The Indian Institute of Expertise Kanpur (IITK) celebrated its 57th convocation, conferring levels on 2,332 graduates throughout varied disciplines.
Based on a press launch by IIT Kanpur, the occasion was performed in two classes with the primary opening ceremony held in IITK’s regal Principal Auditorium. Prof Jayathi Y Murthy, President of Oregon State College, USA, and an IITK alumna was the chief visitor, whereas Dr Mahesh Gupta, Board of Governors (BoG), IIT Kanpur, and Prof. Manindra Agrawal, Director, IIT Kanpur presided over the convocation.
The convocation had 2,332 graduates throughout varied disciplines, together with 226 PhD recipients, 457 MTech recipients, 842 BTech recipients, 165 MSc (2-year) recipients, 36 MBA recipients, 12 MTech-PhD (Joint Diploma) recipients, 1 MDes (Joint Diploma) recipient, 17 MDes recipients, 77 MS (by Analysis) recipients, 40 PGPEX-VLFM recipients, 26 Double Main recipients, 89 Twin Diploma recipients, 14 MS-PD (MS a part of the Twin Diploma) recipients, 125 BS recipients, and 205 eMasters diploma applications recipients, knowledgeable IITK.
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“ The world will give you competing narratives about who you might be and what you are price. It is in your energy to decide on the narrative of your life and to write down your individual story. Regardless of the challenges, I’ve seen my friends, particularly the ladies of IIT Kanpur, create their very own paths and succeed in opposition to the percentages. So, select your story correctly. Keep in mind, nothing is ever the tip. There’s all the time a approach ahead. You’ve learnt methods to make a dwelling. Now learn to dwell your life. Dwell deeply, dwell passionately, and dwell nicely,” stated Prof Jayathi Y Murthy.
Kunwar Preet Singh (Laptop Science & Engineering) was awarded the distinguished President’s Gold Medal, Viplav Patel (Chemical Engineering-Electrical Engineering) and Sarthak Kohli (Laptop Science & Engineering) obtained the Director’s Gold Medals for excellent all-round achievement and management within the 5-year and 4-year undergraduate applications, respectively. The Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma Medal for greatest all-round efficiency was offered to Garima Bawa (Physics), and Tejas Ramakrishnan (Laptop Science & Engineering) was awarded the distinguished Ratan Swarup Memorial Prize, talked about the official press launch.
The convocation additionally recognised college students who excelled in varied domains by awarding proficiency medals and the IIT Kanpur Excellence Awards for contributions in Neighborhood Providers, Management in Pupil Affairs, and Artwork & Cultural Actions, knowledgeable IITK.
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