India, officially known as the Republic of India, is a vast and diverse country situated in South Asia. With an expansive landmass of around 3.29 million square kilometers, it ranks as the seventh-largest country globally. India's population is a remarkable facet, as it is the second-most populous nation in the world, with over 1.3 billion people, as of my last knowledge update in 2022. This diverse populace speaks a multitude of languages, practices various religions, and belongs to a wide array of ethnic groups. India boasts a rich and ancient history that spans millennia. It gave birth to several major religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism. Throughout its history, it was home to influential empires and dynasties such as the Maurya, Gupta, Mughal, and the British Empire. Indian culture is vibrant and diverse, encompassing a plethora of art forms, music, dance, literature, and culinary traditions. The country is known for its classical dance forms, like Bharatanatyam and Kathak, and celebrates a multitude of festivals, including Diwali, Holi, and Eid. Language diversity is another hallmark of India, with over 1,600 languages spoken. Hindi and English are the official languages, but each state has its own official language(s). Major regional languages include Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, and Urdu. India's economy is one of the world's largest and fastest-growing, with a mixed economy encompassing agriculture, manufacturing, and services. It has gained recognition for its IT and software services industry and is a significant player in the global outsourcing market. As a federal parliamentary democratic republic, India has a multi-party political system. The country is marked by iconic landmarks, including the Taj Mahal, historic sites like the Red Fort and Qutub Minar, and natural wonders like the Himalayan mountain range and Kerala's backwaters.
Goa is situated on the west coast of India and is one of the most beautiful states of India. It was formerly a Portuguese colony and is a unique cultural blend of the east and west. Goa is located adjacent to the North Western Ghats rainforests, one of the rare biodiversity hotspots of the world. The wildlife sanctuaries offer exposure to the diverse flora and fauna in the state. Goa is endowed with a variety of attractions including white sand beaches, lush green country-side, churches, temples, forts and monuments. Goa is a treasure trove of culture, music, dances and art forms that can be enjoyed during local festivals and celebrations. It is often said that ‘Goa never stop partying’ and is known for its vibrant night life. With its tropical climate, Goa is a perfect tourist destination for all seasons. With its pristine natural beauty, exquisite culture and rich history, the state is able to attract a large number of tourists from India and across the globe. This symposium will not only provide participants with a platform for intellectual exchange but also offer attendees a unique opportunity to delve into the captivating beauty of the state.
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani (Hosting Institute)
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani was declared as an Institution Deemed to be a University under section 3 of the UGC Act in the year 1964, one of the earliest to be so recognized. BITS Pilani has pioneered a number of visionary initiatives in higher education and has established an impeccable and formidable reputation nationally for excellence. BITS Pilani offers UG, PG and PhD programs to over 17,000 students across its 5 campuses in Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Dubai. The Institute has secured over Rs. 398 crores as external research funding in the last 05 years. State of art facilities have been developed to support cutting edge research, led by students and about 930 faculty members, leading to a Scopus h-index of 156, with 221 patents filed so far, and 41 patents granted. Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani) has been consistently ranked high, by both government and private ranking agencies for its innovative processes and capabilities that have enabled it to impart quality education and emerge as the best private science and engineering Institute in India. In recognition of the high standard that BITS Pilani strives to uphold, the University Grant Commission, in 2018, has declared it as an “Institute of Eminence” (IOE).
How to reach to BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, Goa
Being a popular tourist destination and a haven for relaxation, Goa offers superb connectivity to major cities throughout the country. Nesting in the lap of verdant hills, overlooking the Zuari River, BITS, Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus is spread over an area of 180 acres. The location of campus is unique in the respect of scenic beauty and panoramic view of picturesque surrounding encompassing Zuari River, hillocks, waterways, forests and landscape.
Accessing BITS Pilani Goa Campus is facilitated through diverse transportation options, guaranteeing convenience for both attendees and visitors.
Goa boasts two airports, namely Goa International Airport (Dabolim), situated approximately 5 km away and Manohar International Airport (Mopa), which is roughly at a distance of 55 km from BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa campus, the venue for the symposium. Goa International Airport, being the closest, is extensively connected to major cities across India, providing a time-efficient air travel option. One can find regular flights to this tropical paradise from cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kochi, and Chennai. The fastest way to reach Goa is often by taking a flight from Mumbai or Bengaluru, with the journey typically lasting around an hour. Air India is recognized as the national carrier. However, travelers can choose among various airlines, including SpiceJet, IndiGo, Air Asia, Akasa Air and Vistara. Upon arrival, pre-paid taxis are readily available to reach the Campus.
Pre-paid Taxi service at the Airports
Pre-paid Taxi counters are available at the airport arrival area.
Goa International Airport (Dabolim) to BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus: ~Rs. 500/- ($6)
Manohar International Airport (Mopa) to BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus: ~Rs. 4,000/- ($50)
One can also avail the ‘Goa Miles’ cab service via the Government certified transportation portal: https://www.goamiles.com.
Note: The rates may vary accordingly and can be higher if not pre-paid. The above rates and information are representative and approximate. Organizers are not responsible for any deviation in prices and information mentioned above.
Those inclined towards rail travel can commute by train and arrive at Karmali Railway Station, located about 20 km, Madgaon railway station, which is 22 km away or Vasco railway station which is 10 km from BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus. These railway stations have established connections to major cities in the region.
Karmali Railway Station to BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus: ~Rs. 2,000/- ($25)
Madgaon Railway Station to BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus: ~Rs. 2,500/- ($30)
Note: The above rates and information are representative and approximate. Organizers are not responsible for any deviation in prices and information mentioned above.
The campus is easily reachable by road, with well-maintained highways and road networks linking it to neighboring towns and cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad etc.
India, inayojulikana rasmi kama Jamhuri ya India, ni nchi kubwa na yenye utofauti iliyoko Kusini mwa Asia. Kwa ukubwa wa kilomita za mraba milioni 3.29 na ukubwa wa kilomita za mraba milioni 3.29 na ukubwa wa kilomita za mraba milioni 3.29 na ukubwa wa kilomita za mraba milioni 3.29 na ukubwa wa kilomita za mraba milioni 3.29 na ukubwa wa kilomita za mraba milioni 3. Idadi ya watu wa India ni ya kushangaza, kwani ni taifa la pili kwa idadi ya watu ulimwenguni, na zaidi ya watu bilioni 1.3, kama ya sasisho langu la mwisho la maarifa mnamo 2022. Watu hao wanazungumza lugha nyingi, wana dini mbalimbali, na ni wa makabila mbalimbali. India ina historia tajiri na ya kale ambayo imepita maelfu ya miaka. Lilizaa dini kadhaa kuu, kutia ndani Uhindu, Ubudha, Dini ya Jaini, na Usikhi. Katika historia yake yote, ilikuwa makao ya milki na nasaba zenye uvutano kama vile Maurya, Gupta, Mughal, na Milki ya Uingereza. Utamaduni wa India ni wenye nguvu na mbalimbali, unajumuisha aina nyingi za sanaa, muziki, dansi, fasihi, na desturi za upishi. India inajulikana kwa aina zake za dansi za kawaida kama Bharatanatyam na Kathak, na inaadhimisha sherehe nyingi, ikiwa ni pamoja na Diwali, Holi, na Eid. Utofauti wa lugha ni sifa nyingine ya India, na zaidi ya lugha 1,600 zinazungumzwa. Hindi na Kiingereza ni lugha rasmi, lakini kila jimbo lina lugha yake rasmi. Lugha kuu za kikanda zinatia ndani Kibengali, Telugu, Marathi, Kitamil, na Kiurdu. Uchumi wa India ni moja ya kubwa na kuongezeka kwa kasi zaidi duniani, na uchumi mchanganyiko kujumuisha kilimo, viwanda, na huduma. Kampuni hiyo imekuwa maarufu kwa sekta yake ya huduma za IT na programu na ni mchezaji muhimu katika soko la nje la kimataifa. Kama jamhuri ya kidemokrasia ya bunge la shirikisho, India ina mfumo wa kisiasa wa vyama vingi. Nchi hiyo ina alama za kifahari, ikiwa ni pamoja na Taj Mahal, maeneo ya kihistoria kama Red Fort na Qutub Minar, na maajabu ya asili kama safu ya milima ya Himalaya na backwaters ya Kerala. Goa iko kwenye pwani ya magharibi ya India na ni moja ya majimbo mazuri zaidi ya India. Hapo awali ilikuwa koloni la Ureno na ni mchanganyiko wa kipekee wa utamaduni wa mashariki na magharibi. Goa iko karibu na misitu ya mvua ya Kaskazini Magharibi ya Ghats, moja ya maeneo nadra ya utofauti wa kibiolojia ulimwenguni. Hifadhi za wanyama wa porini hutoa mwonekano wa mimea na wanyama mbalimbali katika jimbo hilo. Goa ina vivutio mbalimbali ikiwa ni pamoja na fukwe nyeupe za mchanga, upande wa nchi ya kijani kibichi, makanisa, mahekalu, ngome na makaburi. Goa ni hazina ya utamaduni, muziki, dansi na aina za sanaa ambazo zinaweza kufurahishwa wakati wa sherehe na sherehe za mitaa. Mara nyingi inasemekana kwamba "Goa haiachi kamwe kufurahia karamu" na inajulikana kwa maisha yake ya usiku yenye msisimko. Kwa sababu ya hali yake ya hewa ya kitropiki, Goa ni mahali pazuri pa watalii kwa majira yote. Kwa uzuri wake wa asili, utamaduni wa kipekee na historia tajiri, jimbo hilo lina uwezo wa kuvutia idadi kubwa ya watalii kutoka India na kote ulimwenguni. Mkutano huu hautowapa tu washiriki jukwaa la kubadilishana akili, lakini pia utawapa wahudhuriaji fursa ya kipekee ya kugundua uzuri wa kuvutia wa jimbo hilo. Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BIT) Pilani, India, ni taasisi ya teknolojia na sayansi ya Birla, India, ambayo ilitangazwa kama chuo kikuu chini ya kifungu cha 3 cha Sheria ya UGC mnamo mwaka 1964. BITS Pilani imekuwa mwanzilishi wa mipango kadhaa ya maono katika elimu ya juu na imeanzisha sifa ya kutofautisha na ya kutisha kitaifa kwa ubora. BITS Pilani inatoa programu za UG, PG na PhD kwa wanafunzi zaidi ya 17,000 katika vyuo vikuu vyake vitano huko Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad, Mumbai na Dubai. Taasisi hiyo imepata zaidi ya Rupi. Kwa mujibu wa ripoti hiyo, Shirika hilo limetoa fedha za milioni 398 kwa ajili ya utafiti wa nje katika miaka mitano iliyopita. Shule hiyo imefanyizwa kwa ajili ya utafiti wa kisasa unaoongozwa na wanafunzi na wanafunzi wa chuo kikuu, na inaonyesha kiwango cha h-index ya Scopus ya 156, na hati miliki 221 zilizowasilishwa hadi sasa na hati miliki 41 zilizotolewa. Taasisi ya Teknolojia na Sayansi ya Birla, Pilani (BITS) imekuwa ikishikilia nafasi ya juu, na mashirika ya serikali na binafsi kwa michakato yake ya ubunifu na uwezo ambao umeiruhusu kutoa elimu ya ubora na kuibuka kama Taasisi bora ya Sayansi na Uhandisi ya kibinafsi nchini India. Kwa kutambua kiwango cha juu ambacho BITS Pilani inajitahidi kudumisha, Tume ya Ufadhili wa Chuo Kikuu, mnamo 2018, imeiita kama " Taasisi ya Utukufu " (IOE). Kama ni maarufu kwa ajili ya utalii na mahali pa kupumzika, Goa inatoa uhusiano bora kwa miji mikubwa nchini kote. BITS, iliyoko katika kiuno cha milima ya kijani kibichi, ikitazama Mto Zuari, Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus imeenea katika eneo la ekari 180. Eneo la chuo ni ya kipekee katika heshima ya uzuri wa mandhari na mtazamo panoramic ya mazingira picturesque kujumuisha Mto Zuari, milima, njia za maji, misitu na mazingira. Ufikiaji wa BITS Pilani Goa Campus ni kuwezesha kupitia chaguzi mbalimbali za usafiri, kuhakikisha urahisi kwa wote wahudhuriaji na wageni. Goa ina viwanja viwili vya ndege, yaani, Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Goa (Dabolim), ulio karibu kilomita 5 mbali na Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Manohar (MOPA), ambao uko karibu kilomita 55 kutoka chuo cha BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa, mahali pa mkutano huo. Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Goa, kuwa karibu zaidi, umeunganishwa sana na miji mikubwa kote India, ikitoa chaguo la kusafiri kwa ndege kwa ufanisi wa wakati. Mtu aweza kupata ndege za kawaida kwenda paradiso hii ya kitropiki kutoka miji kama vile New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kochi, na Chennai. Njia ya haraka zaidi ya kufika Goa ni kwa kuchukua ndege kutoka Mumbai au Bengaluru, na safari kwa kawaida huchukua karibu saa moja. Air India ni kutambuliwa kama msafara wa kitaifa. Hata hivyo, wasafiri wanaweza kuchagua kati ya mashirika mbalimbali ya ndege, ikiwa ni pamoja na SpiceJet, IndiGo, Air Asia, Akasa Air na Vistara. Baada ya kuwasili, teksi zilizolipwa mapema zinapatikana kwa urahisi kufikia Chuo. Huduma ya teksi iliyolipwa mapema katika viwanja vya ndege Vituo vya teksi zilizolipwa mapema vinapatikana katika eneo la kuwasili kwa uwanja wa ndege. Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Goa (Dabolim) hadi BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus: ~Rs. "Kama ilivyoelezwa hapo juu, ""Mohammed"" ni jina la uwanja wa ndege wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa wa kimataifa." 4,000 € ($50) Mtu pia anaweza kutumia huduma ya teksi ya <unk>Goa Miles<unk> kupitia portal ya usafiri iliyothibitishwa na Serikali: https: www.goamiles.com. Kumbuka: Viwango vinaweza kutofautiana ipasavyo na vinaweza kuwa juu zaidi ikiwa havijawaliwa mapema. Viwango na habari zilizotajwa hapo juu ni za uwakilishi na za takriban. Waandaaji si wajibu kwa ajili ya kupotoka yoyote katika bei na habari zilizotajwa hapo juu. Kwa wale wanaopenda kusafiri kwa reli, wanaweza kusafiri kwa gari moshi na kufika kwenye Kituo cha Reli cha Karmali, kilicho karibu kilomita 20, Kituo cha Reli cha Madgaon, ambacho ni kilomita 22 mbali, au Kituo cha Reli cha Vasco, ambacho ni kilomita 10 kutoka BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus. Vituo hivi vya reli vimeanzisha uhusiano na miji mikubwa katika eneo hilo. Karmali Kituo cha Reli kwa BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus: ~Rs. 2000 - € 25 (Madhgaon Railway Station kwa BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus): ~Rs. (Kumbuka: Kiwango cha juu na habari ni mwakilishi na takriban. Waandaaji si wajibu kwa ajili ya kupotoka yoyote katika bei na habari zilizotajwa hapo juu. Chuo ni rahisi kufikiwa kwa barabara, na barabara kuu vizuri kudumishwa na mitandao ya barabara kuunganisha na miji na miji jirani kama Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad nk.