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BITS completes NEURON project

NEW DELHI: The Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) on Monday announced the completion of the NEURON-"Interconnecting Minds" project. Under the project, BITS has set up a Cisco gigabit backbone network across its 328-acre campus that enables it to provide next generation information and communication services to its students and faculty. BITS now provides broadband access, IP telephony, streaming media and video conferencing facilities in student rooms, hostels, staff quarters and the guesthouse, as well as wireless access in select areas of the campus. "The project provides over 4,000 students with the infrastructure to aid and enhance their learning. Students now have the flexibility to study, research and communicate outside the confines of their classrooms including their rooms, cafeteria and library among others," said S. Venkateswaran, Vice-Chancellor, BITS (Pilani).

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