New Delhi: As many as 1,962 students graduated in the 58th Convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras) which was organised virtually on Saturday, November 20.
The IIT-Madras awarded 392 PhDs, the highest number of PhDs offered in an academic year. The students were awarded 2,425 degrees (including Joint and Dual Degrees).
“During this Convocation, professor Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras, awarded degrees virtually to 1,962 graduands including 399 B Tech (of whom 24 with Honours), 379 Dual Degree B Tech and M Tech, 366 MTech, 139 M Sc, 44 M A, 42 Executive MBA, 61 MBA of whom one is jointly with the University of Passau in Germany, 148 MS, 311 PhD and 72 Web-enabled M Tech (including the first batch of 23 students in Information Security and 28 students in Automotive Technology) for executives. The above PhD numbers also include 6 joint degrees with Universities in Australia – one each with Curtin, Deakin and Swinburne Universities and three with University of Technology,” IIT-Madras said in an official statement.
Olympic Medallist and Badminton World Champion PV Sindhu attended the IIT-Madras Convocation 2021 as the chief guest.
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