These are the initiatives (both past and current) that are supported by BITSAA.

BITS Embryo

Embryo is a project to foster strong collaboration of BITS students and faculty with the alumni and friends of BITS Pilani.

Through lecture series and collaborative projects, the students can get exposure to the cutting edge technology. It also gives an opportunity to network with the Alumni and friends of BITS, who are reputed academicians and industry leaders.

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BITS.aid

BITS.aid is a community to AID all BITSian volunteering activities. We are the global face of BITS volunteering program. BITS.aid is the forum for BITSians who want to participate in leading initiatives or volunteering for the community.

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BITS2BSCHOOL

BITS2BSCHOOL is a 1,900-strong group of BITS Pilani alumni who have sights on MBA degrees from the world's leading business schools. In the first year of existence, BITS2BSchool helped raise total admits to the worlds' top b-schools by 50% in 2005, and hit a new admit record in 2006. BITS2BSCHOOL continues to assist prospective applicants by way of discussion forums, lecture series and application tips.

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BITS2MSPHD

BITS2MSPhD is an initiative for BITS Pilani students and alumni who aspire for MS and PhD programs from world's leading universities and institutes. For most of us, pursuing graduate studies is a giant leap. Join the group and access the resources which will guide you through the application process - right from test preparations to applying to schools to attending visa interviews. A lot of alumni in reputed universities at various positions – graduate students, research scholars, professors, research scientists and heads of departments - are offering their assistance to guide you through what it takes to pursue your dreams.

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BITS-75 Charitable Trust and Center for Emerging Technologies

BITS-75 Trust aims to promote technology entrepreneurship among BITS students and faculty and inculcate in BITSians the mind-set of ‘Job Creators’ rather than mere ‘Job Seekers’ in the society. One of the major initiatives is to work closely and help BITS set up a 21st century "Center for Emerging Technologies” in Pilani. The trust was formally launched in April 2008 but was conceptualized in 2006. Its members have been proactively interacting with the BITS administration in refining the ideas and action plan. By the time the 70-75 class met for their 35th Coral Jubilee Reunion at BITS during 24-27 Oct 2009 they managed to raise approx. INR 23 lakhs from just 35 contributors. Other members of the BITS 70-75 class continue to pitch in and the class has now raised over Rs. 30 lakhs from 50 contributors. The trust envisions contributing both in Cash and in Kind.

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BITSAA LinkedIn Group

BITS Pilani is the first Indian University to have a network on LinkedIn. LinkedIn is being used by most business schools and universities in the USA to network efficiently. As a BITS Pilani Alumni, we'd like to invite you to make use of a valuable, sophisticated and growing networking/job-search tool available to our alumni: the BITS Pilani Alumni Group on LinkedIn.

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BITSAA Women's Council

The BITSAA Women's Council is an organisation that aims to provide a "platform of connections, resources and opportunities for BITSian women." It believes that, with an appropriate support system, the BITSian woman can successfully achieve her family dreams and career goals. Its mission is to empower BITSian women worldwide to achieve their dreams through BITSian networking and leadership. The idea shines stark in relevance today, when women are faced with tough choices and challenges in everyday life, in balancing career aspirations, fostering a healthy family and pursuing their personal interests. The council aims to create a pipeline of women to fill leadership positions in corporations, academia & NGOs.

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BITSConnect

The first BITSConnect initiative, completed in January 2004, a $1.5 million (Rs. 7 crores) project jointly led by BITS Alumni and BITS Pilani, resulted in a state-of-the-art campus wide network. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Hon'ble President of India, inaugurated this core network – Neuron created by BITSConnect on March 20, 2004.

This first BITSConnect initiative provided BITS with a gigabit backbone, broadband access and telephones and video conferencing abilities (IP telephony) in every room in every bhawan (hostel), all staff quarters, the guest house, as well as wireless access in Sky and the Library.

BITSAA committed $750K for this first BITSConnect initiative and nearly the entire amount has been collected so far from alumni and friends across the globe

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Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

The vision of this initiative is to Inspire BITSians to play a prominent role in leading diverse entrepreneurial activities in the Country and make a significant contribution in global entrepreneurial innovation. The idea for CEL was seeded by the BITSAA Center for Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital (CEVC), with the vision of promoting the spirit of entrepreneurial thinking among the BITSian community . The students and the Institute shared this vision and came together in record time to set up the center. The concerted efforts of the students, alumni and faculty resulted in the Centre (set up within a short span of 6 months) being named as one of the top 5 centres of Entrepreneurship among Indian Universities.

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Oyster Lab

India is seen emerging as a centre for designing, developing and fabricating high-class semiconductor chips and BITS Pilani is getting ready for that day.

BITS has set up a broadband gigabit network called Neuron as part of BITSConnect, a global movement of BITS Pilani alumni, faculty and students. In a fine example of industry-institute cooperation, BITSConnect has commissioned a $50 million VLSI Lab initiative – The Oyster Lab(OLAB); the project aims to conduct semiconductor research and development. This makes BITS Pilani at par with institutes in US and Europe.

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Scholarships

BITSAA International Scholarships is an initiative to encourage the pursuit of excellence and to ensure that no student at BITS, Pilani is denied a holistic educational experience and the opportunity to compete with the best due to a lack of funds. BITS, Pilani alumni have donated over $65,000 to BITSAA International over the years to create 10 scholarship initiatives spread across all the BITS Pilani campuses.These scholarships have sponsored tuition fees, travel expenses for attending conferences and application costs towards pursuing graduate studies for the students apart from encouraging excellence in academics,sports and liberal arts.

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