Birla Institute of Technology, Patna is an educational centre offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses located in Patna, Bihar, India. It is an extension centre of Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi . Birla Institute of Technology, Patna Campus was established in the year 2006, on the initiative of Govt.of Bihar.The institute came into existence by Public-Private Partnership (PPP)
mode under flagship management of BIT Mesra. Honourable Chief Minister of Bihar laid the foundation stones in Dec.2005 with the motto "Learning is that which liberates"
It offers various courses for undergraduate, graduate & PhD ranging from B-Tech to BBA to M-Tech and many more. The campus of the Institute at Patna is located between the Bihar Veterinary College and the Jai Prakash Narayan patna Airport, the campus has 25 acres of academic space, staff quarters, transit hostel, dispensary, play-ground, gymnasium, student activity centre, dancing room and an auditorium. Besides the college also has a local Police Station for security reasons. The campus is entirely residential with accommodation facilities provided for all students in hostels on the campus. The college offers free transport bus facility to its students. The campus has three boys' hostel and one girls' hostel.it also has an ATM facility.The college is also equipped with a Central Library that is about to begin an online e-library system for greater benefits of the students. There is a future plan for further advanced development of the college campus. BIT Patna organises two events every year i.e Technika & Prakrida. Viola is the annual rock-show organized during Technika, where national and international rock bands like Strings and Underground Authority have performed. The college also organizes annual athletic-meet & sports fest named "Prakrida" along with inter-branch sport tournaments. Students from the college have gone to NASA, and have won Microsoft Imagine Cup in previous years. The institute promotes coding culture among the students and people have represented the college in ACM ICPC like events. Filmmaking is the most appreciated hobby of the students.[10] In September 2017, Department of IT, Government of Bihar conducted a 24 hour National Level Hackathon in the BIT Patna campus.
