397 students graduate at 11th convocation of IIT Gandhinagar
India Today
In a total, 35 students received 50 medals, including 33 gold medals and 17 silver medals for outstanding academic performances and other proficiencies.
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) hosted its 11th convocation by conferring degrees to a total of 397 students in an offline ceremony on the campus.
The Institute awarded degrees to 179 BTech students, 4 Dual Major BTech students, 1 BTech-MTech Dual Degree student, 3 BSc in Engineering students, 43 MTech students, 105 MSc students, 20 MA students, 39 PhD students, and 3 PGDIIT students.
This year, 35 students received 50 medals; 33 gold medals, and 17 silver medals for excellence in various categories, such as academics, outstanding research, innovation, social service, sports, arts and culture, and so on.
This year, 12 students from the class of 2022 have completed their BTech in fewer semesters than the usual eight semesters.
Dr Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan, Former Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India, graced the occasion as Chief Guest.
In his brief yet motivating Convocation address to the graduating students, Dr Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan urged the students to solve the challenges the world is facing in this era, including climate change, environmental degradation, energy needs, and pandemic, among others.
Further in his address, VijayRaghavan said, “One of the most important learning one gets at the university is creating an environment of curiosity and investigation. As you move ahead in your life, it is important to realise that only the combination of interaction between people who are good in studies and the ones who are not so good in studies but other activities would allow the world to do well and come up with solutions".
