Birla Institute of Applied Sciences (BIAS), located in the serene Lake District of Kumaon in Bhimtal, is a premier residential higher education institution known for its foundational focus on computer applications and technological learning. Spanning a picturesque and pollution-free 20-acre campus, the institute is structurally allied with the renowned Birla academic legacy, ensuring rigorous educational quality. By blending structured engineering coursework with robust local community outreach, active tech clubs, and industrial digital labs, BIAS delivers an intimate, focused environment that prepares students to adapt effectively to emerging global engineering frameworks.
The Institute is 19 km away from Kathgodam railway station on the Haldwani-Almora road, located at Bhimtal (Nainital) at an altitude of 1370 meters above sea level. The campus is greenish, picturesque, pollution-free, and spread over 20 acres of land. The Institute offers the following programs: MCA with an intake of 30 B.Tech. in E&CE with an intake of 30 B.Tech. in CSE with an intake of 180 BCA with an intake of 60 (from Aug 2024) The campus is fully residential and has 5 Boys' Hostels with a capacity of approximately 300 and one Girls' Hostel with a capacity of approximately 200. The academic block and hostel campus are facilitated with Wi-Fi. A dispensary and ambulance are also available to take care of the health needs of students and staff. The Institute has excellent academic and infrastructure facilities as per the course structure and syllabus of the affiliating University. For the all-round development of students, the Institute has various societies and clubs such as the Cultural Society, Literary Society, Sports Society, Google Developers Club, and Technoforum Club. The Institute has a duly constituted Training and Placement Cell to facilitate the placement and training of students. A large number of reputed companies regularly visit the campus for technical and non-technical training and to recruit students. In the academic year 2021-22, the placement record was 85% for MCA and 90% for B.Tech. An MoU has also been signed under which NASSCOM has established a digital lab on campus to promote computer literacy in the semi-urban and rural areas surrounding the Institute. The journey of Birla Institute of Applied Sciences (BIAS) began in 1969 with the establishment of a Centre of the Birla Institute of Scientific Research (BISR) by Shri B. M. Birla, a renowned industrialist, in the newly developing Bhimtal industrial area.
1989
Established
private
Ownership
University
Type
Bhimtal
uttarakhand
Affiliation
Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand technical university(VMSBUTU)
To impart technical knowledge through effective teaching-learning-evaluation process. To establish the state of art of laboratories and provide resources to enrich students in research and innovations. To inculcate the quality of entrepreneurship, leadership, ethical and moral values among students through their participation in expert talks and student’s activities in and out of the Institute. To promote outreach activities of students to feel the social responsibility and to prepare them to face the challenges of the society.
To be a technical Institute of repute for producing technically sound, skilled, social sensitive and innovative professionals having the temperament of research and entrepreneurship.
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Bhimtal, District Nainital - 263136, Uttarakhand, India
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Admission at Birla Institute of Applied Sciences is structured around national competitive scores and synchronized counseling phases. Aspiring candidates submit their profile credentials on the institutional portal, following which selection for primary B.Tech seats is processed through standardized rank listings in national streams such as JEE Main. For leftover seats or postgraduate profiles like the MCA, the institute utilizes either the state-level entrance framework (UKSEE) or direct evaluation of raw academic marks during institutional counseling windows before physical data verification and fee submission on campus.
For undergraduate engineering programs (B.Tech), candidates must clear their 10+2 higher secondary school certificate examination with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as mandatory subjects, securing at least 50% aggregate marks from an authenticated educational board along with a valid entry score. For postgraduate tracks like the MCA, applicants must possess a verified Bachelor's graduation degree in any discipline with a minimum score of 50% along with qualifying secondary level mathematics combinations.
