The Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) will hold its 6th Convocation here on Wednesday.
Chancellor of universities and Governor Dr SC Jamir will preside over the function while All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) Chairman Prof SS Mantha will deliver the convocation address as the chief guest.
On this occasion, eight students will be conferred on PhDs while 17 students will receive gold medals in different streams. Three gold medals will be given to toppers in BTech, BPharma and MTech subjects in memory of Arjun Bhuyan, Dillip Kumar Santra and Bhubanananda Das, respectively.
Besides, all the 38,295 students would be awarded degree certificates for the academic sessions 2011-12 and 2012-13, informed BPUT Registrar Dr MR Nayak.