Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani – Hyderabad Campus

Early days The Hyderabad Campus' foundation stone was laid in the presence of the then Chief Minister of the State Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy on 27 April 2007. The institute became a functioning entity in 2008. BITS also runs a virtual university and an extension centre in Bangalore, Chennai and several important cities of India to cater to the academic needs of Industry. Expansion BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus is to eventually have ten centres in order to step up activities in research and development in pharmaceutics, mechanics, computer technology and construction engineering. Out of all the campuses of the BITS Pilani university, the Hyderabad campus is the one which has taken charge of developing a course for Electronics and Communications Engineering. This is because of the campus's presence in Hyderabad, which is notable for a large talent pool in this area. The Goa campus started offering Electronics & Communication Engineering from the academic year 2017–18. ==Academics==

Admission Since 2005, admission to the Undergraduate programmes to the Indian campuses of BITS has been offered to students based on their performance in the all-India Entrance Examination, called BITS Admission Test (BITSAT). BITS Pilani also has the policy of accepting State and National Board toppers from India. From 2015, the institute also started accepting international students on the basis of performance in the SAT Subject Tests in Physics, Chemistry, and Math II followed by an interview. BITS does not implement any State-based or caste/religion based quotas during admission. ==Campus==

Second phase of construction The foundation stone for the second phase of campus development was laid by the IT Minister of Telangana, K. T. Rama Rao on 20 February 2016. The state allocated additional to the institute to facilitate its phase-II expansion plans making it the largest physical campus of BITS Pilani. The architect for the campus is Hafeez Contractor. ==Events==

Pearl performing at Pearl 2011|260x260px Pearl is held in March and features competitions in quiz, music, dance and literary events. The first Pearl was held in 2010. The second edition of Pearl in February 2011 was headlined by the Swedish death metal band, Dark Tranquillity. MUN From BITSMUN 2011, the first college level Model United Nations Conference in the state BITSMUN 2013 grew into an international MUN conference with over 200 delegates shortlisted from 700 applications. ==Departments==

Biological Sciences The Department of Biological Sciences (DoBS) offers Integrated M.Sc. (Hons.), M.E. Biotechnology and Ph.D. degree programs. The department is DST-FIST funded and has received DST-PURSE and DBT-builder grants. Currently, the department has 24 faculty members including recipients of DBT-Ramalingaswami Re-Entry fellows, DST-Ramanujan fellows and Wellcome Trust-DBT fellows. The department is currently headed by renowned Professor Ch. Mohan Rao, who offers valuable research guidance, contributing significantly to the department's academic development. The department hosts the Intracellular Parasite Education and Research Labs (iPEARL), a center focused on host-pathogen interactions and molecular parasitology. The faculty members get funding from various government funding agencies in India for performing research in different areas including genomics, immunology, molecular biology, neuroscience, industrial microbiology and plant biotechnology. Chemical Engineering Chemistry The Department of Chemistry at BITS Pilani focuses on teaching and research across diverse areas, including green chemistry, nanomaterials, polymers, soft materials, spectroscopy, energy research, bio-organic and medicinal chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, environmental analytical chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry, and computational chemistry. Currently, the department has 25 faculty members, including Prof. B M Reddy (former Chief Scientist, CSIR-IICT), and Prof. D. Ramaiah, (former Director, CSIR-NEIST). The department is supported by national funding agencies and international grants and is equipped with state-of-the-art analytical and characterization instruments. Civil Engineering Computer Science and Information Systems Economics and Finance Electrical & Electronics Engineering Humanities and Social Sciences Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Pharmacy Physics ==Administration==

It is one of the constituent campuses of BITS Pilani Therefore, graduating students are awarded degrees from BITS Pilani. The administration is divided into eight divisions: • Faculty Affairs • Sponsored Research and Consultancy (SRCD) • International Programmes and Collaboration • Practice School • Student Welfare Division (SWD) • Academic - Undergraduate Studies Division (AUGSD) • Academic - Graduate Studies and Research Division (AGSRD) • Alumni Relations ==Other campuses of BITS Pilani==

• Dubai Campus • Goa Campus • Pilani Campus • Mumbai Campus == References ==