http://dspace.bits-pilani.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/1853 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 18:05:43 GMT 2026-04-01T18:05:43Z http://dspace.bits-pilani.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/20226 Title: Ivy league or India, universities need public funding for innovation Authors: Rao, V. Ramgopal Abstract: When Trump recently cut federal research funding, the tremors were felt even in America’s richest universities. Harvard, Stanford and MIT, with endowments worth tens of billions of dollars, were forced to cut budgets, delay projects and draw from reserves to stay afloat. The academia in the US soon realised that private donations and endowment income cannot replace the steady flow of govt support. That decision has shaken the very foundation of the American research ecosystem and offers an important lesson for the rest of the world. Public funding is not charity. It is the backbone of a nation’s knowledge economy. Not charity but investment: When govts withdraw support, universities begin to behave like businesses Every great university system, both public and private, is built on predictable govt support. In the US, private universities like Stanford, MIT and Caltech each receive hundreds of millions of dollars annually from federal agencies. Every grant carries an overhead, often between 40 and 60%, to support laboratories, staff, maintenance and compliance systems. These overheads sustain the invisible infrastructure that keeps research alive. Without them, even the wealthiest private universities would struggle to survive. Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.bits-pilani.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/20226 2025-11-17T00:00:00Z http://dspace.bits-pilani.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/20221 Title: BITS Pilani campus ke pharmacy vibhag mein vyakhyan ka ayojan Authors: Dainik Bhaskar Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.bits-pilani.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/20221 2025-10-27T00:00:00Z http://dspace.bits-pilani.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/20220 Title: How BITS Pilani hit a new NIRF high: Authors: Chaudhary, Vikram Abstract: In the recently-released NIRF rankings, BITS Pilani was one of the strongest performers – compared to 2024, its Overall NIRF rank in 2025 jumped from 23 to 16, it entered into top-10 universities for the first time (rank 7), it was the second-best in pharmacy, and its rank among engineering colleges jumped from 20 to 11 (and it was India’s best private engineering college). Prof V Ramgopal Rao, group vice-chancellor of BITS Pilani, told FE that these results are a testament to the institute’s sustained focus on academic and research excellence. “Our performance marks our best-ever showing across all key categories,” he said. “This includes a historic entry into the top-10 universities, and in pharmacy we are the second-best in the country. In the NIRF Research category, we moved up eight places from 26th to 18th.” Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.bits-pilani.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/20220 2025-09-29T00:00:00Z http://dspace.bits-pilani.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/20219 Title: BITS Pilani mein spīk meke mein kalākārōn ne dī prastuti Authors: Dainik Bhaskar Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://dspace.bits-pilani.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/20219 2025-09-27T00:00:00Z