Pilani

Pilani Pilani
city
Population  (2001)
• Total	26,219

Pilani is a town in the Jhunjhunu District in Rajasthan, India and is the home to Birla Institute of Technology and Science, BK Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology, Pilani, and CEERI (Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute). The town Pilani derives its name from Jat fighter with Pilania gotra. He died protecting the fort and was honoured by the king for his courage and sacrifice by giving his name to location. Pilani is part of Shekhawati region. In the winters it reaches sub-zero temperatures. The fresco paintings on grand Havelis are peculiarity of Shekhawati region.

Early history

Thakur Nawal Singh founded the city of Nawalgarh in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan on magha shukla 2 samvat 1794 (1737 AD) at place called Rohili. Thakur Nawal Singh’s fourth son was Dalel Singh who was given the right of 12 villages after constructing a fort at present Pilani town. The fort was named Dalelgarh after Dalel Singh. When Dalel Singh was expanding his strength Rao Raja Laxman Singh of Sikar attacked him. At that time Dalel Singh’s brother and ruler of Nawalgarh came to his rescue.

In those days Pilani was divided in two hamlets situated on sand dunes. Initially Pilani was a village of about 1500 people. Out of these 100 families were of Vaishyas, mainly of Agarwals. There were about 15 families of Maheshwaris out of which there was only one family of Birlas.

Fort

Dalelgarh Fort - built by Thakur Nawal Singh Bahadur(Shekhawat) for his son Kunwar Dalel Singh.

Geography

Pilani is located at 28.37°N 75.6°E / 28.37; 75.6. It has an average elevation of 279 metres (915 feet). Time Zone(est): UTC +5:30 Approximate population for 7 km radius from this point: 45366

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Pilani had a population of 26,219. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Pilani has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 57%. In Pilani, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Climate

The temperature in Pilani varies between extremes in summer and winter. Summer temperatures reach up to 48 degree Celsius from May to July, while Winter temperatures often reach sub-zero levels between December and January. Months of October and March are generally considered the most pleasant.

Birth Place of GD Birla

The town is birthplace of India's leading industrialist, GD Birla. It houses one of India's finest technical schools, BITS Pilani. Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani is one among the top ranking universities in India today offering degrees in Engineering, Management, Economics, Pharmacy, Sciences, Engineering Technology, Information Systems, General Studies, Finance, etc presently at Pilani, Dubai, Goa campuses and in the near future at Hyderabad campus. BITS Pilani also offers an array of work integrated learning programmes for HRD of a vast spectrum of Indian corporates

Krishnaarpit Charitable Trust has also started BK Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology, Pilani under the chairmanship of BK Birla.

The Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI) is also located here. Pilani also houses some good boarding schools like Birla Public School, Birla Senior Secondary School and Birla Balika Vidyapeeth.

Pilani is also flooded with number of other English and Hindi medium schools making it a prominent education center.

Unlike other towns, Pilani is not accessible by rail, but it does have a computerised reservation counter, situated in ceeri campus. The nearest rail stations are Chirawa (16 km) and Loharu(25 km). Jaipur is 210 km from Pilani and Delhi is 235 km and well connected by road.

Place of National importance

According to P.V. Indiresan, Former Director of IIT Madras, "Pilani town was transformed for sentimental reasons from an inhospitable village in the Rajasthan desert to a national intellectual centre. GD Birla introduced a couple of world-class scientific institutions in that remote desert village merely because it was his birthplace. Even though Birla would not allow Pilani full scope to expand (he would not allow any industry for fear of despoiling the habitat, and the nearest railway station is 16 km away), Pilani has now become a prosperous town. That is quite an achievement because Pilani has no natural advantages whatever. If Pilani could be transformed the way it has been, any other village can be. All that is required is a seed in the form of a world-class institution. However, in its formative years lasting a couple of decades, Pilani was sustained by the Birlas who had deep pockets and deeper sentiments for the village. Few entrepreneurs would be prepared to emulate them, and nurture a village for long years. That is why the Pilani experiment has not been repeated although quite a few other rich business families originate from remote villages."

BITS Pilani

The institute was founded by Ghanshyam Das Birla in 1929 as an intermediate college. During World War II, the Government of India established a technical training center at Pilani for the supply of technicians for defence services and industry. In 1946, it was converted it into the Birla Engineering College with degree programmes in electrical and mechanical engineering.[1]

In 1964, the Birla Colleges of Arts, Commerce, Engineering, Pharmacy and Science were merged to form the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS). In this period of inception (especially during 1964–1970), BITS Pilani received support from the Ford Foundation and benefited from an alliance with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

BITS Pilani started to expand in India and abroad since 2000. New campuses were established in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2000) and Goa, India (2004), and a fourth campus is to be opened in 2008 at Jawaharnagar (near Hakimpet Air Force station), Hyderabad.
BITS also runs a virtual university and an extension center in Bangalore.

How to Reach Pilani

Pilani is almost equidistant from Jaipur and Delhi.
Travelling by car/taxi from Delhi: Distance is 200 or 220 km depending on route taken and takes about 4 to 4.5 hours.
There are three routes to get here (in order of preference)

Delhi-Gurgaon-Dharuheda-Rewari-MahendraGarh-Loharu-Pilani

Delhi-Gurgaon-Dharuheda-Rewari-Narnaul-Singhana-Chirawa-Pilani

Delhi-Rohtak-Bhiwani-Loharu-Pilani

Travelling by bus from Delhi: In case you prefer to travel by public transport, you need to catch a bus at the Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT), Kashmiri Gate, Delhi. There are frequent buses to Pilani starting from Delhi around 4:55 AM to 10:00 PM.

Travelling by bus from Jaipur: In case you prefer to travel by public transport, you need to catch a bus from the State Bus Terminal (Sindhi Camp), Jaipur. There are frequent buses to Pilani starting from Jaipur around 4:00 AM till mid-night.

Travelling by train from Jaipur: Train from Jaipur to Chirawa (16 km from Pilani) or Loharu (26 km from Pilani).

Reliable TAXI

Pick up facility available on the phone from Delhi and Jaipur Railway Station and Airports.
Pilani Taxi Services [1]
Naval Singh Rathore-Mobile: 9252067671

External links

• Kulhari Group
• Xplogins.com
• BITS, Pilani
• CEERI, Pilani
• Babaharinath Temple Site
• Birla Balika VidyaPeeth
• Birla Public School (Vidya Niketan)
• Rs 2.80 Billion BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus Foundation Laid
• AP CM Readies BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus
• Milestone for BITS Pilani Hyderabad
• Chief Minister AP Lays the BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus Foundation
• BITS Pilani Makes the Right Move at the Right Time
• BITS Pilani Rajasthan Towering above the Rest in India Today
• Intel Techie Sunit Rikhi’s BITS Pilani Oasis 2007 inauguration Speech
• Intel Techie Sunit Rikhi gives a Scintillating Start to BITS Pilani OASIS 2K7
• Down the Memory Lane - Golden Jubilee Reunion at BITS Pilani Rajasthan
• CWS BITS Pilani Rajasthan marches forward in Breaking the Barrier
• Silver Memories for BITS Pilani Rajasthan 77-82 Batch Alumni.html
• BITSAA Delhi Golden Jubilee - A milestone for alumni movement in India
• Tomorrow's Leader Today from BITS Pilani Rajasthan
• India's Pride Prof M S Swaminathan lecture at BITS Pilani Rajasthan
• For HRD Texmaco Kolkata signs MoU with BITS Pilani Rajasthan
• Prof L K Maheshwari VC BITS Pilani Rajasthan at Kala Mandir Kolkata
• Prof MS Swaminathan's Inspiring Talk on Biotechnology and Food Security at BITS Pilani Rajasthan
• Green Revolution Champion Prof M S Swaminathan at BITS Pilani

Pilani Taxi Services, Mobile: 9252067671

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