Bhilai Institute of Technology - Durg
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Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
College in Private sector Chattisgarh. It was established in Durg
Durg
Durg is a city located in Chhattisgarh state, Central India. It is located just east of the Seonath River and is part of the Durg-Bhilai urban agglomeration. The city is an agricultural market and is heavily engaged in milling rice and pigeon peas. Durg gained importance as an industrial centre...
. Started at very modest scale with four undergraduate courses in Engineering (B.E.
Bachelor of Engineering
The Bachelor of Engineering is an undergraduate academic degree awarded to a student after three to five years of studying engineering at universities in Armenia, Australia, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland , Germany, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Jordan, Korea,...
) and intake capacity of 180 students, it has now risen to the status of an institution of repute for technical education and management studies with seven disciplines of Engineering at the undergraduate level and six post graduate courses including MBA and MCA
Master of Computer Applications
The Master of Computer Applications is a postgraduate degree in computer application streams awarded in India. Full time MCA programmes normally take three academic years. The primary emphasis in MCA curriculum is on the development of diverse types of application software rather than designing...
, and an annual intake strength of 780 in Bachelor of Engineering itself.
The Institute is managed by a Board of Trustees which is headed by Managing Trustees. The Trust comprises duly constituted Governing Body consisting of the representatives of the Trust, All India Council for Technical Education
All India Council for Technical Education
The All India Council for Technical Education is the statutory body and a national-level council for technical education, under Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development...
(AICTE), the State government of Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh is a state in Central India, formed when the 16 Chhattisgarhi-speaking South-Eastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained separate statehood on 1 November 2000....
, the affiliating university, industrialists, senior bureaucrats, management experts, peoples' representatives, and notable social workers.
All Courses offered by the Institute are approved by AICTE and affiliated to Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University
Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University
-Institution:Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University is a public university located in the city of Bhilai, the STEEL CITY of India, in the state of Chhattisgarh in India. The university was established on 21 January 2005...
(CSVTU).
BIT is an Institutional member of Indian Society for Technical Education
Indian Society for Technical Education
The Indian Society for Technical Education is a national, professional, non-profit Society registered under the Societies Registration Act of 1860...
(ISTE), Institution of Engineers(India)
Institution of Engineers
The Institution of Engineers is the national organization of engineering professionals in India. IEI has over 0.5 million members from 15 engineering disciplines in 99 centres/chapters in India and overseas; it is the largest multi-disciplinary engineering professional society in the...
(IEI), Confederation of Indian Industry
Confederation of Indian Industry
The Confederation of Indian Industry is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry-led and industry-managed organisation, seeking to play a proactive role in India’s development process. The organisation works to create and sustain an environment conducive to the growth of industry in India,...
(CII), Institute of Steel Development and Growth (INSDAG), National HRD Network and American Information Resource Centre, Mumbai.
One of the premier engineering institutes of India, Bhilai Institute of Technology – Durg is known to produce quality engineers. Updated version of Quality Management System ISO 9001:2000 is installed in the Institute by the International Certifying Authority M/s KVQA of Norway
Norway
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.
Location
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh is a state in Central India, formed when the 16 Chhattisgarhi-speaking South-Eastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained separate statehood on 1 November 2000....
, India. The whole establishment is spread on 25 acres (101,171.5 m²) of land, in Bhilai House opposite to the Circuit house. Its proximity to Durg bus depot and Durg railway station facilitates fast commuting. Besides, it is connected to each and every corner of Bhilai-Durg agglomeration
Agglomeration
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through various means of transportation such as mini buses, Minidors, Tempos, Auto-Rickshaws, etc.
History
Bhilai Steel Plant
Bhilai Steel Plant, located in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, is India's only producer of steel rails, and is a major producer of steel plates and structural components.This steel plant was set up with the help of the USSR in 1955...
at Bhilai in 1959 necessitated for having suitably trained and skilled personnel in good numbers to do specific technical tasks of the plant. With this viewpoint, some organizations, industrialists, charitable institutions and philanthropic societies of the region took an initiative to establish an engineering institution and therefore a trust was formed and duly registered. The Government of erstwhile Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....
accorded the permission to open a self supporting and self financing engineering institute and thus in July 1986, Bhilai Institute of Technology came into existence.
Seth Balkrishan was a philanthropist and a key founder member of this institution. His contribution in the field of education, sports, social upliftment and the spiritual needs of the community are legendary in Bhilai
Bhilai
Bhilai or Bhilai Nagar is a city in the Durg district of Chhattisgarh, in eastern central India. As of 2001, it had a population of 753,837. The city is located west of the capital Raipur, on the main Howrah–Mumbai rail line, and National Highway 6...
and in the region around. This institute is therefore tributed to him.
Campus
- Administrative block
- ECOMIT {Electronics & telecom-Computer science- Information technology} block
- Mechanical EngineeringMechanical engineeringMechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
block - ElectricalElectrical engineeringElectrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
/Civil EngineeringCivil engineeringCivil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...
block - Engineering Sciences and Management block
And apart from these following significant buildings:
- State-of-the-art auditoriumAuditoriumAn auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens.- Etymology :...
- Open-Air Theater
- Hydraulics Lab and Workshop
- Fully air conditioned computer labs in every department
Administrative block holds offices of various admin. departments e.g., Finance, Purchase, Building, Staff. It also hosts the central library.
ECOMIT Block has three departments in it namely, Electronics COMputer and Information Technology.(hence, ECOMIT). This block contains the Central Computer Lab.
Mechanical and Electrical & Civil Engineering blocks host their respective departments.
Engineering Sciences and Management block have facilities for research in basic sciences e.g. Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Environmental Sciences and also hosts classes for Management Sciences.
State-of-the-art Auditorium and Open-Air theater host various cultural programmes and National/Local Seminars.
Hydraulics Lab and Workshop contain various equipments to facilitate the learning and researching in the areas of Basic Mechanical Engineering and Fluid Mechanics.
Besides, each block, apart from administrative block is equipped with its own computer lab, library and other labs relevant to their own learning and research purposes.
These blocks are interspersed with gardens containing rare species of flowers. BIT has won various floral competitions and is well recognised across the city for its floral beauty.
The Central Library
A fully computerized Central LibraryLibrary
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
caters to its members from faculty, staff and students to occasional guest users. The Library is well stocked with more than 27000 books classified according to the Dewey Decimal Classification
Dewey Decimal Classification
Dewey Decimal Classification, is a proprietary system of library classification developed by Melvil Dewey in 1876.It has been greatly modified and expanded through 23 major revisions, the most recent in 2011...
System, several encyclopedias and 800 CD ROMs
Read-only memory
Read-only memory is a class of storage medium used in computers and other electronic devices. Data stored in ROM cannot be modified, or can be modified only slowly or with difficulty, so it is mainly used to distribute firmware .In its strictest sense, ROM refers only...
spanning all aspects of Engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, Sciences, Management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
and Technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...
. It also subscribes to over 140 journals
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
in print, giving an insight into the latest developments. Several online
ONLINE
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journals are also subscribed to by the library. The Library subscribes to all leading periodicals, science magazines and newspapers. The facilities for reading and referral are available along other facilities such as book and journals issue.The Library has memberships of organisations and archives like DELNET(Developing Library Network Service), INDEST (Indian National Digital Library of Engineering Science and Technology), American Information Resource Centre and World Scientific Publishing Co. The library has two airy and spacious reading halls, which provide a quiet ambiance for studies. The Library is also equipped with computers for automated working and Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
connectivity to facilitate data
Data
The term data refers to qualitative or quantitative attributes of a variable or set of variables. Data are typically the results of measurements and can be the basis of graphs, images, or observations of a set of variables. Data are often viewed as the lowest level of abstraction from which...
collection and research
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
. Apart from the central library, every department has its own departmental library with a fair collection of all useful books in them that can be internally used within the department. The Book Bank facility is an innovative concept brought in to encourage bright students. The top five rank holders from every class are issued a complete set of textbooks for the duration of a full semester. The E-Library section has a healthy collection of numerous CBTs and educational software available for its users. The Free Surfing
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
Zone in the Central Library offers Internet services for consulting subscribed online journals as well as In-library reference facilities for the CBTs and other relevant electronic study material.
The Central Computing Centre
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh is a state in Central India, formed when the 16 Chhattisgarhi-speaking South-Eastern districts of Madhya Pradesh gained separate statehood on 1 November 2000....
Ajit Jogi
Ajit Jogi
Ajit Jogi was the first chief minister of the state of Chhattisgarh, India. He currently represents the Marwahi Scheduled Tribe constituency in the state assembly and is a member of the Indian National Congress political party....
. A Computer Committee headed by the Principal of the Institute governs it. The CCF looks after the hardware and software maintenance of around 1000 systems and 200 peripherals in the Institute located at different academic and administrative departments of the Institute. The independent computer centers of various academic departments are connected to the Severs of CCF through Wireless LAN. CCF itself contains 275 computers that are connected through wired LAN and fulfills the need of computers for Electronics, IT, Computer science & Engg. and MCA courses. All systems inside the campus are linked by a Local Area Network. There are four servers that function 24 hours of the day in the Centre, providing various services to the Institute.
Responsibilities of the CCF
- Providing computing & networking facilities to users and groups of BIT
- To provide state of art facilities to the students of BIT to make them computer wizard
- To equip the computers of BIT for scientific computation, academic activities, administrative and accounting data maintenance
- To provide Internet connectivity to all users of BIT inside the campus
- To look after the maintenance of all the computers and peripherals of BIT
- To provide training to the faculty and staff of BIT for better utilization of computational resources
- To organize Continuing Education Program
- To provide consultancy to other organizations
- To maintain BIT's website
- To conduct online test as a regular practice
Features of the CCF
- Air-conditioned labs to house servers and desktops
- Four HP PROLAINT ML370G3 Servers and one IBM Netfinity Server
- 275 latest PIV HP-Compaq/IBM nodes
- Internet connectivity of 8 Mbit/s bandwidth through leased port
- 18 printers including laser and color laser
- 10 Laptops including a tablet PC
- Handheld PC
- Video conferencing kits with webcam
- Four scanners
- Microsoft Campus software
Departmental computer Labs
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including...
Proliant ML370 and IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...
Netfinity 3000 take care of the major computing load and manage the network.The machines also provide for the much-needed Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
access, the services for which are backed up by diverse systems for connectivity. Printing jobs are entrusted to various network printers. These networked labs have been designed keeping in view the varied requirement of the syllabi for different courses. These labs are provided with adequate software and hardware support depending on their implementation packages.The Institute has around 600 PCs along with several notebooks
Laptop
A laptop, also called a notebook, is a personal computer for mobile use. A laptop integrates most of the typical components of a desktop computer, including a display, a keyboard, a pointing device and speakers into a single unit...
, tablets and handheld computers to cater to the computing requirements of students. The computer systems are supported by a variety of peripherals like printers
Computer printer
In computing, a printer is a peripheral which produces a text or graphics of documents stored in electronic form, usually on physical print media such as paper or transparencies. Many printers are primarily used as local peripherals, and are attached by a printer cable or, in most new printers, a...
of different kind, scanners
Image scanner
In computing, an image scanner—often abbreviated to just scanner—is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, and converts it to a digital image. Common examples found in offices are variations of the desktop scanner where the document is placed on a glass...
, plotter
Plotter (instrument)
In navigational instruments, a plotter is an instrument which marks the position of a vehicle on a map or chart.-Manual plotters:* The parallel rulers plotter* The triangle* The Breton plotter...
s, light pen
Light pen
A light pen is a computer input device in the form of a light-sensitive wand used in conjunction with a computer's CRT TV set or monitor. It allows the user to point to displayed objects, or draw on the screen, in a similar way to a touch screen but with greater positional accuracy...
s, digital cameras, backup systems and LCD projectors.The Internet services are offered with the help of a dedicated 1 Mbit/s wireless access line. The institute owns several original and licensed multi-user software programs like LabVIEW 8, LADSIM PLC Programming Software, TINAPRO Circuit Simulation Software, MATLAB
MATLAB
MATLAB is a numerical computing environment and fourth-generation programming language. Developed by MathWorks, MATLAB allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs written in other languages,...
version 6.2 with Simulink
Simulink
Simulink, developed by MathWorks, is a commercial tool for modeling, simulating and analyzing multidomain dynamic systems. Its primary interface is a graphical block diagramming tool and a customizable set of block libraries. It offers tight integration with the rest of the MATLAB environment and...
, VHDL version 5.2i (XILINX
Xilinx
Xilinx, Inc. is a supplier of programmable logic devices. It is known for inventing the field programmable gate array and as the first semiconductor company with a fabless manufacturing model....
), ALDEC AHDL 5.2 (IC
Integrated circuit
An integrated circuit or monolithic integrated circuit is an electronic circuit manufactured by the patterned diffusion of trace elements into the surface of a thin substrate of semiconductor material...
Design Software), ALDEC VERILOG
Verilog
In the semiconductor and electronic design industry, Verilog is a hardware description language used to model electronic systems. Verilog HDL, not to be confused with VHDL , is most commonly used in the design, verification, and implementation of digital logic chips at the register-transfer level...
5.2 (IC Design Software),NetSim
NetSim
NetSim is a popular network simulation tool used by the academic community for teaching, network lab experimentation and research. Various technologies such as Ethernet, Wireless LAN, Wi Max, TCP, IP, etc are covered in NetSim.-History:...
(network simulator), MULTISIM (Circuit Simulator), COMMSIM (Communication Simulator), ULTIBOARD
Ultiboard
NI Ultiboard or formerly ULTIboard is an electronic Printed Circuit Board Layout program which is part of a suite of circuit design programs, along with NI Multisim. One of its major features is the Real Time Design Rule Check, a feature that was only offered on expensive work stations in the days...
(PCB
Printed circuit board
A printed circuit board, or PCB, is used to mechanically support and electrically connect electronic components using conductive pathways, tracks or signal traces etched from copper sheets laminated onto a non-conductive substrate. It is also referred to as printed wiring board or etched wiring...
Design Software), MONOID Version 1.0 (DSP
Digital signal processing
Digital signal processing is concerned with the representation of discrete time signals by a sequence of numbers or symbols and the processing of these signals. Digital signal processing and analog signal processing are subfields of signal processing...
Simulator), System Generator (Xilinx) (DSP Development & FPGA Design), PCI
Peripheral Component Interconnect
Conventional PCI is a computer bus for attaching hardware devices in a computer...
based DAQ
Data acquisition
Data acquisition is the process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting the resulting samples into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer. Data acquisition systems typically convert analog waveforms into digital values for processing...
Card with supporting Software, DIALS (Fiber Optic Simulation Software),Auto-CAD
AutoCAD
AutoCAD is a software application for computer-aided design and drafting in both 2D and 3D. It is developed and sold by Autodesk, Inc. First released in December 1982, AutoCAD was one of the first CAD programs to run on personal computers, notably the IBM PC...
Release 2005, STAAD/PRO Version 2006, SPSS
SPSS
SPSS is a computer program used for survey authoring and deployment , data mining , text analytics, statistical analysis, and collaboration and deployment ....
, Ulti-Board PCB Design, SPICE
SPICE
SPICE is a general-purpose, open source analog electronic circuit simulator.It is a powerful program that is used in integrated circuit and board-level design to check the integrity of circuit designs and to predict circuit behavior.- Introduction :Unlike board-level designs composed of discrete...
, SAP2000E, ANSYS Release 10.0, PSCAD, Power Station (ETAP)Version 4.0, MathCAD
MathCad
Mathcad is computer software primarily intended for the verification, validation, documentation and re-use of engineering calculations. First introduced in 1986 on DOS, it was the first to introduce live editing of typeset mathematical notation, combined with its automatic computations...
V.11, PSIM 5.0, 6.0, Active HDL 6.5, SKM Power Tools 4.5, CASPOC, Scientific Word 8, CATIA
CATIA
CATIA is a multi-platform CAD/CAM/CAE commercial software suite developed by the French company Dassault Systemes...
, MATLAB r2006, Pro-E in addition to the commonly used system software and applications packages. Apart from regular lab sessions, the Computer Lab provides several services to the institute like in-house project development, consultancy services, assistance in various trainings, seminars and workshops, content preparation for e-Classes, software demonstration and keeping e-Records.
Achievements of the Computer Science and Engineering department
Among the major achievements of the Computer Labs are successfully completed projects like e-Rogee Kalyan (developed for District Main Hospital,Durg), Electoral Vote Counting Package (Assembly polls 2003), Students Identity Card, e-Question Bank, Income Tax Form-16 for the Institute, Time Table Generator for the Institute, Automation of BIT Central Library, Development and maintenance of the official website of Institute, Accounting Software for the Institute, e-Alumni Records, Virtual 3D walthrough of the college,CRISys etc.Open Air Theater
The Open Air Theater of BIT is used for hosting several activities like skits, dramas, renditions, festivals, competitions, seminars, Annual function etc. It has a total build up area of 3300 sq ft (306.6 m²), seating capacitySeating capacity
Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, both in terms of the physical space available, and in terms of limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that seats two to a stadium that seats...
of 3000 people, 30 ft (9.1 m) × 40 ft (12.2 m) stage size, 300 sq ft (27.9 m²) each of Gent's and Girl's green room, 400 sq ft (37.2 m²) of Store room and 26000 sq ft (2,415.5 m²) of open area.
The Auditorium
The Auditorium of BIT was inaugurated in 2006. From then on it is responsible for hosting seminars, music shows and other activities. BITCON, the national conference conducted by BIT in 2007 was hosted in the Auditorium. The Auditorium has a build-up area of 10000 sq ft (929 m²), seating capacitySeating capacity
Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, both in terms of the physical space available, and in terms of limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that seats two to a stadium that seats...
of 500 persons, Stage size of 40 ft (12.2 m) × 30 ft (9.1 m), Airconditioned hall, Air cooled entrance foyer area of 2000 sq ft (185.8 m²), Boy's and girl's green rooms each of area 200 sq ft (18.6 m²), Rest room, projector room, front area parking and electrical panel room.
Sports Complex
Organizational Hierarchy
Director has a system of people working under him profiled differently to handle different tasks. Following are the details of different profiles:
- Head of the department: HOD of a department is respof student earned elsewhere, issuing Transfer and Migration certificates, processing leave applications, submitting grades etc.
Students and Faculty
This institute is among the firsts to fill during counselling sessions. Alumni of this institute is placed in several organisations across the country and some of them have even founded their own company.Faculty is a mix of working professionals having rich experience of Industry processes, new graduates and researchers cum lecturers. These lecturers are eminent in their specialisation areas.
Programmes offered and methods of admission
The programmes offered by the institute can be broadly classified as follows:- Under-Graduate programmes
- Post-Graduate programmes
- Doctorate programmes
All the undergraduate programmes are full-time courses, whereas post graduate programmes involve both full-time and part-time courses.
Apart from this, for the purpose of promoting higher studies and researches, Research Centres in the fields of Civil Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Mathematics, Environmental Engineering and Engineering Chemistry have been started in the institute. The centres offer Ph.D. courses.
The Institute enrols 780 students in various engineering programmes. Students are admitted through various channels of admission, most notable of them being CGPET and AIEEE.
Undergraduate programmes
| Course name | Annual Intake(no of students) | Duration(in yrs) | Eligibility | Method of Admission |
| B.E.-Civil Engineering | 120 | 4 | 10+2 | CG-PET/AIEEE |
| B.E.-Computer science and Engineering | 120 | 4 | 10+2 | CG-PET/AIEEE |
| B.E.-Electrical Engineering | 60 | 4 | 10+2 | CG-PET/AIEEE |
| B.E.-Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering | 120 | 4 | 10+2 | CG-PET/AIEEE |
| B.E.-Information Technology | 60 | 4 | 10+2 | CG-PET/AIEEE |
| B.E.-Mechanical Engineering | 120 | 4 | 10+2 | CG-PET/AIEEE |
| B.E.-Electrical & Electronics Engineering | 60 | 4 | 10+2 | CG-PET/AIEEE |
Full-time post-graduate programmes
| Course name | Annual Intake(no of students) | Duration(in yrs) | Eligibility | Method of Admission |
| MCA (Full Time) | 60 | 3 | Graduation | AIMCET |
| MBA (Full Time) | 120 | 2 | Graduation | MAT |
| MBA (Part time) | 60 | 3 | Graduation | Merit Basis |
| M.E.-Production Engineering | 20 | 2 | B.E.(Mech.) | Merit Basis |
| M.Tech-Instrumentation and Control | 20 | 2 | B.E.(Electrical/Electronics),M.Sc.(Electronics) | Merit Basis |
| M.E.(Structural Engineering) | 18 | 2 | B.E.(Civil/Equivalent) | Merit Basis |
Part-time post-graduate programmes
| Course name | Annual Intake(no of students) | Duration(in yrs) | Eligibility | Method of Admission |
| M.E.-Environmental sciences and Engineering | 10 | 3 | B.E.(Any Discipline) | Merit Basis |
Admission to BE courses
The branch wise intake are reserved for State Quota, All India Quota & Management Quota. The percentages of various quotas are decided by the State Government. However, the current proportions are State Quota: 60%, All India Quota: 25% and Management Quota: 15%.For admission under State Quota, a candidate is expected to qualify in Pre-Engineering Test (PET) conducted by Professional Examination Board, Chhattisgarh (CGVYAPAM). Thereafter, candidates who are domicile of Chhattisgarh State are called for a counselling session by Directorate of Technical Education - Government of Chhattisgarh and seats are allotted to the candidates as per the availability during the counselling sessions.
For admission under All India Quota, a candidate is expected to qualify in All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi. Thereafter, candidates are called for a counselling session by Directorate of Technical Education, Government of Chhattisgarh and seats are allotted to the candidates as per the availability during the counselling sessions.
For admission under Management Quota, a candidate is expected to qualify either in PET conducted by Professional Examination Board, Chhattisgarh (CGVYAPAM) or AIEEE conducted by CBSE, New Delhi. After the declaration of results of the entrance examinations, advertisements are placed in newspapers and on the college website for admission under Management Quota. Application forms are made downloadable from the website. Applications received thereafter are scrutinised and finalised strictly based on ranks of students in the entrance examinations.
Lateral entry scheme
10% of the annual intake is reserved under Lateral Entry Scheme. Two categories of student are eligible to get the admission under this scheme:1. Candidates having a three years' diploma in the concerned discipline from AICTE recognized institutions are eligible for admission in the respective branches directly at the Second year of BE courses. The students thus admitted are required to clear foundation subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics – I & Mathematics – II as per the ordinance of CSVTU, Bhilai.
2. Candidates having a graduate degree (B.Sc.) from any recognized university with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as compulsory subjects are also eligible for admission to BE 2nd Year directly. The students thus admitted are required to clear foundation subjects like Engineering – I, Engineering – II, Workshop Practice, Engineering Graphics as per the ordinance of CSVTU, Bhilai.
Admission to M.E./M.Tech courses
Admissions to M.E./M.Tech. courses are on basis of Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) score and/or merit. Admission notice for M.E./M.Tech. courses are advertised by the Institute in newspapers and on the Internet through the official website of the Institute.Admission to full time MBA course
Minimum qualifications for admission to full time MBA course are as follows:A candidate holding a graduate degree (for at least three years of duration) or post-graduate degree of CSVTU or of any other university recognised as its equivalent by the university with at least 50% of marks (45% for a student belonging to scheduled cast, scheduled tribe and other backward classes candidates) in aggregate in any one or more fields of engineering, medical science, agriculture, social science, commerce, arts, life sciences, hotel management is eligible for application for admission to the MBA course. Graduates holding degrees in fields of law, journalism and mass communication, physical education, library sciences are not eligible for admission to the MBA course. A candidate cannot be older than 27 years if male and 30 years if female for admission to this program.
For admission to full time MBA program, candidates are expected to qualify the Management Aptitude Test (MAT) conducted by All India Management Association (AIMA), New Delhi. Thereafter, the candidates must appear in group discussion and personal interview rounds conducted by the Institute. A merit list is prepared based on composite scores of students in MAT, group discussions and personal interview rounds. Advertisements for the program are put in newspapers as well as on the official website of the institute.
Admission to part time MBA program
In addition to eligibility criteria for full time MBA program (except the age limit), candidates must possess at least three years of work experience in any business organisation/Institution. Eligible candidates are called for group discussion and personal interview for final selection. Advertisements are put in news papers and also on the website of the institute.Admission to full time MCA course
For admission to M.C.A. course the candidate must have graduated in any discipline with at least 50% marks in aggregate (45% for candidates belonging to scheduled cast, scheduled tribe and other backward classes) from any Indian university or foreign university or an institute recognised by CSVTU equivalent or open university or any other university established under the act of state legislature or act of parliament. Graduation should be of 3 years regular study after passing the 12th standard examination of (10+2) scheme with Mathematics as compulsory subject at the 12th Standard. Admissions are made strictly as per the ordinance of the affiliating university. Maximum age of the candidate at the time of admission in MCA (Full Time) course must not be greater than 27 years for males and 30 years for females.For admission in MCA (Full Time) course, candidates are expected to qualify the Pre-MCA Test conducted by the Professional Examination Board of Chhattisgarh. Thereafter, the candidates must appear in the counselling session conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education, Govt. of Chhattisgarh. Advertisements in this effect are put in newspapers by DTE, Govt. of Chhattisgarh
Scholarships and Awards for B.I.T Students
To promote academic excellence among the students, following awards have been instituted.- Seth Balkrishna memorial Annual Gold-Medal by the Institute for the Student of B.I.T. having a position in the merit list of the University- Final Year Examination and securing highest marks (all branches taken together).
- An annual scholarship of Rs 2,500/- awarded by the Institute for Students of B.I.T. securing highest marks in B.E. 2nd, 4th and 6th Semester Examinations (all branches taken together).
- Sardar Inder Singh Jabbal Gold-Medal donated by Dr. (Mrs.) Vineeta Nayak and Dr. R.A. Nayak, to be awarded to B.I.T. topper in Civil Engineering in B.E. (Final Year) University examination.
- Naveen Nair Memorial Gold-Medal donated by Dr. M.N. Nair, to be awarded to the B.I.T. topper in Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering in the B.E. (Final Year) University Examination.
- EXCEL Gold-Medal instituted by the management, awarded to BIT toppers in different branches of B.E., MBA, MCA, ME, MTech courses at the Final Year University Examination.
- Neeladri Guha Memorial Gold Medal donated by Shri Subhendra Guha, awarded to the BIT topper in MBA at the final year University Examination
- BIT Alumni Cash Award
The awards and medals are given away on 26 January every year on the occasion of celebration of the Republic Day
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Sports
Currently, almost all kinds (non-adventure and non life risking) of sports, both indoor and outdoor, are being played in the institute, more or less in a professional manner, Tournaments are conducted at college level wherein all the departments of the institute participate. Following sports are the most celebrated and the most played:- CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- Lawn Tennis
- Table TennisTable tennisTable tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
- BadmintonBadmintonBadminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
- CarromCarromCarrom is a family of tabletop games with gameplay that lies somewhere between billiards and table shuffleboard. Carrom is known by many names around the world, including carrum, couronne, carum, karam, karom, karum, fatta and finger billiards...
- ChessChessChess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
Cultural Festivals and Group Activities
BIT has been an epicenter of activities since its inception. Various departments encourage their students to conduct and participate in constructive activities such as puzzle shows, antakshariAntakshari
Antakshri is a spoken parlor game played in India, Bangladesh and Nepal. Each contestant sings the first verse of a movie song that begins with the Hindi or Urdu consonant on which the previous contestant's song selection ended.-Etymology:The word is derived from two Hindi words:#Ant meaning...
, skits, rendition/recitation competitions, debates, technical competitions, Classical Indian Music shows from renowned maestros in that field, seminars of all sorts (Technical, business, personality development etc.), eco drives etc. Each year mini festivals get organized by various departments. The annual techno-management festival of BIT is called by various names. "Lamhe" in 2001, "Spandan" in 2003, "BIT Uday" in 2008 and "Urja Utsav" in 2010.
Energy and Environment Conservation Club
This was formed in collaboration with CREDA (Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Authority), Govt. of Chhattisgarh .This is supported by Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Govt. of India through CREDA. It is in process of getting NGO status, thus making it the first students club in an engineering institution in India to do so. It conducted Central India's first solar robot racing competition in 2009.It organizes " Urja Utsav" which is the biggest technical cum management festival in India to be organized by a students club.The club has its premises in the Mechanical Block. This club has its own quizzing team, cultural team and management team. The robotics club manages the technical requirements.
Robotics Club - VERVE
It is the only unofficial club of BIT. It is managed fully by students. This club conducts workshops for first year and second year students in the field of manual and autonomous robotics every year. It conducts workshops in - Bhilai Institute of Technology (Durg Campus), Bhilai Institute of Technology (Raipur Campus) and Shankracharya Institute of Professional Management (Raipur). There is no membership process and members are chosen only by their technical calibre. All technical events of BIT are managed by it. Students of this club have won laurels in many techfests conducted all over India. Prominent wins were in Techkriti08 (IIT Kanpur), Techfest09 (IIT Bombay), Kshitij08&09 (IIT Kgp), Techniche09 (IIT Guhawati), EclectikaEclectika
Eclectika is the annual techno-cultural festival of NIT Raipur. It started in 2007 and has been an annual function since. Eclectika 2009 consisted of 60 events. The recently concluded Eclectika 2010 included numerous events and also music performances....
09 (NIT Raipur), Axis08,09&10 (VNIT Nagpur) and Confluence10 (NIT Rourkela).
Some students of this club have won research scholarships from IIIT Hyd. Green Regiment (Urja Utsav10) conducted by this club had a participation of over 80 teams, making it the most successful robotics event in whole of Central India. It was the third event in India to get accredited by Tech4all Society, India and MetaWing (in collaboration with IIT Kgp).
Society of Automobile Engineers
Bhilai Institute of Technology, Durg is the first college in Chhattisgarh to have the SAE India chapter. BIT chapter has been instrumental in mobilizing engineering students in aerospace, automotive, and commercial vehicle industries. It conducts various workshops, lectures and autoworld related events throughout the year. It has plans in taking part in Formula SAE Baja after an aborted attempt in taking part in Formula Student(UK) 2010 by the robotics club.Engineering Associations
All departments have their engineering associations at the departmental level in collaboration with the I.E(India) chapter of various departments. These associations conduct many events throughout the academic year.Dance Groups
Various dance groups are present in college campus. These groups take part in many cultural events conducted in Chhattisgarh. Out of these "Step Up Gang" is the most famous. It is also the official dance troupe of the college. It has won Campus Jung 2009 conducted by Hero Honda and various Youth Festivals.Animators Groups
BIT has got some great talent in creating animation using their skills in Art and Animation. One group has created a 3D walkthrough of the College Campus. Another Group "SARAS" Created animation. Same can be find in "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdBbA_UDwpQ".BIT Uday
There were numerous events which brought about the innovativeness and creative ideas of the students. Events were there to hone the managerial and imaginative skills of the participants.
BIT Uday was by all means a launch of the new era of technology in Chhattisgarh. Over and all it was a great techno-symposium and a salute to the creative minds.
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Urja Utsav
It is the biggest college festival in India conducted by a students club. Challenging the energetic minds into thinking about the environment and spreading the "Go Green" initiative Urja Utsav was instrumental.It was conducted by the Energy and Environment Conservation Club. Reputed companies like Coca Cola India, Chevrolet, Autodesk, Matter and Platt, Wilo AG etc. sponsored the fest.
Departmental Festivals
PHOENIX - Dpt. of Electronics and TelecommunicationThis is the annual festival being conducted by the Dpt. of Electronics and Telecommunication. Mainly a cultural festival and some managerial events are also conducted in it.
HORIZON - Dpt. of Computer Science
This is conducted by the Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering. It's a cultural fest with no technical events.