BHARATH INSTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

Welcome to BIHER

Sri Lakshmi Ammal Educational Trust was established with a visionary mission to revolutionize higher education in Tamil Nadu. In 1984, under the dynamic leadership of Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan, the Trust founded the Bharath Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), marking a historic milestone as the first self-financing engineering college in the state. This pioneering initiative laid the foundation for the Trust's subsequent ventures in medical and allied health sciences education.

Building on its commitment to excellence, the Trust established Sree Balaji Dental College and Hospital in 1989. The institution quickly rose to prominence and, in July 2002, was granted the status of a Deemed to be University by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956. This recognition heralded the inception of the Bharath Institute of Higher Education and Research (BIHER), which became the umbrella organization for a growing network of esteemed institutions.

Today, BIHER Encompasses a Wide Range of Specialized Institutions, including :

Bharath Medical College and Hospital (BMCH), Chennai
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, Puducherry

Collectively, these institutions reflect the Trust's unwavering commitment to providing world-class education. BIHER now stands as a premier educational conglomerate, offering multi-disciplinary, multicultural, and high-quality education to nearly 10,000 students from around the world. Spanning six expansive campuses across Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, BIHER's infrastructure includes over 1.3 crore square feet of state-of-the-art facilities set within a vast 603-acre landscape. The institution prides itself on its cadre of distinguished faculty, who are dedicated to delivering excellence across undergraduate and postgraduate programs, while also driving forward innovative research and development initiatives.

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 inherit professional competence along with human dignity and transformation of community to keep pace with the global challenges so as to achieve holistic development."

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 innovation and emerging areas in Engineering, Management, Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Physiotherapy and Allied Sciences.
To imbibe human dignity and values through personality development and social service activities

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
S.No.	UG	PG
1	Aerospace Engineering (Computational Intelligence)	Aircraft Propulsion & Power Systems
2	Natural gas & Pipe Lining Engineering	Ocean Technologies
3	Informatics & Drug Design	Composite Fluid Structure Engineering
4	Engineering Science & Mechanics	Material Engineeing
5	Nuclear & Radiological Engineering	Oil Drilling & Ocean Technologies
6	Occupational Therapy	Sports Medicine Modular Genetics
7	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	Material Engineeing
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 Capabilities — 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 / International 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 quanlity and improve the quality of Publications — From the Present 5441 SCOPUS Indexed articles to 20,000 in 2023, to 55,000 in 2028 and 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 inventions 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).

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.