IIT Guwahati convocation: 1,620 students receive degrees
Altogether 1,620 students received their degrees in various disciplines at the 24th Convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati here on Friday.
Representative Image. GUWAHATI: Altogether 1,620 students received their degrees in various disciplines at the 24th Convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati here on Friday.
Gaurang Ramakant Kane (B.Tech, Engineering Physics) achieved the top score in the entire BTech/BDes batch while Akshita Jain (B.Tech, Chemical Engineering) received the Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal.
Among the graduating class, nine students are Persons with Disabilities. The graduating students include 697 BTech and BDes students, 470 MTech and MDes, 253 PhD students and 196 Master degree students. Along with this, three students were awarded Dual Degrees (MS + PhD).
Assam governor Jagdish Mukhi graced the occasion as Chief Guest along with Rahul Mehta, Founder of Mehta Family Foundation, Houston, USA as the Guest of Honour.
Delivering the convocation address, Mukhi said,“In close to three decades IIT Guwahati has become known for its environment of academic experience in the entire country with its quality technical education. The Institution has produced globally competitive human resource and carried out research that is significantly benefited the society. This shows the social commitment of this Institute. The Alumni produced by IIT Guwahati comprise engineers, entrepreneurs, and technologists who have helped building new India.”
Presenting the Convocation Report, Director, IIT Guwahati, Prof. T. G. Sitharam said, “The faculty members, research staff and scholars are highly appreciated for their immense contribution to realize this rise in research citations and am hoping that we will continue this trend of improvement which has resulted in IIT Guwahati securing high rank in the recently announced QS Ranking 2023 where IIT Guwahati has secured 37th rank globally (41st in 2022) in the “Research Citations per Faculty’ category and rank 384 in World University Ranking globally.”
Gaurang Ramakant Kane (B.Tech, Engineering Physics) achieved the top score in the entire BTech/BDes batch while Akshita Jain (B.Tech, Chemical Engineering) received the Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal.
Among the graduating class, nine students are Persons with Disabilities. The graduating students include 697 BTech and BDes students, 470 MTech and MDes, 253 PhD students and 196 Master degree students. Along with this, three students were awarded Dual Degrees (MS + PhD).
Assam governor Jagdish Mukhi graced the occasion as Chief Guest along with Rahul Mehta, Founder of Mehta Family Foundation, Houston, USA as the Guest of Honour.
Delivering the convocation address, Mukhi said,“In close to three decades IIT Guwahati has become known for its environment of academic experience in the entire country with its quality technical education. The Institution has produced globally competitive human resource and carried out research that is significantly benefited the society. This shows the social commitment of this Institute. The Alumni produced by IIT Guwahati comprise engineers, entrepreneurs, and technologists who have helped building new India.”
Presenting the Convocation Report, Director, IIT Guwahati, Prof. T. G. Sitharam said, “The faculty members, research staff and scholars are highly appreciated for their immense contribution to realize this rise in research citations and am hoping that we will continue this trend of improvement which has resulted in IIT Guwahati securing high rank in the recently announced QS Ranking 2023 where IIT Guwahati has secured 37th rank globally (41st in 2022) in the “Research Citations per Faculty’ category and rank 384 in World University Ranking globally.”
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