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The "Class of 2009" comprised of a total of 295 students who graduated as Engineers in different disciplines out of which 229 were boys and 66 were girls. The B.E(Hons.) degree in Engineering was awarded in the following areas of specialization.
B.E. (Hons.) Electrical and Electronics Engineering
B.E. (Hons.) Computer Science
B.E. (Hons.) Mechanical Engineering
B.E. (Hons.) Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering
B.E. (Hons.) Chemical
Awards were also given to the first and second rank holders in each discipline and also for the best All Round Achievers. BITS Chancellor's Medals were awarded to the toppers of last year's graduated batch.
All the above students completed their 4 years of Engineering studies which included 7½ months of rigorous Internship in reputed industries of UAE including several multinationals such as Siemens, GE Inc. Honeywell, Bosch, Fedex, ABB Ltd etc.
Commenting on the occasion, His Excellency Mr. Venu Rajamony, Consul General of India, said:
"The best companies in the world and the best institutes in the world find it appropriate to recruit students of BITS, Pilani Dubai. There is no doubt that BITS, Pilani Dubai today is the best of the best. It provides outstanding education and has brought forth a formidable group of students to play an important role in every aspect of the society."
Including the 295 students graduated this year, a total of 962 students have graduated from BPD till date. BPD graduates are pursuing higher studies at over 50 very reputed and highly ranked world-class Institutions like Stanford University, Cornell University, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, University of California, University of Pennsylvania, Texas A&M University Texas, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Michigan, Purdue University, University of Toronto, Canada , Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, University of Manchester, UK etc. Several students from the current graduated batch are also proceeding for their Masters and Ph.D degrees to reputed institutions abroad.
More than 200 highly reputed companies around the world such as Microsoft, Oracle, Sony Ericsson, Sungard, Det Norske Veritas, Panasonic, Dell, Larsen and Toubro, Baker Hughes, MAERSK, J.Ray Mc Dermott, WS Atkins, Emirates Airlines, NAMA Mott McDonald, Honeywell, Sclumberger, Halliburton, Acer, Infosys, Standard Chartered and several more have recruited BPD graduates.
The Ceremony was attended by over 600 guests comprising of students, their family members and friends, Heads of Universities, Heads of Companies offering Practice School and Placement and Faculty and Staff of BITS, Pilani Dubai.
At the ceremony, Dr. M. Ramachandran, Director, BPD, also announced that BITS, Pilani Dubai has received due approval from KHDA to offer 8 higher degree and other specialized programmes for working professionals as evening classes and the same will commence from the ensuing semester.
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