ABOUT US

Embryo, founded in 2006 by 6 BITS Pilani alumni in Silicon Valley, offers live interactive lectures to innovate education. Over 200 sessions have explored diverse topics. Embryo 2.0, launched in 2010, enhances BITS curriculum by integrating alumni expertise. Lecturers collaborate with faculty, sometimes with evaluative components. Alumni contributions have become integral to BITS Pilani's educational framework through Embryo.

Vision

Enriching the learning experience at BITS Pilani involves fostering academic excellence through updated curricula and promoting innovative teaching methods to engage students actively in their education journey.

Mission

To make the academic and industrial experience of the BITS alumni accessible to on-campus students through lectures, collaborative research projects, and exposure to current research trends around the world.

Why Embryo?

Embryo aims to transcend limitations of on-campus resources by providing online lectures from expert speakers worldwide. It bridges the gap between knowledge seekers and potential speakers, offering borderless classrooms.

LECTURES

Turning Data Into Demand

National Security and the Spirit of Sports: Shaping Leaders for Tomorrow

Leadership, Inclusion, and the Power of Sports

Building Resumes That Win

PANELS

Unwritten Histories: Queer Erasure in Culture, Community and Identity

Passport to Research 2025

Gateway to GRE 2025

CAT Champs 2025

APOGEE INNOVATION CHALLENGE

APOGEE, the ISO 9001:2008 certified technical fest of BITS, Pilani is a large scale event that has attracted connoisseurs of engineering and technology over the years. It represents the zenith of science and engineering in a landscape of future visionaries and scientists.

What is AIC?

Problem statement released by companies
Students form teams of 1 to 3 members
Teams select problem statements and start working on it. They have to submit the solution before the specified deadline.
Judges from companies select top 5 teams
Winners are usually rewarded in terms of cash prizes, internships or goodies

Why participate?

By associating with APOGEE Innovation Challenge, the company becomes an event partner of APOGEE and would be publicised on the APOGEE website and Facebook page.
The company can use the ingenuity of some of the brightest young minds of the country to get a pool of innovative approaches for solving a particular problem
Being one of the major events of apogee and a unique concept, this event would get wide media coverages from leading media sources in India.