Bhubaneswar: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar is all set to celebrate its 12th and 13th Combined Convocation on Saturday.
Prof. Shreepad Karmalkar, Director, IIT Bhubaneswar, told media persons on Friday that union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan will deliver the Convocation address as chief guest. Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Advisor, Govt. of India; Dr. Ajit Kumar Mohanty, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Dept. of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India and Prof. Abhay Karandikar Secretary, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India will be the guests of honours.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad Singh, Chairman, Board of Governors (BoG), IIT Bhubaneswar will preside over the Convocation. Prof. Shreepad Karmalkar, Director, IIT Bhubaneswar will present the Convocation report and award the degrees to the students.
During this Convocation, the Institute will confer degrees on 1388 students for the academic years 2022-23 and 2023-24. Out of these students, 8% are PhD, 19% M.Tech, 14% M.Sc, 14% Dual degree (B.Tech and M.Tech) and 45% B.Tech. The following awards will be handed over to the best performing students during the convocation. President of India Gold Medal: 2022-23: Shri Harsh Singh Jadon of the Computer Science and Engineering for the best academic performance among all the B.Tech students 2023-24: Shri Arnav Kumar Behera of the Computer Science and Engineering among all the B.Tech of students. Director’s Gold Medals for Best Academic Performances Dual Degree (B. Tech and M. Tech): 2022-23: Shri Manish Kausik H of Computer Science and Engineering branch 2023-24: Shri Subhajit Banerjee of the Civil Engineering branch M. Tech: 2022-23: Ms. Prasadinee Maharana of the Metallurgical & Materials Engineering discipline 2023-24: Shri Prateek Goswami of the Structural Engineering discipline M.Sc.: 2022-23: Shri Anantha Krishna B of Mathematics 2023-24: Shri Colin Jacob of Physics Institute Silver Medals for Best Academic Performances in different branches: B.Tech.: 2022-23: Ms. Jeetika Patangia, Shri Harsh Singh Jadon, Shri Prajwal Kumar Sahu, Shri Alahari Sai Nagamanu, Shri Cheekala Sashank and Shri Gaurav Baradwaj S. K. 2023-24: Ms. Perisetti Sree Sravya, Shri Arav Kumar Behera, Shri Sambit Pal, Shri Aarsh Pandey, Shri Kanhu Charan Pradhan and Shri Naini Kamal Dual Degree: 2022-23: Shri Priyansh Kumar Nigam, Shri Manish Kausik H., Shri Kartik Tewari and Ms. Pushadapu Susmitha 2023-24: Shri Sushant Kumar, Ms. Sidharthenee Nayak, Shri Arka Pal and Shri Subhajit
