A total of 2,573 students graduated during the 60th convocation of Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), which was held in the campus on July 22. As many as 2,746 degrees (including Joint and Dual Degrees) were awarded to the students on the occasion.
The convocation is being held in the backdrop of a historic development – IIT Madras launching the first-ever international campus, an IIT in Tanzania-Zanzibar.
A total of 453 PhDs were awarded, which included PhDs, Joint Degree Ph.Ds with foreign institutions and Dual Degree PhDs.
The chief guest was Justice Dr.Dhananjaya Y.Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India. Dr.Pawan Goenka, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Madras, presided over the convocation in the presence of Prof.V.Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, faculty, staff and students.
Total degrees awarded were: 2,573 graduates including 675 B.Tech (of whom 36 with Honours), 407 Dual Degree (B.Tech and M.Tech), 442 M.Tech, 147 M.Sc, 46 M.A, 49 Executive MBA, 67 MBA, 200 M.S, 453 PhD (including 19 joint degrees with universities in foreign countries including Australia, Singapore, France and Germany) and 70 web-enabled M.Tech for executives.
The top medal winners are:
- President of India prize (For the highest CGPA amongst B.Tech and Dual Degree) and the Bharat Ratna M Visvesvaraya Memorial Prize (B.Tech student with the best academic record): Sai Gautham Ravipati (B.Tech – Electrical Engineering);
- Sri V Srinivasan Memorial Prize (For the highest CGPA in Dual Degree): Neha Swaminathan (Dual Degree – Biological Engineering);
- Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Prize (For the best all round proficiency in curricular & extra- curricular activities in B.Tech): Shatakshi Sarangi (B.Tech – Mechanical engineering);
- Governor’s prize (For the best all round proficiency in curricular & extra- curricular activities in Dual Degree): S.Prahalad (Dual Degree – Biological Engineering).
