Passions Peak at BITS Pilani Graduating Students Farewell Tea Party

Nov. 24, 2009 - PRLog -- After graduation, BITSians don’t just go out to get jobs; they step out and become leaders. Many of Today’s leaders in various walks of life came from Birla Institute of Technology and Science - BITS Pilani yesterday and many of tomorrow’s leaders will continue to come from BITS Pilani today.

BITS Alumni Association - BITSAA organizes the graduating students tea party event two times in a year due to many factors which include flexibilities unique to BITS Pilani such as second semester admission, dual degree, transfer etc apart from the fact of Practice School which ensures that one half of the final year students of the Institute are in Industry working on live projects. The second half of April and Second half of November are the usual times when this event is held.

For this semester, November 24, 2009 was the chosen date for the farewell party and the venue the lush green lawns of the VFAST Hostel. At 5.30 PM, VFAST was steaming with graduating boys mostly dressed in their formal attire and the girls in their best costumes. The boys and girls came in their best makeup as they know that there is no makeup granted for missing this one.

Graduating students Abhimanyu and Ankita anchored the proceedings and several students which included Alam Ali, Rishi Karthik, Girish, Vishal, Kunal and Sankalpa Satapathy shared their transformational experience they had during their educational years with BITS. Alam Ali who had proved that for BITSians nothing is impossible received a tsunami of applause after his down to earth speech.

A lot of things go into creating that experience at BITS which include the admission process, innovative teaching and evaluation methods, excellent student-faculty rapport, unique academic flexibilities, research opportunities, the access to one of the best libraries in the country, the white marble Saraswati temple which is owners pride and neighbors envy, one of the finest Science Museums, a vibrant environment for pursuing an array of extra curricular activities and many more.

Highlighting the role of alumni in Institution building exercise, Professor R K Mittal President BITSAA and Deputy Director Administration welcomed the gathering and when he finished speaking one could see 1000 watt smiles all over.

Vice Chancellor Prof LK Maheshwari in his address urged the graduating students to give top priority to maintaining ethics in their career ahead. Several other senior officers of the Institute which included Dr G Ragurama, Prof N V Muralidhar Rao, Dr S K Verma and Dr Sureka Bhanot also addressed the gathering with their inspiring words, advices, wishes and fond memories..

Following the customary vote of thanks by Vice President BITSAA Prof BR Natarajan, the party time started with passions peaking, emotions erupting, cameras flashing all over like choreography of lightning in the sky, happy huggings, patching up misunderstandings, latching up new understandings and of course having a go at the specially designed menu with aroma all over for the occasion.

The graduating students slowly started stepping out from the farewell venue remembering that BITS Pilani’s broad based interdisciplinary education strong in fundamentals and rich in analytical tools coupled with the learning power unleashed by Practice School had empowered them to realize their self potential to be dreamers, performers and achievers.

Undoubtedly each one of them is bound to climb more and more peaks in the times to come and as Proud to be BITSians be flag bearers for Brand BITS Pilani.

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About BITS Pilani: The Birla Institute of Technology and Science - BITS Pilani is a Deemed to be University established vide Sec.3 of the UGC Act, 1956 under notification No. F.12-23/63.U-2 of June 18, 1964. NAAC - National Assessment and Accreditation Council reaccredited BITS with 3.71 CGPA out of 4 and awarded "A" grade "Very Good" status. It is indeed a matter of pride that for the year 2009, BITS Pilani has been ranked among the top ranking universities along with IITs in various Magazine surveys such as India Today, Outlook, LiveMint etc. BITS offers degrees in various disciplines presently at Pilani, Dubai, Goa and Hyderabad campuses. BITS Pilani has done pioneering work in industry university collaborations in terms of Practice School and Work Integrated Learning Programmes. 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.