Dreams of getting their graduation degrees finally came true for 1,106 students of Indian School of Mines (ISM) on Saturday. Many of them received Gold Medals from the President of India Pranab Mukherjee and later certificates at 36 annual convocation programme at Dhanbad on Saturday.
The President arrived at ISM campus around 3.05 pm and stayed till 4.30 pm. He handed over medals and degrees to the students and later addressed to the gatherings.Top three students received gold medals from the President, while the remaining was feted by other distinguished dignitaries.“My dream came true. It was a great moment for me when the President of India handed over me a Gold Medal, said Siddhanta Sankar Batshas, a Petroleum Engineering Graduate.
Now I really realised that “Hard labour did not go waste”, added Siddhanta.Shivani of Mineral Engineering said, “It’s an unforgettable moment in my life. The clapping sound that I heard while receiving the medal made me feel that I had achieved the first big milestone in my life.”Rahul Talreja, (Mining Engineering) said that he had no words to express his feeling. “I am just very happy to get the medal from the President,” said.
While SBI’s Best Researcher Award went to Professor D C Panigrahi and Dr Dheeraj Kumar from Department of Mining Engineering, ISMAA award for guiding maximum Research Scholars was given to Professor Gurdeep Singh of Department of Environmental Science and Engineering. Awards galore for ISM students.