BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, PILANI

PILANI CAMPUS

REGISTRATION BOOKLET
FIRST SEMESTER 2019-20

Dear Students and Faculty Members,

Please go through this booklet for the details regarding registration of courses in
First Semester 2019-20.

Faculty In-Charge, Registration & Counselling

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 REGISTRATION SCHEDULE
A. Interaction with Registration Advisors for First Degree students admitted in year 2019:
Day & Date : Thursday, August 01, 2019
Time : 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon
Place : Registration Advisors (RA) will be available during 9 AM to 12 Noon in their room
numbers as notified against their names (refer page 5).
PRIORITY NO. REGISTRATION TIME
001 to 300 09:15 AM to 10:30 AM
301 to 650 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
651 onwards 11:30 AM to 12.30 PM

B. Interaction with Registration Advisors for First Degree students admitted in year 2018 &
earlier years; and all Higher Degree students (including students admitted in year 2019):
Day & Date : Thursday, August 01, 2019
Time : 12 Noon to 1 PM and 2:30 PM to 4 PM
Place : Registration Advisors (RA) will be available during 12 Noon to 1 PM and 2:30 PM
to 4 PM in their room numbers as notified against their names.
PRIORITY NO. REGISTRATION TIME PRIORITY NO. REGISTRATION TIME
001 to 100 01:00 PM to 01:30 PM 651 to 750 03:30 PM to 04:00 PM
101 to 200 01:30 PM to 02:00 PM 751 to 850 04:00 PM to 04:30 PM
201 to 350 02:00 PM to 02:30 PM 851 to 950 04:30 PM to 05:00 PM
351 to 500 02:30 PM to 03:00 PM 951 to 1050 05:00 PM to 05:30 PM
501 to 650 03:00 PM to 03:30 PM 1051 onwards 05:30 PM to 06:00 PM

C. Interaction with Registration Advisors for Ph.D. students admitted in year 2018 & earlier:
Day & Date : Thursday, August 01, 2019
Time : 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Place : Registration Advisors (RA) will be available during 3 PM to 5 PM in their room
numbers as notified against their names.
Admission Year Registration Time
2018 and 2017 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM
2016 and earlier 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM
NOTE: Semester-wise Pattern for Ph.D. Students is given on Page No. 4.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
1. Student should register strictly during the allotted time slot. Registration attempts before the
given time slot will block your registration process.
2. First degree/Higher degree students admitted in year 2019 must register in IPC Room Nos.
6114, 6116, 6117, 6118 or 6119.
3. Ph.D. students admitted in year 2019 will register on August 08, 2019.
4. First degree/ Higher degree/ Ph.D. students admitted in year 2018 and earlier should register on ERP
portal from their Hostel Rooms.
5. ACB students must register in IPC Room Nos. 6114 or 6116.
6. Follow the Registration Instructions for Students given on Page No. 3.

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 REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS
 Check your Priority No. at https://academic.bits-pilani.ac.in
 Bring your ID Card to collect registration material (last semester grade sheet, eligibility sheet and slip
containing ERP login credentials) from Registration Advisor (RA).
 Refer to ERP Registration Procedure and Time Table at https://academic.bits-pilani.ac.in
 Register for the prescribed courses by adding courses in your cart on ERP.
 Students with “ACB” status CAN NOT ALTER their prescribed course package.
 Registration of Elective course(s): Refer Section VI of Time Table for choosing Elective(s) and check
your eligibility for the Elective courses.
Note: Student should take utmost care while preparing their course package on the day of registration.
Amendment (Addition/ substitution) of registration is subjected to availability of seats and
approval.
 DIFFICULT TIMETABLE CASE (DTC):
No DTC will be entertained for the non-availability of Elective course(s). However, if your
registration is not possible due to non-availability of core course(s) section(s), then:
 Report to Room No. 6118. After verification, DTC form will be issued to you.
 Make the Time table for the suggested sections on the backside of DTC form, put your signature and
submit it along with your Registration Slip in the same room.
 Report to AUGSD Office to settle your DTC as per the following schedule:
Admission Year Time Date
2019 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM 3rd August, 2019
2018 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM 4th August, 2019
2017 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
5th August, 2019
2016 & earlier 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

 STUDENTS HAVING DUES:

 Should clear their dues in SWD and collect a “Dues cleared” slip.
 Report to your RA and hand over the “Dues cleared” slip to collect the Registration Material.
 LATE REGISTRATION:
 Late registration is scheduled on August 08, 2019 and will be allowed only for genuine cases after
checking the submitted supporting documents.
 Student can apply for Late Registration in the prescribed proforma available at https://academic.bits-
pilani.ac.in and should submit the duly signed hard/soft copy (rc.office@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in)
along with supporting documents latest by 5 PM on August 3, 2019 (Saturday).
 Please note that for late registration cases, Elective courses will be given depending on the
availability of seats.
 REPEAT OF A COURSE:
 Repeat of course is not allowed on the day of registration.
 Repeat requests will only be entertained through amendment process (Addition).

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 SEMESTER-WISE COURSE PATTERN FOR Ph.D. STUDENTS
Pattern 1: Semester-wise registration pattern (from admission in the Ph.D. programme) for Ph.D. students
holding Higher Degree
Year First Semester Units Second Semester Units
I BITS C797T Ph.D. Seminar 1 BITS C797T Ph.D. Seminar 1
BITS C791T Teaching Practice I (FT) / 1 BITS G661 Research Methodology I 5
BITS E793T Practice Lecture Series I (PT)
II BITS C797T Ph.D. Seminar 1 BITS C797T Ph.D. Seminar 1
BITS C799T Ph.D. Thesis 10 BITS C799T Ph.D. Thesis 10
III BITS C797T Ph.D. Seminar 1 BITS C797T Ph.D. Seminar 1
BITS C799T Ph.D. Thesis 10 BITS C799T Ph.D. Thesis 10

FT = Full Time; PT = Part Time

Note:
 As per the Academic Regulation (Clause 9.02), a student must complete BITS C791T Teaching
Practice I (FT) / BITS E793T Practice Lecture Series I (PT) and BITS G661 Research Methodology
I course to fulfil the requirement of graduation for Ph.D. degree.
 After approval of Ph.D. proposal, a student must register for Ph.D. Seminar (BITS C797T) and
Ph.D. Thesis (BITS C799T) courses in all the subsequent semesters of his/her Ph.D. duration.

OR

Pattern 2: Semester-wise registration pattern (from admission in the Ph.D. programme) for Ph.D. students
holding First Degree as the highest degree
Year First Semester Units Second Semester Units
I Course 1 (recommended by DRC) Minimum Course 1 (recommended by DRC) Minimum
Course 2 (recommended by DRC) 12 Units Course 2 (recommended by DRC) 12 Units
Course 3 (recommended by DRC) (total) Course 3 (recommended by DRC) (total)
II BITS C797T Ph.D. Seminar 1 BITS C797T Ph.D. Seminar 1
BITS C791T Teaching Practice I (FT) / 1 BITS G661 Research 5
BITS E793T Practice Lecture Series I Methodology I
(PT)
III BITS C797T Ph.D. Seminar 1 BITS C797T Ph.D. Seminar 1
BITS C799T Ph.D. Thesis 10 BITS C799T Ph.D. Thesis 10

FT = Full Time; PT = Part Time

Note:
 As per the Academic Regulation (Clause 9.02), a student must complete BITS C791T Teaching
Practice I (FT) / BITS E793T Practice Lecture Series I (PT) and BITS G661 Research Methodology
I course to fulfil the requirement of graduation for Ph.D. degree.
 After approval of Ph.D. proposal, a student must register for Ph.D. Seminar (BITS C797T) and
Ph.D. Thesis (BITS C799T) courses in all the subsequent semesters of his/her Ph.D. duration.

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 REGISTRATION ADVISORS

ID No. Registration Advisor Room

No.
A. NEW ADMISSION
(I) FIRST DEGREE
2019A1 Ajaya Kumar Pani 6101
Somak Chatterjee
2019A2 Shibani Khanra Jha 6101
Meghana Tare
2019A3 Devesh Samaiya 6102
Harshavardhan Settibhaktini
2019A4 Prateek Kala 6103
2019AB Aneesh A M
2019A5 Gautam Singhvi 6104
Aniruddha Roy
2019A7 Shashank Gupta 6105
Rajesh Kumar (CSIS)
2019A8 Ashish Patel 6106
Vinay Chamola
2019B1 Sudeshna Mukherjee 6151
2019B2 Prashant Manohar
2019B3 Rajan Pandey 6152
2019B4 Ashish Tiwari
2019B5 Biswanath Layek 6153
2019C2/D2 Sunita Raina
(II) HIGHER DEGREE
Higher Degree students Trilok Mathur 6155
admitted in Year 2019 Madhurima Das
B. Academic Counselling Board (ACB)/Backlog (BL) students
All ACB Probation Students Madhushree Sarkar 2152-B
Anupam Yadav
ACB Non-Probation/BL students Head of the Department of respective discipline HoD
(Dual degree students should contact HoD of their office
First Degree)
C. Normal
(I) PhD
All PhD students Head of the Department of respective discipline HoD
office
(II) HIGHER DEGREE
MBA Jyoti 6068-A
2018 and earlier admissions Pushp Lata
HD 2017 and earlier admissions Sailaja Nandigama 6104
2018H101 to 2018H112 Muhammed Puthusseri
2018H123 to 2018H147 Devika 6156
G S Chauhan

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 (III) FIRST DEGREE
Chemical Engineering (A1)
1. PhD/BL/ACB-Non probation H K Mohanta 1216
2. 2014YYA1 Smita Raghuvanshi 1215-H
2015YYA1, 2015A1PS/TS Priya Christina Sande
2016YYA1, 2016A1PS/TS
3. 2017A1XX Arvind Kumar Sharma 1216-E
P Chattopadhyay
4. 2018A1XX Amit Jain 1215-E
Abhishek Suresh Dhoble
Civil Engineering (A2)
1. PhD/BL/ACB-Non probation Anshuman 1209
2. 2014YYA2 Manoj Kumar 1210-C
2015YYA2, 2015A2PS/TS Arghya Banerjee (Chemical)
2016YYA2, 2016A2PS/TS
3. 2017A2XX Anupam Singhal 1209-E
Dugresh Vikram
4. 2018A2XX Dipendu Bhunia 1209-C
Anirudh Singh Rana (Mathematics)
Electrical & Electronics Engineering (A3)
1. PhD/BL/ACB-Non probation V K Chaubey 2210-G
2. 2014YYA3 H D Mathur 2210-Q
2015YYA3, 2015A3PS/TS Pawan Kamalkishor Ajmera
2016YYA3, 2016A3PS/TS
3. 2017A3XX K K Gupta 2113-B
Sai Sesha Chalapathi
4. 2018A3XX Praveen Kumar AV 2210- D
Jitender Kumar (Mathematics)
Mechanical Engineering (A4)
1. PhD/BL/ACB-Non probation M S Dasgupta 2224-A
2. 2014YYA4, 2014A4PS/TS M S Soni WILP
2015YYA4, 2015A4PS/TS Venkatesh KP Rao
2016YYA4, 2016A4PS/TS
3. 2017A4XX P Srinivasan WILP
Faizan Mohammad Rashid
4. 2018A4XX Sharad Shrivastava 1212-I
Gaurav Watts
Pharmacy (A5)
1. PhD/BL/ACB-Non probation Paul Atish Tulshiram 3170-U
2. 2014YYA5, 2014A5PS/TS M M Pandey 3170-N
2015YYA5, 2015A5PS/TS Anupama Mittal
2016YYA5, 2016A5PS/TS
2017A5XX
3. 2018A5XX G Anil Bhanudas 3170-V
Sunil Kumar Dubey
XX: Implies PS/TS or 2nd degree YY: Implies First Degree

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 Computer Science & Information Systems (A7)
1. PhD/BL/ACB-Non probation Poonam Goyal 6121-Q
2. 2014YYA7, 2014A7PS/TS Ashutosh Bhatia 6121-U
2015YYA7, 2015A7PS/TS Syamantak Majumder (Bio. Sc.)
2016YYA7, 2016A7PS/TS
3. 2017A7XX Sundaresan Raman 6121-O
Kamlesh Tiwari
4. 2018A7XX Avinash Gautam 6121-Y
Amit Dua

Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering (A8)

1. 2014YYA8, 2014A8PS/TS Abhijit R Asati 2210-J
2015YYA8, 2015A8PS/TS Rahul Arora (ECFI)
2016YYA8, 2016A8PS/TS
2. 2017A8XX Navneet Gupta 2146-E
Sainath Bitragunta

3. 2018A8XX Arnab Hazra 2247-D

Kavindra Kandpal

Manufacturing Engineering (AB)

1. 2015YYAB, 2015ABPS/TS A K Digalwar 2227
2016YYAB, 2016ABPS/TS T C Bera
2017ABXX
2018ABXX

Biological Sciences (B1)

1. PhD/BL/ACB-Non probation P N Jha 3272
2. 2015B1PS/TS, 2015YYB1 Shibasish Chowdhury 3277-M
2016B1PS/TS, 2016YYB1 B Vani
2017B1XX
3. 2018B1XX Shilpi Garg 3277-H
Manoj Kannan

Chemistry (B2)
1. PhD/BL/ACB-Non probation Saumi Ray 3268-C
2. 2015B2PS/TS, 2015YYB2 Ajay Kumar Sah 3268-N
2016B2PS/TS, 2016YYB2 Bibhas Ranjan Sarkar
2017B2XX
3. 2018B2XX Surojit Pande 3268-Q
Rajeev Sakhuja

XX: Implies PS/TS or 2nd degree YY: Implies First Degree

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 Economics (B3)
1. PhD/BL/ACB-Non probation Arun Kumar Giri 6165-L
2. 2015B3PS/TS, 2015YYB3 Geeti Laxmi Mohapatra 6165-M
2016B3PS/TS, 2016YYB3 Rajesh Matai
2017B3XX
3. 2018B3XX Krishna M 6165-H
Mohammad Faraz Naim

Mathematics (B4)
1. PhD/BL/ACB-Non probation B K Sharma 6067-H
2. 2014B4PS/TS P K H Keskar 6067-D
2015B4PS/TS, 2015YYB4 Suresh Kumar
2016B4PS/TS, 2016YYB4
2017B4XX
3. 2018B4XX Rakhee 6067-R
Devendra Kumar

Physics (B5)
1. PhD/BL/ACB-Non probation Raj Kumar Gupta 3241
2. 2014B5PS/TS, 2014YYB5 Niladri Sarkar 2247-A
2015B5PS/TS, 2015YYB5 Madhukar Mishra
2016B5PS/TS
2017B5XX
3. 2018B5XX Rakesh Choubisa 3242-S
Kaushar Vaidya

Humanities and Social Sciences (C2/D2)

1. PhD/BL/ACB-Non probation S K Choudhary 6168-A
2. 2015C2PS/TS, 2015D2PS/TS Kumar Neeraj Sachdev 6168-F
2016C2PS/TS, 2016D2PS/TS Sushila Shekhawat
2017C2/D2XX,
2018C2/D2XX

XX: Implies PS/TS or 2nd degree YY: Implies First Degree

The following faculty members will be on standby duty during registration

Amol Marathe Mechanical Sangeeta Sharma HSS Yashvardhan Sharma CSIS

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 GUIDELINES FOR REGISTRATION ADVISOR (RA)
1. Time slot for interaction with students:
All First Degree students admitted in 2019 09:00 AM to 12:00 PM
12:00 Noon to 1:00 PM
All First Degree students admitted in 2018 & earlier and
&
all Higher Degree students
02:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Ph.D. students 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
2. Registration material will be delivered in your Department by July 31, 2019 which will include:
(a) List of the students allotted to you
(b) Registration Slip containing ERP login credentials (User ID & Password).
(c) Eligibility Sheets and Grade Sheet
3. Registration material for some students may be withheld (it will be marked in
the list) due to administrative reasons like Incomplete (I) report etc.
4. Check student’s ID card & priority number (PR No.) and ask him/her to put signature in the list
available.
5. After verification, issue the registration material to the student.
6. Students having ‘Dues’ will be marked ‘D’ against their name in the list. Release the registration
material of such students when they submit “Dues Cleared Slip” issued by SWD.
7. As we are not using Registration Cards, students will NOT report/ come back to you.
8. After completion of above mentioned time slot, make appropriate entries in the list and submit it
along with uncollected registration material and Due Cleared Slips (if any) to AUGSD Office
(Room No. 2152).

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 CONTACT PERSONS
Following members can be contacted in case of any clarifications/ problems regarding registration
process:
Issue In-charge(s) Room No. Phone
Registration Dr. Jitendra Singh Rathore 2152-O 5243
ACB/ BL Registration Prof. Madhushree Sarkar 2152-B 5263
Time table 5314
Prof. Udayan Chanda 2152-R
FD & HD charts
Project allotment Dr. Praveen Goyal 2152-R 5314
Dr. Haribabu K
ERP help desk Mr. Abhishek Dadhich 6117
Mr. Harpal
Student Chief Volunteers Akash Singh, Akriti Srivastava 6114
Difficult time table cases
Mr. Harpal 6118
(DTC)
Dues and fees Mr. Sharwan Kumar (SWD) 2101 6211

REGISTRATION HELP

Location/ In-Charge Div/Unit

Room
Entry Vinod Kumar Naruka WSU
IPC (NAB) Amitabh Jangir EEE
Exit Dhanna Ram Saini ME
IPC (NAB)
Yogendra Kumar WSU
6101 Suresh Kumar Saini Civil
6102 Ashok Kumar Saini CHE
6103 Rajesh Kumar Tanwar WSU
6104 Prakash Singh Bist HSS
Raj Kumar Saini IU
6105 Om Prakash WSU
Pratap Singh IU
6106 Mahesh Chandra Saini EEE
6151 Mukesh Saini BIO
6152 Naresh Kumar Rohil WSU
6153 Naveen Kumar Rana PHA
6155 Harish Soni ME

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