President Ram Nath Kovind would grace as chief guest at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar’s 6th convocation to be held in its campus at Argul on Sunday, informed institute Director Prof RV Raja Kumar at a Press meet here on Saturday.
Kumar said Governor Dr SC Jamir, Union Petroleum and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development (HRD) Dr Satya Pal Singh would also grace as guests.
Board of Governors’ Chairman Pankaj Ramanbhai Patel would preside over the meeting and Director Prof RV Raja Kumar would award the degrees to the successful students.
Kumar said the visit of Kovind would not only inspire the young graduates but also recharge everyone at IIT Bhubaneswar to work hard towards fulfilling the mission.
In the convocation, 14 PhD, 60 MTech, 71 MSc and 150 BTech students would be conferred certificates. The President of India Gold Medal would be awarded to Kamal Nayan Reddy Challa of the School of Electrical Sciences for the best academic performance among the entire outgoing BTech students.
The Director’s Gold Medal will be awarded to Rishav Goyal and Partha Sarathi Jena of the School of Earth, Ocean and Climate Sciences for best academic performance among the entire outgoing MTech and MSc batches of students, respectively.
For the best academic performance in the respective schools, the silver medals will be awarded to Kamal Nayan Reddy Challa, Vishwas Chandra Khan, Yogendra Singh Patel, Harleen Hanspal, Rishav Goyal, Nikita Trivedi, M Naresh, Suryakant Kumar, Partha Sarathi Jena, Pijush Chakraborty, Priyanka Mishra and Smita Chakraborty among the outgoing batches of students.
Kumar mentioned that currently the institute has 1466 students, 123 full-time faculty members including three foreign faculties.
He also said the institute has already finished its initial requisite infrastructure and has begun Phase II construction of various academic units, hostels, lecture hall complex, auditorium and quarters to be completed by March, 2019 to accommodate more than 3,000 students in the next five years.