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The spacious and majestic buildings punctuated with landscaped courtyards emphasise the character of the Institute as a citadel of learning. The campus hosts well- planned academic blocks, computer centres, and a five-storeyed air-conditioned learning centre, lecture halls, state-of-the-art laboratories, a hi-tech language laboratory, a yoga centre, air-conditioned conference halls, staff quarters, hostels, and students' centres. Plentiful avenues for physical development have also been provided. Hostels (separate for boys and girls) spell comfort and class. Students are assured of nutritious and hygienic food. The students' centres have been equipped adequately to encourage indoor games and recreation facilities. These centres are replete with an entertainment hall comprising of a giant television set and a movie projection system The academic blocks consist of 185 well- furnished classrooms, all equipped with LCD projection systems, 175 well-equipped laboratories, 20 centrally air conditioned computer centres with more than 1900 state- of-the-art nodes, 50 workstations, and 43 powerful servers are available to students round-the-clock with an access to 100 Mbps I n t e r n e t c o n n e c t i v i t y. A m o n g t h e distinguishing features of the Institute is the air conditioned seminar hall with a capacity to seat 180 students, for every department, each provided with ultramodern audiovisual communication equipment including LCD projectors. There is also an auditorium with high-tech facilities and a seating capacity of 700 students. The entire campus is networked with optical fibre. Wi-Fi facility has also been provided in the hostels The five storeyed, air conditioned and fully automated new learning centre in 89,000 sq. ft area provides the teaching and learning support with 75,000 volumes of text and reference books with RFID based Library Management System. In addition, the library subscribes 400 National and International Journals and 6184 e-journals. Frequent updating of the collection and fully computerized systems go towards endearing the library to the students. In addition, a digital library has been established with 6500 CD ROMs and 100 computer systems Apart from exemplary infrastructural facilities, the Institute also offers a host of allied resources - a co- operative store, bank with ATM, Higginbothams book store, post office, a modern cafeteria, reprography centre, STD booth, gym, playgrounds for cricket, football, badminton, state-of-the-art acrylic courts for tennis, volley ball & basket ball, a clinic with residential doctors and transportation facilities - that go on to make the BIT experience truly enriching. Protected RO treated drinking water facility is provided, along with uninterrupted power supply with 1550 KVA generator backup. 33 % of the energy demand is met by roof - top solar panels (600 KWP) Adequate transport facilities are provided to the day students and the staff commuting from Erode, Gobi, Bhavani, Anthiur, Coimbatore, Mettupalayam, and Tirupur The Institute has a reputation for cutting edge research and industry- institute interaction. It has a dynamic environment combining traditional academic excellence with an innovative attitude to undertake funded projects from state and central government organisations like DRDO, DST, TNSCST, CSIR, DBT, DIT, MNRE, AICTE, Tamil Virtual University, etc. The Anna University Training and Development Communication Channel (AUTDCC) – a two-way interactive class under academic partnership programme with Anna University, the Centre for Continuing Education, Entrepreneurship Development Centre, a separate Cell for Human Resource, and Training & Placement are the hallmarks of the Institute Co-curricular and extra-curricular activities are also considered with due importance. This is visible in the form of student clubs. There are around 75 student clubs catering to the varying needs of students. The clubs and societies aim at tapping the innate talents of our students on scientific, technological, and cultural forums, and monitor the activities to ensure that the students acquire hands-on training. The clubs are catagorised into Technical Clubs / Professional Societies and Liberal Arts Clubs (Clusters). The Technical Clubs/Professional Societies are attached to respective departments. The Liberal Arts Clubs focus on cultural aspects and it includes Job Oriented Clubs, Student Development Clubs, Fine Arts Clubs and Social Services Clubs. These clubs promote interest on entrepreneurship, effective communication skills, personality development, creativity, innovation and philanthropic outlook among students