BKIT Bhalki bags top ranks in VTU final year engineering results
While Prajwal secured the first rank in the Chemical Engineering stream, Yogiraj earned the fourth rank in the same department. Vaishnavi secured the first rank in the Robotics & Artificial Intelligence (R&AI) stream. Prajwal and Vaishnavi have been awarded gold medals by the university for their outstanding academic performance.
Forest Minister Minister and Chairman of SVE Society, Bhalki, Eshwar Khandre, and Lok Sabha Member from Bidar and Secretary of SVE Society expressed their delight at the students' exceptional performance. They congratulated the achivers and wished them success in their future endeavours.
'He noted that the students' achievement would serve as an inspiration to others and bring further academic motivation across the institution,' Mr. Sagar said in a media note on Wednesday.
Congratulated the rank holders, BKIT Principal Udaykumar Kalyane attributed the success to the students' hard work and unwavering guidance and commitment of the institute's faculty.
Heads of Departments, M. A. Devani (Chemical Engineering) and B. M. Patil (Robotics & AI), also commended the students, appreciating their role in bringing recognition and prestige to their respective departments and the institute as a whole.
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