST
Mushrooming of colleges producing unemployable graduates: B N Jain"Prime reason is lack of motivated, talented young men and women who wish to take up teaching and research as a career in India," he added.
11 Aug, 2013, 05.17 PM IST