Sinha: BITS Pilani remains in the same league as original IITs
Pramath Raj Sinha · ISB and Ashoka University Founder, Pramath Raj Sinha on The Neon Show · Dec 15, 2023 · at 27:30
Pramath Raj Sinha, founding Dean of the Indian School of Business (ISB), evaluates private engineering institutions in India relative to premier government IITs.
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“Bits Pilani, though, has always existed. So to give them credit Bits Pilani was always in the same league as the original five IITs, and I think still remains in that Contention.”
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