Bits Pilani

BITS,Pilani - Pilani Campus
2008-09
CONTENTS
• Turn of Events
• Student’s Union Office Bearers
• BOSM-2008
• SPICMACAY
• Conferences & Workshops
• Silver Jubilee Celebration for 1978 Batch
• OASIS-2008
• Global Leaders
• Entrepreneurship Week
• INTERFACE-2009
• APOGEE-2009
• Birla’s Visit
• World health Day Celebrations
• MOU’S Signed
• Awards & Achievements
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BITS, Pilani - Pilani Campus
The First Semester of 2008-09 was a semester of joy and sorrow.
BITS-Pilani suffered an irreparable loss when its dynamic Chancellor Dr.K.K.Birla breathed
his last on 30 August 2008 after living a celebrated life of 90 years.
It was unfortunate that the Institute had also lost one of its former Directors Dr. C.R. Mitra
and its Director of Goa Campus Dr. T.C. Goel during this semester.
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Dr. Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of
Aditya Birla Group took over as its
Chancellor on 14 September.
Smt. Shobhana Bhartia, Chairman of

Hindustan Times Group assumed the
office of Pro Chancellor of BITS-Pilani.
Prof. K.E. Raman was appointed as the

Acting Director of BITS-Pilani Goa
Campus w.e.f. 11 July 2008 and Prof. R.K.
Mittal took charge as the Deputy Director
(Administration) of BITS, Pilani w.e.f. 1
September 2008.
K.K Birla Interacting with faculty and students during his
visit to the campus.
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STUDENT’S UNION OFFICE BEARERS
Student’s Union
Elections held on : 08th September 2008

Mr. Vijay Sharma – President
Mr. Raviteja - General Secretary
Sports Club
Secretary : Mr. K. Manoj , 3 Joint Secretaries and 20 -

Games/Sports Captains.
Various Clubs and Societies
14 Student Union Club - Secretaries Elected
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BOSM 2008
Organized from 10th to 14th September
2008.
Intensive Coaching Camp from 20th August

– 14th September 2008 for the students.
900 Outstation Participants.
BITS Pilani - Winners/Runners in 21

events.
Physical Fitness Certificate Program for

students and staff members.
The Health Club got various advanced

machines for aerobic & anaerobic exercises
BOSM2K8, the All India Sports Meet of BITS, Pilani and is housed in the Students activities Centre
jubilantly hosted its 23rd edition. (SAC).
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SPICMACAY
SPICMACAY- BITS-Pilani chapter kicked off

its activities with the event VIRAASAT under
which five concerts and a film festival, first of its
kind at BITS.
The National award winning film Ankur by

Shyam Benegal was screened on 29 August.
The first concert of the semester was a

qawwali performance, by the well known Ustad
Meraj Ahmed Nizami and Party.
A Kathak performance by the celebrated

Indian dancer Malabika Mitra was the next
Conducted on 25th September 2008. SPICMACAY event for the semester.
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International Conference on Soft Skills Development
Strategies: Corporate and Academia Perspectives
Two –day international conference was

organized by the Languages Group of BITS-
Pilani.
Prof. V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice

Chancellor, IGNOU, New Delhi, inaugurated
the event.
Other distinguished guests were Dr. Y.S.

Rajan, Principal Advisor at CII, Dr. Sara
Garrison, Senior Vice President, Sabre
Holdings Texas, Dr. Patrice Buzzanell from
Purdue University and Dr. Christine Coombe
from Dubai.
Conducted from 19 -20 September 2008
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Silver Jubilee Celebration for Alumni of 1978 batch
To commemorate their silver jubilee reunion,

120 alumni from 1978 batch of BITS, Pilani
visited the campus with their families.
It was a rare opportunity to hear from galaxy of

CEOs and Presidents.
Ajay Waghray Chief information Officer ,

Verizon Wireless Inc , Aditya Singhal Dy. Chief
Information Officer , State of Ohio Dept of
Transportation , Ohio , USA; Shishir Joshipura ,
President , Thermax Ltd , Pune; Sanjay Das ,
Investment Banker , USA; M.M.Bhutani , Vice
President of FISERVE, Noida shared their views.
Organized from 2-4 October 2008
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International Convention on Water Resources
Development and Management
The four-day International Convention on

Water Resources Development and
Management organized by the Civil
Engineering Group was inaugurated by Prof.
L.K. Maheshwari.
Delivering the keynote address Prof. Eilon

Adar, Director, Zuckerberg Institute for Water
Research, The J. Blaustein Institutes for
Desert Research, Ben Guurion University of
Negev, Israel, spoke on climate change.
The convention attracted eminent

academicians, scientists, planners and field
engineers from India, Israel, Australia,
Conducted from 23 -26 October, 2008. Norway and Switzerland.
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OASIS 2008
Performances by Music Club & Dance Club
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The 38th annual cultural festival of BITS Pilani , OASIS 2008 was
organized with the theme – Uniomystica, meaning a highest point in the
form of ecstasy.
Mr. Sanjeev Sahi (Director Personnel of Hindustan Aeronautics

Limited , Bangalore) graced the occasion as the chief guest.
The events as ever ranging from Dance, Music, Drama, Quizzes all
were exceptionally well organized and a few new events such as Street
Dance was a mega hit.
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OASIS 2008
The Kavi Sammelan attracted this time,

one of the biggest kavis in India, Surendra
Sharma. The auditorium was packed to
capacity and the crowd laughed throughout
the two hours hilariously.
The professional shows, OASIS had

performing for the first time KK, Lounge
Piranha and Euphoria to rock the first 2 nights
of the festival.
Sponsorship worth Rs 14.6 lakhs increased

the prize money in events. Media Coverage
was at its best with NDTV and MTV covering
the festival brilliantly .
Conducted between 20th-24th October
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National Seminar on ‘Dynamics of Transformative
Cooperation in business and Society : A millennium Change.’
Shri M. Ramadoss, CMD of Oriental Insurance,

New Delhi, gave the keynote address.
“Corporate Social Responsibility: Past, Present

and Future”, a book by Dr. S.K. Panda, IAS and
Principal Secretary of Higher Education, Tripura
was released.
Besides Ms. Nicola Swan, Visiting Professor,

Henley Management College, U.K., Ramon
Magsaysay Awardees Dr. Sandeep Pandey and
Shri. Rajendra Singh (Water Man) and delegates
from NABARD, UNDP, NUEPA, etc. all
participated.
Conducted from 7-8 November 2008 With

its main focus on CSR.
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Workshop on Documentary & Short film Making
The workshop was conducted by mass media

experts – Mr. Rehman, Mr. V.K. Mishra and Mrs.
Shweta Singh who were formerly associated with
television channels.
Mr. J.K. Mehta, formerly Deputy Director of

Doordarshan and AIR and presently an assistant
professor of mass communication at Ansal
Institute of Technology graced the occasion by his
presence.
Film Colors of Paradise and short films such as

Khamoshi, Man Ki Chidia, etc. were screened at
the workshop to discuss the nuances of film
making.
Conducted from 1-2 November 2008.
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WORKSHOP ON LEADERSHIP
•Conducted from 3-7 November 2008,by ‘Management Group’.
•Thirty senior faculty members of the institute participated in this

seminar which was led by Mr. Ashok Balwani who is an alumnus
(1972) of BITS and IIM Ahmedabad.
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GOLDMAN SACHS GLOBAL LEADERS
Five Second Year students, Poonam Daga, Antonio Fernandes,

Abhishek Dutta, Aastha Mehta and Vishwa Parekh from BITS Pilani are
among the 29 students from India declared as the Goldman Sachs
Global Leaders for 2008-09.
All these 5 students have received USD 3000 each from the
Goldman Sachs Foundation.
Total tally of Goldman Sachs Global Leaders from BITS Pilani

currently stands at 15 with 6 in 2007, 4 in 2008 and 5 in 2009.
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Entrepreneurship Week
Entrepreneurship Week themed “Go Green:

The World is our Business”.
Also present to grace the occasion was

Professor Sunil Handa, alumnus of BITS-
Pilani and presently a professor at IIM
Ahmedabad who is also founder the
Eklavya Educational Foundation.
V.K. Desai, the founder of Tiny Tech Plans

conducted the workshop on social
entrepreneurship.
On 8th a marathon with theme "Run for a

Cause " focusing on Entrepreneurship to
Organized from 7-15 February by CEL. Go Green was organized where in around
Workshop on Social Entrepreneurship by 75 students and faculty participated
NIRMAAN.
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INTERFACE-2009
32nd Edition of Interface with “PARIVARTAN” as the theme started on

8thMarch 2009.
Many eminent speakers including former MD, Phillips India, Kris

Ramchandran, Sudipato Gautam graced the occasion.
Panel Discussion on Effect of Changing Economic Scenarios was

conducted.
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APOGEE-2009
Organised from 23-27th march 2009.
Inaugurated by MR. Mr. BK Chaturvedi Member Planning Commission, GOI,

New Delhi.
The renowned all India festival has touched new scales by receiving the
prestigious ISO 9001:2008 certification from SWISO, an international
certification services.
The inaugural function concluded with the display of humanoid robots

‘ACYUT 1’ and ‘ACYUT 2’.
ROBO Games were conducted for the first time in India.
The T-90, T-92, T-72 and DNP-2 tanks from the stables of Indian Army and
various models of missiles from DRDO also came for display.
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APOGEE-2009
Over 1000 students from leading

institutions including students from Dubai,
Nepal and Pakistan participated in the festival.
Several eminent personalities including

Michael Cremo, Author of Forbidden
Archeology; Dilip Chhabria, Automobile style
guru; S K Jain, CMD, NPCIL; M C Mehta,
World Famous Environmental Lawyer;
Michael Hogedel, Managing Director, Vestas
Technology R&D; Jimmy Wales, Founder
Wikipedia and Dr. SP Kothari, Global Head of
Equity Research are expected to grace the
festival and deliver lectures and presentations
on topics across disciplines.
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales addressing the students.
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Birlas and their CEOs meet young minds at BITS-Pilani
Shri B. K. Birla and Smt. Sarala Birla along with a group of 16 CEOs
of various industries of Aditya Birla Group visited the campus.
They witnessed some of the projects like Rain Water Harvesting and
witnessed a presentation on BITS education system.
Also interacted with various students.
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World Health Day Celebrations
BITS Pilani celebrated the World Health Day by organizing an

evening walk on Tuesday April 7, 2009 across the Institute led by
the Vice Chancellor Dr LK Maheshwari in which faculty members
and spouses, children and students participated.
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Two day workshop on NGO motivation and networking
with CAPART in BITS-Pilani ( 13-14 April 2009)
Workshop aimed at creating awareness about CAPART projects as

well as its new guidelines and establishing a network with educational
institutions, government departments and other organizations in the
Shekhawati region.
Dr. Chandrasekhar (Director CEERI), the Guest of Honour, said that

innovative thinking and active involvement with the problems.
Around 50 NGO representatives from different parts of India

Participated.
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JOINING HANDS: MOUS
With TVS Motor Company, its holding company and associate

companies on 22 May 2008 to promote academic and research
interactions.
With the University of North Carolina at Greensboro on 11 June 2008

to develop an academic exchange and cooperation program in
education and research.
With Indian Institute of Quality Management, Jaipur on 31 July 2008

to promote academic and research interactions.
With SAP Labs India Private limited, Bangalore on 8 August 2008 to

promote academic and research interactions with focus on SAP
Scholar programme.
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With Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bangalore on 9 August 2008 to
promote academic and research interactions.
With Sabre Holdings, Texas, USA on 19 September 2008 to foster

collaborations between the two institutions to promote academic and
research interactions.
With L&T e-Engineering solutions( L&T e-ES) on 9 September 2008

for promoting academic and research interactions.
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AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Prof. L.K. Maheshwari, Vice Chancellor, BITS, Pilani received the

Science Counsellor Award 2007 from ISHEER (Indian Society of
Health, Environment Education and Research).
Srikumar Murthy and Rachit Chandra represented India in New York

as Goldman Sachs Global Leaders, Class of 2008.
Vipin Jain a third year student of BITS, Pilani awarded a full

fellowship by APNG to attend the 10th Asia Pacific Networking Group
Meet in Thailand.
Thrivikraman P Subramanian & Shri Tushar Uttarwar has been

awarded the GE Foundation Scholarship for the period 2007-2009.
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Piyush Suraj Raathor , first year Mechanical Engineering student of
BITS, Pilani secured the prestigious Aditya Birla Scholarship for 2008.
Ms. Supriya Vadlamani, receives the Second Google India Women in

Engineering Award.
Sanjot Malhi, first non-American Indian has been selected for the
MBA Programme of Yale School of Management.
M. Harsha Vardhan who is at present in his third year Computer

Science has been selected to attend the International Student Festival
in Trondheim (ISFiT),2009 in Norway.
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BITS,Pilani - Goa Campus
2008-09
BITS, Pilani - Goa Campus
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Contents
Major Students‘ Achievements

International Conferences
SPICMAYCAY
QUARK
WAVES ’09
SPREE
Open Marathon
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Major Students‘ Achievements
Student team won 1st place in The Intel Scholar Program, 2008.
Students won 1st, 3rd and 4th place in the competition IT Idol of
Goa organized by Computer Society of India.
Student selected Vice Chair, India of American Society of

Mechanical Engineers.
Students secured 1st and 2nd place in Monginis Quiz, the largest
Quiz in Goa.
BITS Pilani Goa Campus was the overall winner of Oasis ‘08.
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International Conferences
Hosted International Congress of Environmental Research in

association with Journal of Environmental Research &
Development, which saw participation from 40 countries.
Hosted Workshop on Anaerobic Digestion Renewable Energy

using Microbes.
Hosted Indo Russian Workshop on Topical Problems in Mechanics

of Solids.
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SPICMACAY- Society for Promotion of Indian
Classical Music and Culture Among Youth
Established in Goa Campus on

6th Feb ‘09.
Inaugurated by Padma Shri Dr.

Kiran Seth, Vice Chairperson,
SPICMACAY.
Flute performance by Padma

Vibhushan Pt. Hariprasad
Chaurasia
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QUARK – Annual National Tech Fest
Inaugurated by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul

Kalam, former President of
India
Record outstation participation
& sponsorship.
Events & Workshops spanning
Engineering, Science and Social
Science disciplines
Association with the United
Nations
National media coverage
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WAVES – Annual National Cultural Fest
Inaugurated by Mr. Mani

Shankar, Film Director & BITS
Alumnus.
Participation from over 45
colleges. sponsorship
Events spanning Drama, Music,
Fine Arts & Special
Performances
Coverage by MTV India and
Radio Mirchi.
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SPREE – Annual National Sports Fest
In association with Salgaocar

Sports Club, Goa & The Sports
Authority of Goa
Participation from over 25
colleges
Mallakhamb and Kalaripayattu
performances
Workshops in Cardio-Kickboxing,
Tai-Chi and CPR
Coverage by TOI, Navhind Times,
Goa365 and Radiomirchi
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SPREE – OPEN MARATHON
Run for a cause – In

association with NIRMAAN and
HelpAge India
Over 200 participants
Over Rs. 50000 pledged
Runners from BITS and other

participating colleges
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BITS,Pilani – Hyderabad Campus
2008-09
HYDERABAD CAMPUS
The classes began on 29 August

2008.
The Hyderabad Campus offers 13

First Degree Programmes.
Talks by people of repute such as Mr.

N. C. Mathur, Director, Jindal
Stainless Steel, Prof. D.R. Vaman,
Professor of ECE, Prairie View A & M
University (Texas A & M University
System), USA, Prof. V. Krishnamurthy,
former Deputy Director of BITS, Pilani
has been conducted.
Hyderabad Campus, the fourth campus of BITS-Pilani
started functioning in August 2008 with its 527 students.
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Teacher’s Day
A first student event on campus

Friendly interaction between students and
teachers
Doubt clearing session for newly admitted
students
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PEARL 2008
First intra college cultural
festival organized solely by
the students.
The event was a grand

success, Honourable chief
guest, Mr. Shekhar Kammula
graced the occasion by his
benign presence.
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Science Day
Celebrated science day
in the remembrance of
Dr. C.V. Raman.
This event was a great
success and infused a
spirit of enthusiasm
among the students.
Students were motivated
for scientific research and
development.
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Foundation Day
Foundation day was
celebrated on 28th April
2009.
The event witnessed
awesome performances by
music club, dance club and
drama club.
Efforts of students were
appreciated by presence of
200 guests.
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On the track
Student bodies were formed to facilitate various campus activities.
The academic associations and various clubs have been formed to

encourage the co-curricular activities.
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SPORTSWAR
A number of events have been organized like the volleyball league,
cl-09, gaming league and T.T. Tournament.
Students also participated in national level competitions like BOSM-08 and

SPREE-09.
THE WHITE DOVES

Various environmental programs by
associations with the aim of spreading
social awareness and NSS activities were
conducted.
A candle march was also organized by

the students to keep up the motto “Peace
Prevails”.
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Festivities on campus
Cultural associations have
celebrated various national festivals
like Holi, Diwali, Ugadi and Navratri
with enthusiasm.
Coming Ahead
The present events like Pearl and Sportswar will be
scaled up to national level and many new student events
will be added from next year.
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Thank You !!

Bits Pilani

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BITS,Pilani - Pilani Campus

The First Semester of 2008-09 was a semester of joy and sorrow.

Smt. Shobhana Bhartia, Chairman of

Prof. K.E. Raman was appointed as the

Elections held on : 08th September 2008

Secretary : Mr. K. Manoj , 3 Joint Secretaries and 20 -

Various Clubs and Societies

14 Student Union Club - Secretaries Elected

Intensive Coaching Camp from 20th August

900 Outstation Participants.

BITS Pilani - Winners/Runners in 21

Physical Fitness Certificate Program for

The Health Club got various advanced

SPICMACAY- BITS-Pilani chapter kicked off

The National award winning film Ankur by

The first concert of the semester was a

A Kathak performance by the celebrated

Two –day international conference was

Prof. V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice

Other distinguished guests were Dr. Y.S.

Conducted from 19 -20 September 2008

To commemorate their silver jubilee reunion,

It was a rare opportunity to hear from galaxy of

Ajay Waghray Chief information Officer ,

The four-day International Convention on

Delivering the keynote address Prof. Eilon

The convention attracted eminent

Performances by Music Club & Dance Club

Mr. Sanjeev Sahi (Director Personnel of Hindustan Aeronautics

The Kavi Sammelan attracted this time,

The professional shows, OASIS had

Sponsorship worth Rs 14.6 lakhs increased

Shri M. Ramadoss, CMD of Oriental Insurance,

“Corporate Social Responsibility: Past, Present

Besides Ms. Nicola Swan, Visiting Professor,

Conducted from 7-8 November 2008 With

The workshop was conducted by mass media

Mr. J.K. Mehta, formerly Deputy Director of

Film Colors of Paradise and short films such as

•Conducted from 3-7 November 2008,by ‘Management Group’.

•Thirty senior faculty members of the institute participated in this

Five Second Year students, Poonam Daga, Antonio Fernandes,

Total tally of Goldman Sachs Global Leaders from BITS Pilani

Entrepreneurship Week themed “Go Green:

Also present to grace the occasion was

V.K. Desai, the founder of Tiny Tech Plans

On 8th a marathon with theme "Run for a

32nd Edition of Interface with “PARIVARTAN” as the theme started on

Many eminent speakers including former MD, Phillips India, Kris

Panel Discussion on Effect of Changing Economic Scenarios was

Inaugurated by MR. Mr. BK Chaturvedi Member Planning Commission, GOI,

The inaugural function concluded with the display of humanoid robots

ROBO Games were conducted for the first time in India.

Over 1000 students from leading

Several eminent personalities including

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales addressing the students.

Also interacted with various students.

BITS Pilani celebrated the World Health Day by organizing an

Workshop aimed at creating awareness about CAPART projects as

Dr. Chandrasekhar (Director CEERI), the Guest of Honour, said that

Around 50 NGO representatives from different parts of India

With TVS Motor Company, its holding company and associate

With the University of North Carolina at Greensboro on 11 June 2008