Founder's Day Celebrations at BITS Pilani on Basant Panchami

Traditionally Basant Panchami marks the beginning of spring and worship of Saraswati the Goddess of Learning. Every year, the Birla Institute of Technology and Science - BITS Pilani celebrates its founder’s day on this auspicious occasion.

Starting with GD Birla followed by KK Birla and presently Dr Kumar Mangalam Birla, BITS Pilani which is one among the top ranking universities in India today has always been led by a leader who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way.

This year the celebrations took place on Saturday 31 January 2009. The programme started at 9 am with the offering floral tributes by Vice Chancellor Prof LK Maheshwari and other officers of the Institute as well as students at the GD Birla Statue facing the magnificent white marble Saraswati Temple in Vidya vihar campus of Pilani.

This was followed by rendering of Pancha Ratna Krithies of Saint Thyagaraja who is one of the trinities of carnatic music. It is indeed a treat to watch the team of faculty and students of the Institute accompanied by a host of several musical instruments singing in unison the famous five songs of Pancharatna krithies, Jagadananda Karake in Raga Nattai, Dudukugala in Raga Gowlai, Sadhinchane in Raga Arabhi, Kanakanaruchira in Raga Varali and the all time great Endaro Mahanubhavalu in Raga Sri.

The evening cultural program in the auditorium of the Institute had memerizing songs and scintillating dances by students of Music Festival Sangamam famous Ragamalika and various regional associations such as Sangam of UP, Utkal Samaj of Orissa, Maaurya Vihar of Bihar, Capitol of Delhi, Madhyansh of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra Mandal, Kerala's Kairali, Kannada Vedike of Karnataka, Rajasthan's Marudhara, Bengal'sMoruchhaya, Tamilnadu's Pilani Tamizh Mandram, Haryana's Haryanavi, Gujarat's Gurjari, Andhra Samithi of Andhra Pradesh and Punjabi from the land of five rivers..

Prof LK Maheshwari Vice Chancellor BITS Pilani awarded the best performer awards 2008 – 2009 to various non teaching staff members Shri Bahadur Singh Jangir, Shri Ram Briksha, Shri Sajjan Kumar, Shri Bhagwana Ram, Mrs Kiran Karoriwal and Shri Banwari Lal for their dedicated services and contributions to the Institute. Shri Rohtas Singh got a certificate for his high degree of duty consciousness.

The richter scale in the auditorium measured over 8 when it was announced that BITS Pilani has bagged top rankings from The National Assessment and Accreditation Council - NAAC with 3.71 CGPA out of 4 and coveted ‘A’ grade Very Good status which means an Institution with a high level of academic accomplishment.

On hearing the NAAC rankings, alumni of the Institute who are the flag bearers of Brand BITS spread across the globe from Australia to America expressed their joy and reaffirmed that BITS Pilani which has been one among the top ranking institutions in India yesterday as well as India today, will remain one in India tomorrow also.

About BITS Pilani: BITS Pilani which has the reputation of pioneering the online examinations for admissions through the path breaking BITSAT and setting a bench mark in industry university collaborations is one among the top ranking universities towering above the rest in various best college surveys in India today. BITS offers degrees in various disciplines presently at Pilani, Dubai, Goa and Hyderabad campuses apart from an array of work integrated learning programmes for HRD of a vast spectrum of Indian corporates.

Dr BR Natarajan
Professor & Vice President BITS Alumni Association (BITSAA)
Vidya Vihar, Pilani (Rajasthan) 333031 India
Phone: 91-1596-242210
Fax 91-1596-244183
EMail: brnt@bits-pilani.ac.in

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