Birla Institute of Technology
| बिरला प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान | |
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Other name
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BIT Mesra |
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| Motto | सा विद्या या विमुक्तये (Sā Vidyā Yā Vimuktaye) |
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Motto in English
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Learning is that which Liberates |
| Type | Deemed University |
| Established | 1955 |
| Chairman | CK Birla |
| Chancellor | Draupadi Murmu |
| Vice-Chancellor | M. K. Mishra |
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Academic staff
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300 |
| Undergraduates | 2955 annual intake |
| Postgraduates | 1013 annual intake |
| Location | Jharkhand, India |
| Campus | 780 acres (3.2 km2) |
| Affiliations | AICTE, ACU, AIU, PCI, NAAC, NBA, UGC |
| Website | www |
| University rankings | |
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| General – India | |
| Careers360 | 73 |
| Engineering – India | |
| NIRF | 31 |
| India Today | 8 |
| Outlook India | 21 |
Birla Institute of Technology Mesra (BIT Mesra) is an Indian institute of higher education and a deemed University under Section 3 of the UGC Act. It was established in the year 1955 at Mesra, Ranchi in the state of Jharkhand, India by the philanthropist and industrialist Late Shri. B. M. Birla. The institute was later headed by Late Shri G.P Birla and the present chairman of the board of governors is Shri C.K Birla.
The main campus at Mesra is a wholly residential campus. Following the establishment of the main campus in Mesra, extension centres have been established in several regions of India including Jaipur, Noida, Kolkata, Patna, Ranchi, and Deoghar as well as offshore centres in Ras al-Khaimah, UAE and Muscat, Oman.
Every year students are admitted strictly based on Merit assessed by All India Rank(AIR) in JEE-Main-CSAB and AIPMT for its UG courses.
The Birla Institute of Technology was established in 1955 at Mesra by industrialist and philanthropist B. M. Birla. The institute was affiliated to Patna University until 1960, and then to the Institute of Science and Management, Ranchi. In 1986 BIT was elevated to the status of deemed university under section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956.
BIT was the first institute in India to establish a department of space engineering and rocketry, in 1964.
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