This year, as many as 215 students of the IIT Bhubaneswar would receive degrees during its fourth convocation to be held on Saturday. They include 109 BTech, 44 MTech, 12 PhD and 50 MSc students.
Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani would attend the convocation as chief guest. Chairman of Board of Governors (IIT Bhubaneswar) SN Roongta would also grace the occasion.
While the President’s gold medal would be awarded to Sushant Sachan of the School of Mechanical Sciences for the best academic performance among the entire outgoing BTech batch, the Director’s gold medal would be awarded to Pratik Nayak of the School of Infrastructure for the MTech batch. Pratik Nayak, Pothapakuta Praveen Kumar, Shri Chandradhar and lochana Kumar Malla would be awarded silver medals for the best academic performance among the outgoing MTech batch.
For the best performance among the outgoing BTech (Hons) batch, silver medals would be given to Soubhagya Kumar Kar, Sairam Venkatesh and Sushant Sachan.
Similarly, for the best academic performance for the outgoing MSc batch silver medals would be given to Arjit Mitry, Soumita Boral, Anudeep Nain and Amrita Purksyastha, said IIT Bhubaneswar Director RV Rajakumar.