BITS Pilani launches The School of Interdisciplinary Research and Entrepreneurship
It is an online space that BITS Pilani aims to advance research and innovation, according to an official announcement
BITS Pilani has launched The School of Interdisciplinary Research and Entrepreneurship (SIRE).
It is an online space that BITS Pilani aims to advance research and innovation, according to an official announcement.
As per the institute, SIRE’s main goal is to create an environment where people from diversified academic areas work together to solve difficult problems through teamwork and a mix of different kinds of research.
The primary activity of SIRE would be to offer various interdisciplinary PhD programmes, including the PhD DRIVE programme.
In addition, the entity shall also manage existing interdisciplinary research and innovation programmes such as CDRF, PhD programmes under various centres of excellence (CoE), SPARKLE, SOLVE, etc.
As per the institute, currently, BITS Pilani has a pool of around 75 PhD scholars, with plans for the recruiting additional 30 Ph.D. scholars by March 2024 under PhD DRIVE scheme. In its initial phase, SIRE targets to onboard close to a hundred scholars into its cohort.
