- 397 students graduate at 11th Convocation of IITGN
- Total 35 students received 50 medals, including 33 gold medals and 17 silver medals, for outstanding academic performances and other proficiencies
- 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: Former Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India.
- What you learnt at this institute is only the beginning of the learning process, and this has to go on further with the same vigour and determination, and indeed extended to several new dimensions so that you can gain success and serve the society at large: Prof Amit Prashant, Officiating Director, IITGN
The programme commenced with the distribution of degrees and medals to the students; address by Prof @AmitPrashant2, Officiating Director, IITGN; and later on, an address by Dr @kvijayraghavan, Former Principal Scientific Adviser, GoI, who graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. pic.twitter.com/2X2IdUctbq
— IIT Gandhinagar (@iitgn) July 30, 2022
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GANDHINAGAR, JULY 30
Former Principal Scientific Adviser to Government of India Dr Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan ignited the minds of IITGN students to solve the challenges the world is facing in this era, including climate change, environmental degradation, energy needs, and pandemic, among others.
In his convocation address to the graduating students of the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar on Saturday, 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.
Exhorting the young graduates to spare some time in their everyday lives to think and work towards some of such tasks, which may not feel urgent, but are important in the long run, he said, “The frenzy and crisis of today’s challenges give us not too much of time to think what is probably important, but not necessarily urgent. So we must partition some time in our day, week, or month, and in our conversations, to deal with such matters. You can think and work on ideas such as how our brain develops, how this consciousness comes about, what are futuristic sources of energy, and so on. Dialogues on these kinds of important issues and the learning from them will allow us to attend to the urgent challenges of tomorrow. For example, how does brain development function? How does consciousness come about? In mathematics, is there a general solution for the Navier-Stokes equation? What is the most exciting problem in material science which you can attend to today, for which there may not be an obvious application? What are the futuristic sources of energy? These are important problems because even though they may not be urgent today, the learnings from them will allow you to attend to urgent problems later on.”
Further in his address Dr 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. And I think you are provided with many such opportunities at IITGN. I am sure you all will go ahead and make IITGN and the country very proud of you.”
” What penance the father ( parents ) had done to beget him “-Saint Thiruvalluvar in Thirukkural-NE photo
The Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) hosted its 11th Convocation on Saturday by conferring degrees to a total of 397 students in an offline ceremony on the campus.
Young achiever bags 5 medals, including 3 golds
Three students – Kushagra Sharma (BTech), Solanki Hiren Rajeshbhai (MTech), and Apoorva Sharma (MSc and MA) – have bagged the President’s Gold Medal. Apoorva Sharma has also bagged the Institute Gold Medal (Cognitive Science, MSc). Sharma has dedicated her medals to her parents and the mentors at IITGN.
Chris Francis, a BTech CSE student, hailing from Thrissur in Kerala fared extremely well by bagging a total of five medals of which three are gold and two silver. He said he would be pursuing his masters in University of California at San Diego in the US. After completing his MS, Chris would like to work there for some time and comeback to the country.
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 & culture, and so on. This year, 12 students from the class of 2022 have completed their BTech in less semesters than the usual eight semesters.
Total 15% of students from this graduating batch are expected to go for further studies and 21% of the graduating BTech students have opted to pursue higher studies.
Earlier to the Chief Guest’s address, Prof Amit Prashant, Officiating Director, IITGN, congratulated the graduating students and medal winners and gave a brief overview of the Institute’s activities and achievements during the year. He highlighted a number of innovative steps by the Institute on the academic front, including the inauguration of Maker Bhavan to nurture innovative thinking and hands-on learning among students; setting up a Curiosity Lab that promotes research and outreach initiatives on Curiosity; introduction of the Director’s PhD Fellowship; opening up of admission to dual degree programmes in Computer Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering from the academic year 2022-23; among others. In another path-breaking initiative, IITGN will now be providing an avenue for direct admission into our BTech programs without the need for appearing in JEE to those students who are selected for training camps of select International Olympiads.
Faculty startup policy takes off smoothly
Elaborating on the comprehensive faculty Startup Policy approved by Institute, Prof Prashant said, “IITGN has always nurtured an environment for innovation and enterprise; the faculty startup policy is aimed at encouraging and supporting faculty startups. One of the faculty members of IITGN, Prof Atul Bhargav has incorporated a company (a first faculty startup), which is being incubated at IIEC. The company has already received a commitment of investment from an Angel Investor. Another faculty member, Prof Sivapriya Kirubakaran received Biotech Ignition Grant (BIG) of Rs 50 Lakh for developing proof of concept for her Idea. She is also granted approval to incorporate her startup.”
In his congratulatory remarks for all the degree recipients and medal winners, Prof Amit Prashant, said, “The batch graduating today experienced difficult and life-changing experiences of COVID-19 Pandemic, but this early learning, I believe, has equipped you better to face the challenges of life. What you learnt at this institute is only the beginning of the learning process, and this has to go on further with the same vigour and determination, and indeed extended to several new dimensions so that you can gain success and serve the society at large.”
