Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra has started under graduate Program at its Patna Campus (also called BIT Patna). The Institute will offer Full Time Undergraduate degree of B.A rch at Patna Campus.
The First Batch of Architecture program would commence from 2012. The new Programme was inaugurated by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who was the driving force behind setting up of BIT Patna in 2006.
“I got the inspiration to work in higher education with the establishment of BIT Mesra here. Now two central universities are coming up, IIT has been opened and one batch has already passed out and several other new institutions of higher education are functioning. As a result, the number of students going out of state for higher education has declined, he said, and thanked the BIT for providing transit campus for CUB.
The CM expressed his satisfaction on the progress made by Bihar in the field of higher education with the establishment of BIT, IIT, NIT, CIMP, CNMLU, AKU, AIIMS, Patna, NIFT and Nalanda University.
BIT Mesra VC Ajoy Chakrobarty highlighted the new programmes and future plans of the institute and extended his thanks to the CM for his initiatives and enthusiasm towards the betterment of BIT. He called Nitish ‘builder of modern Bihar’.
Architecture department HODÂ Manjuri Chakrobarty made guests aware of the field of architecture with several examples and discussed future plans of exposing student to the technical, industrial and research fields. The event was further carried out by a presentation describing the legacy of BIT Patna, describing its inception, progress, facilities, future programmes, societies, CSR activities, festivals and laurels brought by BITians.