As many as 52,629 students of the Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela were conferred with degrees in different undergraduate, post-graduation and PhD courses on its 9th convocation held here on Thursday.
Apart from degrees, as many as 48 students of 2016-17 and 2017-18 batches were awarded gold medals.
The degrees were conferred by Vice Chancellor Chitta Ranjan Tripathy in the absence of Governor and Chancellor of Universities Ganeshi Lal, who could not arrive at Rourkela as his fight could not took off due to bad weather at Bhubaneswar.
“The BPUT has always been keen to promote research and extension of its activities in its constituent colleges and, therefore, stands committed to the pursuit of excellence and will continue to work towards its further growth and greater glory," said the VC.
Binay Kumar Das, Director, Defence Research and Development Organisation, ITR Chandipur, gracing as chief guest appealed to the students to chase their dreams and achieve success.
“Don't be afraid of failures, because it is first attempt of learning in regressive environment. No fight is over in the boxing ring when you fall down; it is over only when your refuse to get up,” Das said adding, “Knowledge and information are the common languages that connect us across disciplines and industries and across national borders.”