Bharathidasan Institute of Technology
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Bharathidasan Institute of Technology (formerly known as School of Engineering and Technology) was established by Bharathidasan University
Bharathidasan University
Bharathidasan University is a university in the city of Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu state, India. It has affiliated colleges in districts of the state, including Nagapattinam, Perambalur, Pudukkottai, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur and Tiruchirapalli. It is a recognised university, supported by the...

 in 1999 with a view of imparting quality education in the field of engineering. BIT was first located in the downtown Khajamalai
Khajamalai
Khajamalai or Kajamalai is a suburb of the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India. The Bharathidasan University's Centre of Distance Education is located here. The Jawaharlal Nehru cricket stadium, the city's primary venue for first class cricket matches and the Anna Stadium complex are also...

 Campus and was subsequently moved to the South Campus (Technology Campus) in 2001. In addition to the academic blocks the campus houses the Indoor Sports Complex and residential complex. Bharathidasan University operates shuttle services to the adjacent Main Campus.

The School was started initially with 4 branches of technology, viz., Biotechnology
Biotechnology
Biotechnology is a field of applied biology that involves the use of living organisms and bioprocesses in engineering, technology, medicine and other fields requiring bioproducts. Biotechnology also utilizes these products for manufacturing purpose...

, Information Technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...

, Petrochemical Technology and Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology. Subsequently a B.Tech level course in Automobile Technology
Technology
Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...

 was introduced in the academic year 2004-05 apart from Post Graduate programmes of M.Tech in Software Engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...

 and M.Pharm in Pharmaceutics
Pharmaceutics
Pharmaceutics is the discipline of pharmacy that deals with all facets of the process of turning a new chemical entity into a medication able to be safely and effectively used by patients in the community. Pharmaceutics is the science of dosage form design...

, in the year 2005-06. An M.Tech programme in Energy Conservation
Energy conservation
Energy conservation refers to efforts made to reduce energy consumption. Energy conservation can be achieved through increased efficient energy use, in conjunction with decreased energy consumption and/or reduced consumption from conventional energy sources...

 and Management is also being offered for the past few years. The School has been given full academic autonomy from the year 2005-06.

Being a part of Bharathidasan University and its proximity to the main campus has proven advantageous to the Institute's development in particular in the field of Computer Science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...

and Biotechnology. The institute also shares facilities and enjoys the support form the other departments of the university, especially in basic sciences.

Now, the Bharathidasan Institute of Technology was undertaked by Anna University,Trichy in middle of 2007.Now it is one of constituent college of Anna university,Trichy.

Anna University Trichy has 6 more constituent campus called
  1. Ariyalur Campus
  2. Panruti Campus
  3. Ramanathapuram Campus
  4. Thirukkuvalai Campus
  5. Pattukottai Campus
  6. Dindigul Campus


During the year 2007 the Bharathidasan Institute of Technology has revived School of Engineering and Technology (SET) offering six-year integrated M.Tech program in Computer Science and Engineering, Biotechnology, Bio informatics and Geo-technology.

The M.Tech program is integrated with a B.Tech degree of 4 year duration in the respective disciplines. The fast learners if they earn the required credits in a 3 year period they will get B.Tech degree in 3 years instead of 4 years. These programs are offered in both Tamil and English medium.

The First year curriculum is common for all these programs .The second year onwards the academic activities of M.Tech programs are administered by the respective departments. These M.Tech programs have a unique feature that fast learners can graduate earlier than the prescribed period of study.

Alumni Website

The passed out students of BIT & SET has together Started their Alumni Website in 2009.
This Website offers best to communicate with collage mates and has more attractive Blogs and Forums.
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