President Draupadi Murmu will attend the second convocation ceremony of the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Ranchi and the inauguration of the new High Court building of Jharkhand. The second convocation of IIIT is to be held on May 25. Before this the new High Court building will be inaugurated on 24th May. For this approval has been received from Rashtrapati Bhavan. About 120 students of BTech and MTech 2019-23 will receive degrees in the ceremony. Medals will be given to the toppers of the subjects by the hand of the President in the ceremony. According to the information, this convocation ceremony was earlier to be held in June. But, in view of the President's visit to Jharkhand in May, it has been done earlier.
One gold medal and one silver medal each will be given to the toppers of B.Tech's two branches Computer Science and Engineering and Electrical and Communication Engineering at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (Triple IT) convocation. At the same time, one gold medal each will be distributed among the toppers of MTech two branches - Computer Science and Engineering with specialization in Artificial Intelligence and ECC with specialization in Embedded Sister and IoT. Apart from this, a Best Girl Student Medal, an Institute Medal and a Best Student Shield will also be given at the ceremony.
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Ranchi (IIIT Ranchi), is one of the Indian Institutes of Information Technology, a group of 25 Interdisciplinary Technical Universities of higher education started by the Government of India, focused on Information Technology.
NIT Jamshedpur stands as the mentor Institute of IIIT Ranchi and the Institute is currently running from a temporary independent campus at Namkum, Ranchi, allotted by the Government of Jharkhand. The Institute's main campus of 52 acres has been allotted at Kanke, Ranchi.
According to the information, President Draupadi Murmu will attend the convocation ceremony as well as the inauguration ceremony of the new building of Jharkhand High Court on May 24. Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice DY Chandrachud and Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju are also expected to attend the event. It is being said that the new green building of the High Court is spread over 72 acres. It is about three and a half times bigger than the Supreme Court. The main building of the Supreme Court is spread over about 17 acres.