Syt. Basant Kumar Birla is the youngest son of Sh. Ghanshyam Das Birla, Father of Late Sh. Aditya Birla, Grand Father of Sh. Kumar Mangalam Birla, born on 4th February, 1921 and had married to Dr. Sarala ji Birla.

He is the Chairman of B K Birla Group, Krishnarpan Charity Trust, BKBIET, Pilani and various educational Trusts & Institutes.

At the age of 15, he was actively associated with a large number of Companies & became the Chairman of Kesoram Industries. He concentrated on the industries of cotton, viscose, polyester and nylon yarns, refractory, paper, shipping, tyrecord, transparent paper, spun pipe, cement, tea, coffee, cardamom, chemicals, plywood, M.D.F. Board etc.

Indo Ethiopian Textiles Share Company was established by him which was the first major joint venture by any Indian Industrialist in globe & the Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Sellassie awarded him, the medal of the Mainelik II’, the highest Ethiopian Award.

He is heading these companies- Kesoram Industries Limited, Jay Shree Tea & Industries, Century Enka Limited, Century Textiles & Industries Limited. He has made notable contributions through his social and institutional activities & takes active part in their working & is associated as Governor or Trustee or otherwise by establishing the following Institutions:

B K Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology, Pilani

Birla Technical Training Institute, Pilani

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Birla Institute of Technology

Birla Institute of Management Technology, Delhi

Technological Institute of Textile & Sciences, Bhiwani

Birla Education Trust, Pilani

Birla Vidya Vihar Trust, Calcutta

Birla Sanskriti Trust, Calcutta

Birla Vidya Mandir, Nainital

Birla Vidya Niketan, New Delhi

G D Birla Memorial School, Ranikhet

Ashok Hall, Ranikhet

Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta

Swar Sangam, Calcutta

Sangit Kala Mandir, Calcutta

Sangit Kala Mandir Trust, Calcutta

B K Birla Centre For Education, Pune

TB and General Hospital, Ranchi

Birla Pediatric Clinic

Addis Ababa

Mahadevi Birla Mangal Niketan

Mahadevi Birla Kalyan Mandapam

Temple of Understanding

Dharamshala and Guest Houses for pilgrims at holy places

“My objective of life was solely the pursuit of industry, business and trade; for a rich and full life, interest and involvement in Fine Arts, Music, Literature, Social, Cultural and Spiritual activities are essential.”

Computer Science

Information Technology

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Electronics Engineering

Besides offering the highest quality of technical inputs, our institute has taken initiatives that enable our students to be more global in the exposure and approach. Following are some of these:

A robust academic collaboration with 10 of the world’s leading universities (six in France, two in Thailand and one each in Switzerland & Portugal. We shall soon add more universities from Europe and the USA to this list)

About 80 students have undergone their internships from these prominent international universities

More than 40 students from these universities have completed their internships at BKBIET under the Student Exchange Program

Our student to faculty ratio is 15:1. We have attracted some of the best faculty including those with rich industry experience and implemented Sixth Pay Commission also

Foundation have been made more stronger by guest faculties from BITS, CEERI and other relevant industries

We have state of the art laboratories, infrastructure and the latest in teaching practices

In-house Training initiative realized as an established Aditya Birla Training & Research Center (ABTRC) to make our students industry-ready throughout the session

We have student chapters of ACM, IEEE and IETE forums, enabling our member students updated and exposed through activities like: workshops, seminars, etc.

Students have completed summer Internships from ABTRC, CEERI, HAL, HCL, Essar Oil, Automic Energy Nuclear Plant, Havells, Hindalco, LASTEC, NTPC, Oil India Ltd, RBI, Suratgarh Thermal Power Station, Western Railway, Birla Museum, Doordarshan, BSNL amd many more