Prof Goverdhan Mehta is Former President of the International Council for Science (ICSU). He is a Bhatnagar Fellow and former director of the Indian Institute...

Mr. Prithviraj Chavan ('63-67) is the Chief Minister of Maharasthra. An engineer by profession he graduated from BITS Pilani in 1967 with a Bachelor's degree...

Professor Dorairajan Balasubramanian, PhD (Columbia), born August 28, 1939, joined LVPEI’s Prof Brien Holden Eye Research Centre in June 1998 after an illustrious scientific career,...

Born on 7th January 1949, Baba Kalyani is an Engineering Graduate from BITS, Pilani (66-71), and post graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA....

Manish Marotkar ('02, Bio, Pilani) has been selected an Economic Times Young Leader after several weeks of gruelling tests and interviews with India's top CEOs to...

“Think locally and act locally” said Dr. T. Ramasami at the first ever Convocation Ceremony of BITS Pilani K. K. Birla Goa Campus held on...

BITSAA hosts a series of named awards every year for the students at various campuses of BITS. Currently there are 6 awards hosted by BITSAA...

Shri Sidharth Birla, a renowned industrialist, has established a Chair Professorship in BITS Pilani to honor his father Shri S.K. Birla, himself a renowned industrialist...

Aparna Warrier's ('04-'08) very first ebook, "Inklings - Very short stories and other babies born of Ink" is currently in the top featured e-books at...

Vedanta Resources plc, a London Stock Exchange listed, FTSE 100, metals & mining major announced the appointment of Mr SK Roongta as Managing Director of...

Mathew Cherian is one of those very few who take a step ahead and help people who shook their emotions and made them sympathetic towards...

BITSAA is proud and glad to congratulate Dr. Nilay Yajnik once again! This time for The Computer Society of India award. Dr. Nilay is no...

The character of Sherlock Holmes has been conceived by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887 and ever since it has been adopted and expanded upon...

Cypress Semiconductors and BITS Pilani announced an agreement on April 15, under which Cypress will be donating the PSoC lab at BITS with the new...

Without letting complacency take over and dreaming of brighter sunshine for millions of people, is a challenge in itself and definitely a thought that makes...

Manu Sawhney, Managing Director of ESPN STAR Sports, has been voted into the top ten list of Sportcal’s poll on the most influential sports executive...

Sarvani Yadavalli, who has featured in our earlier editions of the newsletter, has been a consistent newsmaker since then. Her performance at the Opening ceremony...

Mr. Ajay Chaturvedi, Founder & Chairman of HarVa and Mr. Sarath Babu, Founder & CEO of Foodking Catering Services are among the eight Young India...

Chitra Lele , the record-setting author and management professional, launched her business book on Collaborative Team Management, "Organizational Democracy: Collaborative Team Culture: Key to Corporate...

Imagine the scenario that we now present to you.... You've had a successful career and you are at its peak, and contemplating retirement or semi-retirement....

BITSians as batches do a lot together. You entered BITS at the same time, stayed in the same Bhawans/blocks, you went to classes and labs...

Major Bhanu Chander  and Major Atul Garje have been awarded the Sena Medal posthumously for maneuvering the helicopter away from civilian habitat and ensuring no loss...

Every year a number of BITSians get selected for esteemed international conferences, internships, fellowships, summits, etc. Last year, BITSAA received 53 funding requests citing travel alone...

BITS, Pilani alum Sundar Kadayam ('81-'85) has founded Searchteam.com, a collaborative search engine where you cansearch with friends, colleagues and others you trust, through Zakta.com,...

Everyone remembers the spellbinding game of Jeopardy! played by Watson, an artificial intelligence computer system capable of deciphering nuances in languages  developed by IBM. In...