IIT Madras convocation held virtually
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This yr noticed the very best variety of Ph.Ds awarded in an educational yr.
The 57th convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras was held on-line with 2,346 levels, together with 353 Ph.Ds, being awarded.
Pawan Goenka, chairman, Board of Governors of the Institute, mentioned the scholars have been graduating from an establishment that had been ranked first for 5 consecutive years which mirrored “the collective commitment of our faculty, administration, staff and students.” He urged the graduands to resume their zeal to work in the direction of the imaginative and prescient of a contemporary India as was envisaged when the IITs have been established post-Independence.
Institute director Bhaskat Ramamurhi awarded the levels virtually. This yr noticed the very best variety of Ph.Ds awarded in an educational yr. The director mentioned the institute’s analysis acumen grew within the final 5 years. “We filed for 191 patents during the year of which 62 are international filings, and were granted 58,” he mentioned.
The President of India Prize for the very best CGPA in B.Tech and Dual Degree went to Rajat Vadiraj Dwaraknath. The Bharat Ratna M Visvesvaraya Memorial Prize For the very best CGPA in B.Tech went to Alfred Festus Davidsonn.
Arvind Pujari received the Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Prize for the most effective all spherical proficiency in curricular and extra-curricular actions in B.Tech. The Governor’s Prize for the most effective all spherical proficiency in curricular and extra- curricular actions in B.Tech and Dual Degree went to Hari Ramachandran.
Nobel laureate and Chancellor’s chair of Theoretical Physics on the University of California David J Gross addressed the convocation held on Sunday night.
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