BITS Embryo

Vision

Enrich the learning experience at BITS Pilani.

Mission

Make the academic and industry experience of BITS alumni accessible to on-campus students through lectures, collaborative research projects, and exposure to current research trends around the world.

Why Embryo?

Over 200 BITS Pilani alumni are professors at various universities in US alone while at least 15,000 alumni have graduate degrees and work in technology or other industries around the world. The sheer numbers coupled with extensive research and business experience of the alumni provides a rich pool of knowledge that can easily be tapped into to augment the quality of research and academic experience at BITS Pilani.

With a large number of BITS Pilani alumni spread globally, it is difficult for them to travel to Pilani to share their knowledge and experiences. Embryo aims at removing this distance barrier by leveraging the Internet and video conferencing technologies so as to enable alumni anywhere in the world to deliver online lectures to students at BITS Pilani. The project also aims at fostering collaborative research among alumni, BITS faculty and students.

In the past, alumni used to contribute to BITS by raising funds and doing projects like BITSConnect and Oyster lab. But now, they can contribute with the most valuable assets they have - knowledge and experience.

Embryo is thus a platform for interaction between alumni, BITS students and BITS faculty.

Available Infrastructure

In 2003, BITS Pilani alumni raised $750K for BITSConnect to give BITS Pilani a state-of-the-art campus with a wide Gigabit network called Neuron. Embryo uses this infrastructure to connect BITS Pilani alumni with BITS Pilani campuses over the Internet.

Any BITS alumnus can co-ordinate with the Embryo team and successfully deliver a lecture from his/her home or office. A PowerPoint presentation with a video is projected on the screen in the lecture hall at BITS. It is a two-way connection and the session is interactive where students can ask question.

Embryo In Action

About BITS,Pilani

Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani is a Leading University in India offering degrees in Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, Sciences, Engineering Technology, Information Systems, General Studies, Finance, etc presently at Pilani, Dubai, Goa campuses and in the near future at Hyderabad campus. BITS Pilani also offers an array of work integrated learning programmes for HRD of a vast spectrum of Indian corporates.

About BITSAA

BITSAA International Inc. is a not-for-profit organization. The primary purpose of BITSAA International is to engage in charitable and educational activities by raising funds for setting up endowments, creating scholarships, rewarding teaching and research and generally promoting the development of resources at Birla Institute of Technology & Science at Pilani. BITSAA International also aims to strengthen the ties, friendship and communications amongst former students, current students, faculty and friends of the Institute. BITSAA International provides a number of channels for people to stay connected with each other and the Birla Institute of Technology & Science. .