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

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 innovative and emerging areas in engineering, management, medicine, dentistry, nursing, physiotherapy and allied sciences.

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.

VISION PLAN - Research

• Adopt mentor model to develop strong research capab"ities — 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 I Intemational 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 quantity and improve the quanty of Publications — From the Present 5441 SCOPUS ndexed articles to 20,000 2023, to 55,000 in 2028 and to 2033, 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 nventions 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

• Industry relevant topics for applied research. Platforms (forums, seminars) for industry-academia collaboration - nodal agencies.
• Allocate funding for development of research oriented infrastructure, the requisite environment for R&D.
• Attract top notch researchers to lead collaborative research between multiple stake holders.
• Increase expenditure on R&D to 35% in 2023, 40% in 2028 & 45% in 2033. Provide funding for community focused development oriented research.

Faculty

• Grant autonomy to well performing Departments / Research Centres / Centre of Excellence to devise their own mechanisms to recruit faculty.
• Encourage active participation of the industry experienced professionals in teaching and offering sabbaticals, incentives & promotions for all faculties.
• Tenure based system, performance based remuneration system.
• Financial support for Exchange programs, knowledge update. Best - in - class faculty to carry out collaborative research activities with top institutions. Students
• State of the Art teaching / pedagogy / learning / research / sports / infrastructure & amenities.
• Design courses competing with the best, most sought after courses of top international institutions
• “Feel at Home” Accommodation – Hostels to accommodate students – Scholarship support – “Earn while 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

• 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).

Nirf Ranking 2017

• No. 1 in INDIA in Outreach and Inclusivity.
• No. 6 in INDIA among Private Universities in INDIA
• No. 21 in INDIA among ALL UNIVERSITIES in INDIA
• International Accreditation by ABET, USA.
• Re- Accreditation by NAAC - " A" GRADE.
• Accreditation by NABL - Hospital Labs.

Nirf Ranking 2018

• No. 2 in INDIA in Outreach and Inclusivity.
• No. 5 in INDIA among Private Universities in INDIA
• No. 21 in INDIA among ALL UNIVERSITIES in INDIA
• No .28 in Teaching learning Resource (TLR) Parameter
• No. 29 in Research & Professional Practice.
• Pioneers in South India — since 1984 - 35 years in Educational field.
• Members of the sponsoring society have ventures in Hospitality, Industry, Health Care, Pharma, Power, Infrastructure etc., Combined Net worth of Rs. 40,163 Crores (IJS$ 6.38 Billion).

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.

Dear Students

I am happy that you are joining our Institute for pursuing the course of study of your choice. This introduction to our Institution speaks of those features that reaffirm our faith in, and commitment to, the essential task of helping you transform yourself into a careerist in dental, medical, engineering and technology

I am sure you will make the best use of the programmes offered, facilities provided and opportunities created here in your interest. I am quite confident that you will address yourself to the tasks of learning with a tremendous sense of involvement and come out successful with flying colours in your cherished endeavour.

Let me greet you at the beginning of an academic journey towards the goal of a rewardingly prosperous career.

- Chancellor

As per the UGC guidelines, BIHER is regularly conducting the meetings of Statutory Bodies such as

• Board of Management Meeting
• Planning and Monitoring Committee Meeting
• Finance Committee Meeting
• Academic Council Meeting