A decade of university-industry linkages in electronics and instrumentation engineering at BITS

The benefits of a unique educational experiment towards university-industry linkages (UIL) conducted at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) are described. This experiment embraces all disciplines offered by BITS. A study that analyzed the areas of electronics and instrumentation engineering disciplines in some detail is discussed. A profile of projects in the field of electronics and instrumentation carried out by students at various industries and research and development institutions is presented. All aspects of the educational pedagogy that extends university education in a professional setting as operated in the BITS model are outlined. Currently operating UIL programs at BITS, the Practice School (PS), Technology Innovation Center (TIC), ME (Collaborative), off-campus Ph.D., and nonformal distance learning programs are also discussed