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The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras today held its 60th convocation. A total of 2,573 students graduated from the institute and 2,746 degrees (including joint and dual degrees) were awarded to students.
Out of the total 2,573 students who graduated, 675 received BTech (including 36 with honours), 407 dual degrees (BTech and MTech) were awarded. A total of 422 MTech, 147 MSc, 46 MA, 49 executive MBA, 67 MBA, 200 MS, 453 PhD and 70 web-enabled MTech degrees for executives were awarded. Out of the 453 PhDs awarded, 19 were joint degrees with universities in Australia, Singapore, France and Germany.
Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud was the chief guest for the ceremony. He congratulated the students and the institute on their achievements and said, “students who have graduated from his hallowed university and made not only our nation but the world a better place.”
Four students received medals for their outstanding performance. The students are— Sai Gautham Ravipati (BTech in Electrical Engineering) has been awarded President of India prize for the highest CGPA amongst BTech and dual degree and Bharat Ratna M Visvesvaraya Memorial Prize, Neha Swaminathan (BTech and MTech in Biological Engineering) was awarded Sri V Srinivasan Memorial Prize for highest CGPA in dual degree, Shatakshi Sarangi (BTech in Mechanical Engineering) won the Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma Prize for best all round proficiency in curricular and extracurricular activities in BTech and S Prahalad (BTech and MTech in Biological Engineering) received Governor’s Prize for best all round proficiency in curricular and extracurricular activities in dual degree.
