WHO WE ARE?

Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research (BIHER) is one of India’s leading institutes, with more than 10,000 students and more than 900 faculty members. The areas of excellence range from engineering and medicine to management and humanities.

BHARATH INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

Welcome to BIHER

Bharath Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) started with Sri Lakshmi Ammal Educational Trust as the first self-financing Engineering College in Tamil Nadu in 1984 by Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan. The trust then established Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital in 1989. Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital was first recognized as a Deemed to be University by MHRD in July 2002, under section 3 of UGC Act 1956 and placed under the purview of new trust of Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research (BIHER). The Bharath Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) and other institutions (below) was then brought under the ambit of Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research (BIHER).

Bharath Institute of Science and Technology
Sree Balaji College of Nursing, Chennai
Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital(SBMCH), Chennai

Sree Balaji College of Physiotherapy, Chennai
Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences (SLIMS), Pudhucherry

Thus, Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research (BIHER) is providing multi-stream, multi-cultural and high-quality education to nearly 10000 students from all around the world. It is functioning in a sprawling area of 603 acres of land with 1.3 crore sq.ft buildings located in six Campuses both in Tamil Nadu and Pudhucherry, equipped with the state of the art infrastructure facilities. There teaching Faculty members are well-qualified and have vast experience in research to teach and supervise various UG and PG programmes.

Vision

Bharath Institute of Higher Education & Research (BIHER) envisions and constantly strives to provide an excellent academic and research ambience for students and members of the faculties to acquire professional competence along with human dignity, and spearhead the transformation of community through continuous discovery in science and technology.

Missions

To develop as a Premier University for Teaching, Learning, Research and Innovation on par with leading global universities.
To impart education and training to students for creating a better society with ethics and morals.
To foster an interdisciplinary approach in education, research and innovation by supporting lifelong professional development, enriching knowledge banks through scientific research, promoting best practices and innovation, industry-driven and institute-oriented cooperation, globalization and international initiatives.
To develop as a multi-dimensional institution contributing immensely to the cause of societal advancement through spread of literacy, an ambience that provides the best of international exposures, provide health care, enrich rural development and most importantly impart value-based education.
To establish benchmark standards in professional practice in the fields of innovative and emerging areas in medicine, dentistry, nursing, physiotherapy, allied sciences, engineering, and management.
To launch new programmes with innovative curriculum design by provide multi-faceted exposure in various subjects.
To provide flexibility to students - options / add-ons to core subjects, develop Device Agnostic Technology to access online content
Funding / incubation entrepreneurial ideas, Flipped class room – Integrated Courses & Need based learning.

Disciplines & Departments

BIHER strives to promote interdisciplinary learning with 12 different disciplines such as Health economics, Data sciences, Theology, Music, Liberal Arts etc.,
50% of BIHER’s programs will be interdisciplinary by 2023, 75% in 2028 and 100% by 2033 – Tuned as per the needs of National & International Importance.

2018 - 2023
UG	PG
Aerospace Engineering (Computational Intelligence)	Aircraft Propulsion & Power Systems
Natural gas & Pipe Lining Engineering	Ocean Technologies
Informatics & Drug Design	Composite Fluid Structure Engineering
Engineering Science & Mechanics	Material Engineeing
Aerospace Engineering (Computational Intelligence)	Aircraft Propulsion & Power Systems
Nuclear & Radiological Engineering	Oil Drilling & Ocean Technologies
occupational Therapy	Sports Medicine Modular Genetics
Speech & Hearing Language Program	Palliative Medicine Emergency & Trauma Care

2023 - 2028
UG	PG
Acoustics Engineering	Architectural Acoustics
Petro Informatics	Energy Sciences Engineering
Creative Intelligence & Innovation Technologies	Forensics Security
Smart Connected Autonomous Vehicle Engineering	Unmanned Aircraft System Engineering
Alternate Energy Engineering	Green Engineering Technology
Optometry	Rehabilitation & Regenerative Medicine
Clinical Nutrition Global Health & Social Medicine	Travel Medicine Transgender Medicine

2028 - 2033
UG	PG
Computational Mathematical Technology	Scientific Compution
Semiconductor process Engineering	Bio-inspired Robotics Engineering
Gravitational Sciences & Engineering	Engineering System Design
Quantum Engineering	Membrane Technology
Photonics Engineering	Optical Signals, Devices, and System
Nano Medicine	Oncology (Medical & Surgical), Informatics
Cyber Clinical Psychology	Cyber Forensics

Vision Plan - Research

Adopt mentor model to develop strong research capab"ities — Leading Intemational Research University
Develop centre of excellence to conduct high quality research activities
Encourage community focused research for example to undertake research in public health, community development & health information technology.
Setting clearly defined short term and long term goals in research with timelines, evaluate the progress and ensure that all relevant infrastructural and human resource support is available to achieve the goals.
National I Intemational Partnerships and Collaborations with leading research labs and universities. — achieve 75 in 2023, 125 in 2028 and 200 in 2033
Increase full time Ph.D scholars to more than 550 in 2023, 750 in 2028 and 1200 in 2033 and PDFS to 25 in 2023, 40 in 2028 and 60 in 2033.
Increase the quantity and improve the quanty of Publications — From the Present 5441 SCOPUS ndexed articles to 20,000 2023, to 55,000 in 2028 and to 2033, total no of publications — 70,180 to in 2033 ; High IF publications — to increase from the present 12% to 20% in 2033
Increase Research Revenues from the present Rs 20.75 Crores at a growth rate of 15% - 20% per year
Converting ideas into research themes and nventions into patents — to achieve 100 licensed patents in the first phase, 250 in the second and 500 in the third phase.

Students Capacity, Admission & Scholarships

To stop brain drain – reverse the trend – attract the best young minds from all over the world. Need- blind admission policy
To improve the knowledge economy - make INDIA the knowledge super power of the world.
Transparent merit based admission - equal opportunity - all strata of the society
To Enroll – 15,000 students in 2023, 25,000 in 2028 and 50,000 in 2033.
Innovative & Inter disciplinary courses – 50% in 2023, 75% in 2028 and 100% in 2033.
International partnerships and collaborations – 350 MoUs of which 20% with top 100 institutions
Intra and Inter Institutional transfers / exchanges – vertical and horizontal mobility
Increase the ratio of Foreign Students - 5% in 2023, 10% in 2028, 25% in 2033. Students from Asian countries – Alternate for US & Europe.
Dedicated 24x7 International Student Facilitation Centre – Help Line
Introduce new Scholarships – BIHER JEE, Dr.J.R., BRICS, SAARC, GCSS,TCS, ICCR, Common Wealth scholarships, Reciprocal scholarships Scheme,

Vision Implementation Plan

Academics

Launch new programs with innovative curriculum design - Provide exposure to multiple subjects to get multifaceted exposure.
Flexibility to students - options / add-ons to core subjects, develop Device Agnostic Technology to access online content
Funding / incubation entrepreneurial ideas, Flipped class room – Integrated Courses & Need based learning.

Research

To promote interest in industry-relevant topics for applied research, and stimulate industry-academia collaboration through platforms such as research forums and seminars.
To allocate funding for development of research-oriented infrastructure according to national priorities and needs.
To attract top notch researchers to lead collaborative research between multiple stake holders.
To increase expenditure on R&D to 35% in 2023, 40% in 2028 & 45% in 2033 by providing funding for research focusing on community development.

Faculty

To grant autonomy to well performing Departments / Research Centres / Centre of Excellence to devise their own mechanisms to recruit faculty members and supporting staffs.
To encourage active participation of professionals with industry experiences in teaching and offer sabbaticals, incentives & promotions for all Faculties members.
To develop tenure-based system and performance-based remuneration system to reward performing Faculty members.
To provide financial support opportunity to enrich knowledge for Faculty members and students by providing Exchange Programmes and establishing research collaboration between Faculty members with global leading research institutes.
To provide State of the Art teaching / pedagogy / learning / research / sports / infrastructure & amenities to Faculty members and students.
To develop courses that can provide competency to students joining global workforce.
To provide “Feel at Home” hostel accommodation and scholarship support to the needed students- “Earn while You Learn”.

Consolidated Financial Summery for each block of 5 years

Particulars
	First 5 years 2018 - 2023	Next 5 years 2023 - 2028	Last 5 years 2028 - 2033
Revenue Streams Academic Non Academic Total(A)	13,001.49 836.23 13,847.72	21,558.66 1,392.84 22,951.50	38,186.65 2,550.87 40,737.51
Recurring Expenditure Streams Staff Payments & Benefits Academic Expenses Non Academic Expenses Deprecistion Total (B)	2,595.34 4,726.54 4,247.42 114.18 11,683.48	3,708.73 7,427.71 6,345.77 175.88 17,658.10	5,580.37 18,088.84 10,111.93 284.12 34,045.26
Excess of Income over	2,164.24	5,293.40	6,692.25
Expenditure (A-B)
Capital Expenditure	1,947.81	4,764.06	6,023.03
Surplus transferred to General Fund	216.42	529.34	669.22

Basic Assumptions for Financial Projections

Particulars	2018 - 2023	2023 - 2028	2028 - 2033
Students in Nos.	15000	25000	50000
Staff Ratio	1:7	1:5	1:3
Foreign Students as % of total Student Strength	5%	10%	15%
Resident Scholars as % of total student strength	65%	70%	75%

Strength Of The Institution

OUTREACH INFRASTRUCTURE

6 Campuses - 305 acres — 1.3 crore sq.ft buildings — 3000 Bedded Hospital — 6000 OPS / day (Free -Treatment, Medicine & Food).
Cutting edge Research — 5 lakh sq.ft Research Park, 56 Research Labs, 12 Centres of Excellence.
World class library with 5 lakh Books, Online journal access to more than 20 lakh e — Resources.
Virtual class rooms, ICTI EDIJSAT, NPTEL, MOOCs, etc., modules to provide access to courses from top institutions.
State of Art Student amenities — Hostel Health Centre, Cosmopolitan Cafeteria Sports, Gym, Recreation facilities, etc.,
Last 5 years — more than 1000 Medical camps, 500 Villages, Planted 25,000 Saplings. Swachh Bharath, Swachhta Pakhwada, Unnat Bharath Abhiyan NCC, NSS, YRC, RRC etc., for holistic development.
Nearly - 55% Girl students, 75% Other state students, 85% Economically & Socially challenged students, 43% Women faculty.
Stipends / Scholarships worth -Rs. 35.7 Crores (2016-17), Rs. 38.5 Crores (2017-18).

Nirf Ranking 2017

ACCOLADES

No. 1 in INDIA in Outreach and Inclusivity.
No. 6 in INDIA among Private Universities in INDIA
No. 21 in INDIA among ALL UNIVERSITIES in INDIA
International Accreditation by ABET, USA.
Re- Accreditation by NAAC - " A" GRADE.
Accreditation by NABL - Hospital Labs.

Nirf Ranking 2018

BACKGROUND ACCOLADES

No. 2 in INDIA in Outreach and Inclusivity.
No. 5 in INDIA among Private Universities in INDIA
No. 21 in INDIA among ALL UNIVERSITIES in INDIA
No .28 in Teaching learning Resource (TLR) Parameter
No. 29 in Research & Professional Practice.
Pioneers in South India — since 1984 - 35 years in Educational field.
Members of the sponsoring society have ventures in Hospitality, Industry, Health Care, Pharma, Power, Infrastructure etc., Combined Net worth of Rs. 40,163 Crores (IJS$ 6.38 Billion).

A History of Enlightening Students

Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research (BIHER) is one of India's leading institutes, with more than 10,000 students and 900 faculty members. The areas of excellence range from engineering and medicine to management and humanities. We live in an increasingly interconnected world that faces challenges and complex problems on a global scale. At the start of the 21st century, BIHER is uniquely prepared among the other universities by its breadth of scholarship, entrepreneurial heritage and pioneering faculty - to provide research and real-world approaches to address many of the current issues.

The era of globalization means many things to Bharath: research on issues relating to science and technology, exchanges with foreign universities, overseas opportunities for undergraduates, and collaboration. BIHER embarked upon ambitious strategic initiatives to ensure that Bharath continues to educate future leaders and to find solutions to the most pressing global challenges through its International Advisory Board with eminent scholars from 40 top universities/organizations across the world, Corporate Advisory Board with eminent executives from 215 leading companies, Faculty Abroad Program, Student Semester Abroad Program, Research Institute, Innovation in Teaching and Learning Pedagogy, and Diversity of students from 52 countries and from across India.

Dear Students

I am happy that you are joining our Institute for pursuing the course of study of your choice. This introduction to our Institution speaks of those features that reaffirm our faith in, and commitment to, the essential task of helping you transform yourself into a careerist in dental, medical, engineering and technology

I am sure you will make the best use of the programmes offered, facilities provided and opportunities created here in your interest. I am quite confident that you will address yourself to the tasks of learning with a tremendous sense of involvement and come out successful with flying colours in your cherished endeavour.

Let me greet you at the beginning of an academic journey towards the goal of a rewardingly prosperous career.

- Chancellor

As per the UGC guidelines, BIHER is regularly conducting the meetings of Statutory Bodies such as

Board of Management Meeting
Planning and Monitoring Committee Meeting
Finance Committee Meeting
Academic Council Meeting

ADMINISTRATION

Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research # 173 Agharam Road Selaiyur, Chennai - 600 073 Tamil Nadu, India

Bharath Pro Vice — Prof.K.Vijaya Bhaskar Raju

VICE - CHANCELLOR(I/c)

E-mail:
vc@bharathuniv.ac.in

Bharath Registrar — Dr.S.BHUMINATHAN

Registrar

E-mail:
registrar@bharathuniv.ac.in
Phone: 9444023359

Bharath Additional Registrar — Dr.R.HARIPRAKASH

Additional Registrar

E-mail:
ad.registrar@bharathuniv.ac.in
Phone: 9952086700

Bharath Controller of Examinations — Dr.M.Sundararajan

Pro Vice - Chancellor(Academic)

E-mail:
pvcac@bharathuniv.ac.in
Phone:044 61116289

Administration — Prof. Dr. SURESH KUMAR SUBBIAH

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Grants & Publications)

E-mail:
pvc_gp@bharathuniv.ac.in
Phone: 9361723864