Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani Rajasthan is a Deemed University running educational programmes both on-campus as well as off-campus, offering degrees at different levels. BITS Pilani has established strong linkages with the industry and research laboratories for the past over three decades through the Practice School Program for the campus students, Work Integrated Learning Programmes for the Human Resource Development of a whole spectrum of Indian Corporate majors and off campus PhD. Recently the WASE collaboration pioneered by Wipro and BITS Pilani bagged the coveted Corporate University Xchange (CUX) USA award for Best Practice in College Corporate partnership.

Considering the need for a dedicated journal to foster the university Research Laboratories Industry interactions and document the efforts, BITS Pilani chose the auspicious April 14, 2008 Ramnavami day which also happens to be the birthday of the Institute’s founder Chairman Shri G D Birla to release the Journal CURIE which stands for Cooperation among University, Research and Industrial Enterprises.

Prof LK Maheshwari Vice Chancellor BITS Pilani released the journal in the Lecture Theatre Complex in a brief function attended by DR Chandra Shekhar Director CEERI, senior officers, faculty members and students of the Institute. Felicitation messages which came from across the world on this occasion included Director BITS Pilani Dubai Campus, Prof T C Goel, Director BITS Pilani Goa Campus, Prof VS Rao Director BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Prof G Sundar Dean Practice School Programmes, Dr YS Rajan Principal Adviser Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Gurgaon, Prof D Balasubramanian Director L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) Hyderabad, Mr K S Viswanathan Senior Vice President Strategic Sales & Products Wipro Infotech Bangalore, Mr D Selvan Senior Vice President Talent Transformation Wipro Technologies.

In India today, the launching of Journal CURIE by BITS Pilani marks yet another milestone in Cooperative Education.

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