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‘Ensure new technologies are used for betterment of society, IIIT-D'
Director General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) N. Kalaiselvi has said that India had made significant achievements in the field of science and technology and called on the students particularly technical students to ensure that new technologies were put to use for the betterment of the society.
Delivering the convocation address at the seventh annual convocation of Indian Institute of Information technology(IIIT) in Dharwad on Friday, she said that engineering students should try to align themselves with the goals of 'Vikasit Bharat' by adapting to new and emerging technologies.
Ms. Kalaiselvi said that in the knowledge-driven era and only those possessing exquisite skills had a fare chance to excel and that was the reason why more emphasis was being laid on helping students acquire more skills. It was necessary for the students to adapt various skills along with achieving excellence in their academics to shape a better career.
Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIIT-Dharwad Shridhar Vembu asked the students to be cautious about the paradigm shift in Information Technology and all other areas due to advent of Artificial intelligence. Be vigilant and adaptable to newer technologies and challenges ahead, he said.
Referring to how handloom industry changed with the advent of powerlooms, he asked the IT professionals to consider the fact that once powerful coding machines arrived, there would be less demand for coding professionals and they would have to look for other alternatives.
Taking the example of a school being run in Tamil Nadu that helped students develop self confidence, self discovery and self respect, he called on the students to imbibe all these qualities to succeed in life.
Director of IIIT-Dharwad S.R. Mahadeva Prasanna provided a brief report of the achievements of the institute.
Gold medallists
During the convocation, topper of the institute, Amrit Anand from Department of ECE was honoured with the President of India Gold Medal and also Institute Gold medal.
Prerana Bhat from DSAI and Karthik Avinash from CSE was honoured with the Institute Gold Medals, Aarsh Desai with Director's Gold medal. Enduri Jahnvi was adjudged Best outgoing girl student.
In all 257 students including 132 students of Computer Science, 70 of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, 55 of Electronics and Communication Engineering were awarded degrees during the convocation.
