IIT Bhubaneswar Convocation: Know The B.Tech & M.Tech Toppers

Bhubaneswar: IIT Bhubaneswar is all set to host its 8th annual convocation on Saturday where the institute will confer degrees to 32 Ph.D scholars, 105 M.Tech, 67 M.Sc and 152 B.Tech students. The main attraction of the event will be the presence of ISRO Chairman K Sivan as the chief guest.

Addressing the media on the eve of the convocation ceremony, IIT Bhubaneswar Director R V Raja Kumar announced the names of the students who would be felicitated under different categories.

The President of India Gold Medal will be awarded to Shrohan Mohapatra of the Computer Science and Engineering for best academic performance among the entire outgoing B.Tech batch of students.

The Director’s Gold Medal will be awarded to Rahul Das of the School of Infrastructure for best academic performance among the entire outgoing M.Tech batch of students.

The Director’s Gold Medal will also be awarded to Anubhav Nath (Chemistry) of the School of Basic Sciences for best academic performance among the entire outgoing M.Sc. batch of students.

For the best academic performance in the respective schools, the Institute Silver Medals will be awarded to Shrohan Mohapatra, Gonuguntla Neeharika, Indira Singh Dhakar, Gaurav Vishal and Chaudhari Hrishikesh Umesh among the outgoing B.Tech batch of students.

For the best academic performance in the respective Schools, the Institute Silver Medals will be awarded to Rahul Das, Abhishek Parida, Srija Mukherjee, Ananta Dutta, P Abhishek and Spandan Dey among the outgoing M.Tech batch of students.

For the best academic performance in the respective Schools, the Institute Silver Medals will be awarded to Anubhav Nath, Sharmistha Dey, Kaushik Nageswar Jaiswal, Sujay Nandi among the outgoing M.Sc. batch of students.

Currently, the Institute has 2133 Students (B Tech 1037, B Tech & M Tech 312, M Tech 334, MSc 155, Ph.D 295) and 137 full-time faculty members. In addition, the Institute has 25 officers and about 81 supporting staff. At present, 7 academic schools are functioning in the campus. It offers B Tech, M.Tech, Dual Degree (B Tech + M Tech) and M.Sc programs respectively.