IIT Bombay 60th Convocation: Interim session becomes first physical-mode event after lockdown
India Today
The IIT Bombay 60th convocation ceremony interim session, where 261 students were awarded degrees, was the first physical-mode held since the Covid-19 lockdown two years ago.
IIT Bombay awarded degrees to 261 students at the interim session of its 60th Convocation ceremony. This session was the first event that was held in physical presence of degree recipients, the guests and invitees at IIT Bombay since the lockdown two years ago.
The degrees were conferred upon those students who have completed all the requirements during the period from August 2021 to January 2022 and have requested for the degree to be awarded earlier than the 60th Convocation.
The function was presided by Padma Bhusan Dr. Krishna M. Ella, Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Biotech and inventor of Covaxin as the Chief Guest, in the presence of Dr. Pawan Goenka, Chairman of the Board of Governors, IIT Bombay and Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri, Director, IIT Bombay among others.
Apart from the students and faculty members of the Institute, the ceremony was attended by the families and friends of the students.
Addressing the graduates, Dr. Ella emphasized on the importance of clinical research, and asked the students, “to be an innovator and not copy, start with a startup and be a lifelong knowledge seeker, keen observer, and be passionate of solving societal problems”.
At the interim session of 60th convocation, 284 degrees were awarded, which include 189 PhD, 20 Dual Degrees [10 (Mtech+PhD) and 10 (Msc+PhD)] were awarded to 209 students.
In addition, 95 degrees including 29 BTech, 2 BDes, 1 BS, 10 MTech, 2 Mdes, 2 Mphil, 6 Msc, 5 Ms by Research, 7 PGDIIT, 6 DD (BTech+Mtech) and 5 (E-MBA) degrees were awarded to 68 students.
