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No one anywhere has a doubt that educational empowerment alone can transform children in India today into powerful agents of social change for India tomorrow.

As a socially responsible educational institution, Shridhar University Pilani firmly believes that economic constraints should not be a hurdle for deserving candidates to pursue higher education which is critical to enhance the quality of life.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

It is an irony that despite nation with a billion population, against an annual requirement of 8 million units of blood, India today is able to collect only 5.6 million units of which only about 3 million units are from voluntary blood donors.

"Two roads diverged in a wood and I took the one less traveled by and that has made all the difference" from Robert Frost Poem Road Not Taken indeed carry much more meaning to youngsters in India today coming out of schooling for higher education.

No one has doubt that Information is just bits of data while Knowledge is putting them together and Wisdom is transcending them.

It is indeed unfortunate that the youth in India today know more about English Poet – Playwright William Shakespeare than all in one Poet, Novelist, Musician, Painter and Playwright Nobel Laureate Tagore.

The media landscape has changed beyond recognition in the last two decades with the power unleashed by the internet, popularity of wikis and blogs as well as the mind boggling social networking such as Twitter and Facebook.

Time to remember Ayn Rand quote "Ask yourself whether the dream of heaven and greatness should be waiting for us in our graves - or whether it should be ours here and now and on this earth."

For the last 51 years, the one constant in the Republic Day Parade has been the NCC girls’ band from Birla Balika Vidyapeeth Pilani and they are indeed part of what has now become a tradition says band leader Sergeant Pooja Natarajan.

Considering the importance of the Girl Child in the larger interests of the nation building task, Government of India has declared January 24 as National Girl Child Day and theme this year is “Adolescent Girls: Issues and Challenges".

The National Education Day is being celebrated across India on November 11 commemorating the birthday of Bharat Ratna Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a great freedom fighter, an eminent educationist and the First Education Minister of Independent India.

Everyone knows that for the last 51 years, the one constant in the Republic Day Parade has been the NCC girls’ band from Birla Balika Vidyapeeth — the Pilani Band. They are part of what has now become a tradition.

In the words of Ludwig Van Beethoven, Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Alumni of the Institute who are Proud to be BITSians and ambassadors for Brand BITS Pilani are spread across all continents from Australia to America.

The Birla Institute of Technology and Science popularly known as BITS Pilani for the year 2009 has been ranked among the top ranking universities along with IITs in various Magazine surveys such as India Today, Outlook, LiveMint etc.

For the year 2009, the Birla Institute of Technology and Science popularly known as BITS Pilani has been ranked among the top ranking universities along with IITs in various Magazine surveys such as India Today, Outlook, LiveMint etc.

Work integrated learning and e-learning at BITS Pilani are not just treated as philosophies and technologies but also as pedagogical drivers.

The launching of the two year MS Software Engineering program by BITS Pilani and SAP Labs at Bangalore marks yet another milestone in the industry university partnerships.

Knowingly or unknowingly, every topper invariably takes inspiration from the Zig Ziglar quote ”You were born to win, but to be a winner you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win."

Eclipses may come and go but one must remember the age old saying that Sun, Moon and Truth are the three things that cannot be hidden for too long.

BITSians worldwide have always been known for their passion in whatever they do and the noble gesture by the Alumni of 75-80 batch and NGO Nirmaan initiated by a bunch of young BITSians goes to reiterate the same.

According to Aroon Purie Editor in Chief of more than three decade old weekly newsmagazine India Today whose circulation and readership run into millions “Our rankings have become the benchmark for academic standards in India".

The first humanoid from India spear headed by BITS Pilani which is one among the top ranking universities in India today and its passion packed alumni across the globe had made its presence and impact at Robogames 2008.

Ahead of the Cabinet expansion, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday held consultations to give finishing touches to the list of ministers.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi met on Tuesday to try and finalise names for berths in the next Cabinet expansion. The meeting was held at the PM’s residence and attended by Congress leader Ahmed Patel.

Polling in the fifth and final phase of elections to Lok Sabha began on a moderate note on Wednesday.

For Dubai's Drive for Quality, Dubai Quality Award (DQA) has been the single most valuable framework for companies to measure their business performance and to achieve higher growth through leadership, innovation and continuous improvement.

BITS Pilani along with its collaborators indeed has been walking the Health Care Delivery Road in India today through the ranked among the best Optometry, Physician Assistant and Medical Laboratory Technology Programmes.

Since 1979, BITS has been participating in the human resources development activities of the industries through several degree programmes by integrating the working environment of the employees with the learning environment required by the Institute.

A child dies of malaria every 30 seconds and malaria takes an economic toll - cutting economic growth rates by as much as 1.3% in countries with high disease rates.

The task of a University is the creation of future and no university in the world has ever risen to greatness without a correspondingly great library and the magnificent Library at BITS Pilani will tell everyone the obvious.

After graduation, BITSians don’t just go out to get jobs; they step out and become leaders.

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity says WHO (World Health Organization) established on 7 April 1948.

When two institutions join hands for a mission with passion, there are no dreams too large, no innovation unimaginable and no frontiers beyond reach.

There are nearly 50 million children in the secondary and senior classes out of over 300 million children enrolled in schools across India and surprisingly rather shockingly only 2 million seats are available in various colleges and universities.

No newspaper is considered to be complete if it does not have a crossword puzzle.

For dreamer performer and achiever Dr SP Kothari who is presently the Chairman and Trustee of BITS Alumni Association - BITSAA International there are no innovations unimaginable and no frontiers beyond reach.

Today Wales is celebrated as a champion of Internet-enabled egalitarianism. Wikipedia is proof that peer production works and Jimmy Wales undoubtedly is its prophet. Time Magazine described him as one of the ten most influential people in the world.

2009 sees the bicentenary of Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his seminal work, ‘On the Origin of Species’. As much as Darwin’s name goes with the word evolution, Michael Cremo’s name goes with devolution.

APOGEE stands for “A Professions Oriented Gathering over Educational Experience”. This TechFest of BITS Pilani which has ISO Certification has always been one among the top ranking Tech Fests of various T Schools in India today.

APOGEE 2009 with Levitate as the theme is indeed poised to climb greater heights this year.

When tension builds up, one is left with no option but to recollect Swami Vivekananda quote “We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves."

He draws his inspiration from Emil Zatopek quote "If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon."

With potential to make the right wrong and wrong the right, media is the most powerful entity on earth as they control the minds of the masses.

The foundation is promoted by Dr. R. Lakshmipathy, a doyen in the Newspaper industry and publisher of the largest circulated Tamil Daily 'Dinamalar'. He has spearheaded an array of career oriented educational programmes at Madurai.

Proud to be BITSians Shailesh and Rishabh will now travel to Mumbai for the grand finale scheduled for the last week of March 2009.

The Staff Association of BITS Pilani campus organized a cricket match between lady faculty members and spouses of staff association male faculty members of the Institute on Saturday 21 Feb 2009 evening at the Medical Centre grounds of the Institute.

The 4th International Conference on Autonomous Robots and Agents – ICARA 2009 organized by the Massey University New Zealand took place at James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor, Wellington during 10-12 February 2009.

The dreamers, performers and achievers from BITS Pilani undoubtedly take inspiration from the quote " When a Mission is taken up with Passion, there are no innovations unimaginable."