Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Erode

About College:

The Bannari Amman Institute of Technology (BIT) is located in the town of Sathya Mangalam, which lies in the Enode district of Tamil Nadu state. It was set up by the Bannari Amman Group (BAG) in the year 1996. The BAG is one of the largest business conglomerates in the whole of South India with interests in the areas of manufacturing, services and trading. The campus is spread out over a territory of 181 acres of land on the banks of the Bhavani river. The college is affiliated to the Anna University, also in Tamil Nadu. The BIT is also accredited by both the NBA (National Board of Accreditation) and the NAAC (National Assessments and Accreditation Council). Due to the close links the state of Tamil Nadu has with the Gulf region, some seats in each of the programmes are reserved for students from there, primarily those of Indian origin. 

Courses are available here at the BIT right from the UG till the doctoral levels. At the UG level, B.E. programmes may be taken up in the engineering areas of – Aeronautical, Agricultural, Civil, Automobile, Computer Science, Mechatronics, Mechanical, Electronics & Communication, Electronics & Instrumentation, Electrical & Electronics, and in General Engineering. Besides this, B. Tech programmes are also available in the areas of- Food Technology, Bio Technology, Textile Technology, Fashion Technology and for Information Technology. At the master’s level, M.E. programmes may be pursued in more specialized areas. Ones available here are for- Engineering Design, Applied Electronics, Structural Engineering, VLSI Design, Communication Systems, Embedded Systems, CAD/CAM, Computer Science & Engineering, Industrial Automation & Robotics, Software Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Industrial Safety & Engineering and for Power Electronics & Drives. The M. Tech can here be pursued only for Biotechnology. 

Research- based M.Sc. programmes may also be undertaken here at the BIT in Tamil Nadu. These can be taken up in the areas of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics besides several of the topics already covered above. There is also an MBA here. Doctoral programmes may also be undertaken here. Admissions to the UG programmes is based on merit as well as on scores attained at the TNEA (Tamil Nadu Engineering Admission) rankings. For the PG programmes, it is via the TANCET (Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test) which is conducted by the Anna University. 

The entire academics here is run by a cohort of departments. There are departments here for each of the science programmes. The Department of Humanities takes care of the languages here mainly comprising of English, but also given the options for Germany, Hindi, Spanish, French, Chinese and Japanese. The MBA programme is run by the School of Management Studies. This department is also a certified regional centre for the Cambridge Assessment English. For this, the BIT- CLE (Centre for Language Excellence) has been created. There are multiple sub- departments within the main ones for engineering and technology. They are named after each of the UG level specializations which are on offer. The PG level ones are simply operated by the concerned department, instead of having a separate one. 

Research plays a key role in the development of the BIT. Thus, there is a separate Research and Development Policy also framed by the institute. It covers all broad topics, including for IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) developed by the students or faculty here. A Research Newsletter is also published on campus. An award has also been instituted in collaboration with the AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) called Career Award for Young Teacher. The BIT also provides consulting services to industries. Some of the organizations to have recently benefitted include the Vishnumaya Cotton Mills and Senthilmani Textile. 

A lot of this research material has also gotten chronicled in journal publications. Some of the top academic journals where the faculty’s works have been published include the likes of – International Journal of Advance Research & Innovation in Education (IJARIE), International Journal of Modern Research in Engineering, International Journal of Advanced Scientific Research, ICTACT Journal on Management Studies, Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research and the Intercontinental Journal of Marketing Research Review among others. Likewise, the students here are also encouraged to get their works published. So, they have got their works published on forums such as the National Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (NCIIT), National Conference on Bioinformatics in Healthcare, International Journal on Engineering Technology & Sciences, International Journal of Networking and Communication and on the International Journal of Modern Trends in Engineering and Science, besides few others. 

Industrial visits are also conducted for the benefit of the students, and to forge the right relations with the potential recruiters. Some of the visits have been to the premises of the Sea Port in Kochi, Pricol Ltd. in Coimbatore, Hotel Le Meridian also in Coimbatore, the cattle marker in Anthiyur, the SAIL Refractory in Salem and an NGO visit in Bannari. Several workshops have also been held on campus on topics as diverse as yoga, literature, English grammar and teacher support programmes. All this and much more has helped in the BIT get placed highly across ranking platforms. The NIRF (National Institutional Rankings Framework) places it at 76^th rank among all engineering colleges and within the 151-200 band overall in India.