IIT-K celebrates 58th convocation
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Kanpur: The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT-Kanpur) celebrated its 58th Convocation Ceremony on its campus on Monday.
The ceremony was graced by Sanjay Malhotra, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and a distinguished alumnus of IIT Kanpur, as the chief guest.
Chairman, board of governors, IIT-K Dr Mahesh Gupta presided over the ceremony along with director of the institute prof Manindra Agrawal.
Held over two sessions, the convocation commenced with awarding of medals and degrees to the meritorious students. Later, in the second session degrees were conferred by departmental faculty.
Sanjay Malhotra, who completed his BTech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT-K in 1989, reflected on his return to his alma mater with pride and humility.
Addressing the graduating batch, he said, "It is a privilege to return to IIT-Kanpur after 36 years. Walking through the same corridors, reflecting on memories with my batchmates from 1985, and seeing the brilliance of today's students fills me with deep pride and nostalgia.
To all the graduating students and awardees, my heartfelt congratulations."
Prof Agrawal congratulated the students, saying, "The technology space is undergoing an exciting transition, giving rise to great opportunities for new discoveries and applications of relevance to the world in general and India in particular.
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I am sure that with your abilities and training, you will have a significant role to play in this transition. I wish you all the best for your future endeavours. May you find success, joy, and prosperity in life.
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Dr Mahesh Gupta extended his best wishes to the students and encouraged them to uphold IIT Kanpur's values of ethical leadership and lifelong learning.
This year's graduating cohort included 269 PhD recipients, 29 from the MTech-PhD Joint Degree Programme, 2 from the MDes-PhD Joint Degree, 2 from the MS (by Research)-PhD Joint Degree, 480 MTech graduates, 874 BTech, 204 BS, 194 MSc (2-year), 145 MBA, 20 MDes, 83 MS (by Research), 40 from PGPEX-VLFM, 26 Double Major, 93 Dual Degree, 26 MS-PD, and 361 students from the eMasters programme.
Additionally, 192 students graduated with one minor, 90 with two minors, 30 with three minors, 3 with four minors, and one student with an exceptional five minors.
The President's Gold Medal was awarded to Talin Gupta from the Computer Science and Engineering dept, Director's Gold Medal for 4-year UG programme was given to Dhruv Misra from Electrical Engineering, and the Director's Gold Medal for 5-year UG programme was awarded to Kalash Talati from Physics dept.
The Ratan Swarup Memorial Prize was conferred upon Varun Tokas from Computer Science and Engineering dept. The Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma Medal was awarded to Abhishek Kumar Yadav from the Department of Chemistry.
In addition to these top honours, 21 students were awarded the Outstanding PhD Thesis Award for their exceptional research contributions across departments including Aerospace Engineering, Biosciences and Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, Chemistry, Electrical Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences, Economics, Environmental Science, Mechanical Engineering, Mathematics, and Physics.
Continuing its ceremonial tradition, the convocation followed a traditional dress code. Male students wore cream-coloured kurtas with white pyjamas, while female students donned cream kurtas with white churidars or leggings, or sarees.
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