Research centre at BITS Pilani inaugurated

A BITS Pilani initiative, first in the area of sustainable energy and water management. This will be a centre for research excellence in waste, water and energy management.
The Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, recently inaugurated the Centre for Research Excellence (CORE) in waste, water and energy management. The new centre was inaugurated by the honourable chief guest Padmashri Dr Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Delhi. The centre will help develop technologies, processes and products aimed at providing solutions to pressing societal problems. This centre will draw faculty resources across disciplines from all four campuses of the university. The faculty members will be encouraged to take up research projects cutting across functions and geographies provided at BITS Pilani.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr Sunita Narain said, “BITS faculty from across various disciplines and its campuses are expected to collaborate and develop practical solutions to real problems that afflict our society. Our centre for science and environment will be happy to share with BITS its own expertise and experience in these and other areas in environment.”