Sustainable Manufacturing
RESEARCH AT BITS
2009
Birla Institute of Technology & Science
Pilani (Rajasthan) - 333031
January 2010
Appendix ‗L‘: Ref. BG Agenda Item No.63.11
Appendix ‗E‘: Ref. GB Agenda Item No. 49.07
RESEARCH AT BITS
2009
Birla Institute of Technology & Science
Pilani (Rajasthan) - 333031
January 2010
PREFACE
Research is an integral and important part of any higher education system. BITS, Pilani actively promotes research among its staff and students. In addition to basic research, which is the back bone of any applied research, the Institute also gives adequate importance and support to applied research.
Research at BITS relies on the motivated intellectual manpower pool available among its staff and students.
Research projects are undertaken by students as a component of their education programme itself. Teachers conduct research as an integral part of their responsibilities since this enables them to assimilate and disseminate the knowledge as well as generate new knowledge. In addition to this, BITS has devised innovative schemes to enable professionals-at-large to conduct research at their place of work and simultaneously work for the Ph.D. degree of the Institute.
At BITS, the faculty is encouraged to publish their findings in reputed journals and present papers at conferences. Support is given to participate in national and international conferences and thereby network with experts from India and abroad. Recently, the Institute has taken steps to provide support to faculty to file for patents if the research is likely to fructify in a commercially viable product or process. During the last 5 yeas, BITS has seen a healthy growth in the amount of funding received from different agencies.
While most of these are from government sector, the Institute through its existing collaboration with industries, is trying to have greater participation of corporate sector in funding of research projects and this has already started giving
2009
Birla Institute of Technology & Science
Pilani (Rajasthan) - 333031
January 2010
Appendix ‗L‘: Ref. BG Agenda Item No.63.11
Appendix ‗E‘: Ref. GB Agenda Item No. 49.07
RESEARCH AT BITS
2009
Birla Institute of Technology & Science
Pilani (Rajasthan) - 333031
January 2010
PREFACE
Research is an integral and important part of any higher education system. BITS, Pilani actively promotes research among its staff and students. In addition to basic research, which is the back bone of any applied research, the Institute also gives adequate importance and support to applied research.
Research at BITS relies on the motivated intellectual manpower pool available among its staff and students.
Research projects are undertaken by students as a component of their education programme itself. Teachers conduct research as an integral part of their responsibilities since this enables them to assimilate and disseminate the knowledge as well as generate new knowledge. In addition to this, BITS has devised innovative schemes to enable professionals-at-large to conduct research at their place of work and simultaneously work for the Ph.D. degree of the Institute.
At BITS, the faculty is encouraged to publish their findings in reputed journals and present papers at conferences. Support is given to participate in national and international conferences and thereby network with experts from India and abroad. Recently, the Institute has taken steps to provide support to faculty to file for patents if the research is likely to fructify in a commercially viable product or process. During the last 5 yeas, BITS has seen a healthy growth in the amount of funding received from different agencies.
While most of these are from government sector, the Institute through its existing collaboration with industries, is trying to have greater participation of corporate sector in funding of research projects and this has already started giving