Mr S. Ganesh, District Revenue Officer, presided over the World Literacy Day Symposium held in BIIT. The Pro-Literacy group (of students) organized this symposium with the theme “Literacy Empowers Communities”. The members of the pro-literacy group presented video clips and PowerPoint presentation on World Literacy Day and on the topic. Mr Ganesh in his address, highlighted the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and the opportunities for students in it.
BIIT began as a non-formal Software Training Division of BICS InfoTech in 1998, preparing the students to become employable in IT industry and obtain degree from IGNOU on part-time basis. Towards this, BICS InfoTech signed a contract with CDAC, Pune (Centre for Development in Advanced Computing, an autonomous body of the Ministry of Information Technology, Government of India) to provide skill based training in IT. In the next year, a Special Study Centre of IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University) was constituted at BICS InfoTech, Yellagiri Hills to enable students to do their degree programme better. From 2000 onwards, while preparing the students for BCA, BIIT offers Postgraduate Diploma in Information Technology (PGDIT), adhering to rigorous academic discipline with a special curriculum designed according to the growing need of the software industry, approved by a formally constituted academic council.
