BIT, Sindri was started as College of Mechanical and engineering in 1949 at Patna. once one year it had been shifted to Sindri on seventeenth Nov 1950 and therefore BIT Sindri was born with a Principal, 3 Professors, and sixty Students in an exceedingly straightforward ceremony with a cup of tea on the table. The institute grew and flourished quickly throughout the first days beneath the dynamic leadership of professor. D.L.Deshpande, the then Director[1950-61], World Health Organization is thought to be the designer of the institute. BIT Sindri was antecedently referred to as Bihar Institute of Technology, Sindri and was related to Ranchi University. presently BIT Sindri has become related to engineering College of Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag and thus the degree has been awarded from Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag. The institute is found at a distance of twenty-eight kms from Dhanbad railroad terminal joined by rail still as a road. it's a sprawling field of regarding four hundred acres of land close to the Japanese bank of stream Damodar. There area unit twenty-five hostels within the field, separate hostels for boys and women, line the residential necessities of around 3000 undergrads, postgraduate and analysis students. The institute is absolutely residential for college kids still as teaching and non-teaching workers. The institute is controlled administratively by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi and academically it's related to Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribag for conducting examinations and grant degrees.
