IIT Delhi Celebrates 50th Convocation Ceremony: 2,042 Students Graduate

On 2nd November 2019, the students of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, along with their faculty celebrated the 50th Convocation Ceremony. The Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), K Sivan, was called on to be the chief guest for the convocation ceremony. To mark the milestone, the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi released a commemorative stamp and a special cover as well.

During the IIT Delhi 50th convocation ceremony, a total of 2042 students graduated Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes from the Institute, with 825 students graduating undergraduate programmes while 1,217 graduated postgraduate programmes.

The IIT Delhi Convocation Ceremony 2019 also saw a host of students being awarded Gold and Silver Medals. Several distinguished guests and entrepreneurs were also awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award and Distinguished Alumni Service Award.

Highlights of IIT Delhi 50th Convocation Ceremony

Here are the highlights of the IIT Delhi 50th Convocation Ceremony that was conducted on 2nd November 2019. Check out the list of students who have been awarded their degrees in the different undergraduate and postgraduate programme at the 50th IIT Delhi Convocation ceremony.

Undergraduate Degree Awarded at IIT Delhi Convocation Ceremony 2019

Postgraduate Degree Awarded at IIT Delhi 50th Convocation Ceremony

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IIT Delhi 50th Convocation Ceremony Medallists

In this year’s Convocation Ceremony, which is the Golden Jubilee ceremony for the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, many students, who had achieved the highest ranks in their respective fields were also awarded Gold and Silver Medals.

Here are IIT Delhi 2019 Convocation Ceremony Gold Medallists:

• Kacham Praneeth (B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering) - President’s Gold Medal

• Mallika Singh (B.Tech in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology) - Director’s Gold Medal

• Himakshi Barsiwal (M.Tech in Chemical Engineering) - Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal

These are some of the Gold Medallists that have been awarded various Gold Medals. IIT Delhi also awarded Gold Medals for Perfect Tens during the 50th IIT Delhi Convocation Ceremony. Here are the students who had been awarded the Perfect 10 Gold Medals this year.

• Mr Arka Mukherjee - MS (Research) in Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology and Management

• Ms Ankita Pramanick - M.Tech in Fibre Science and Technology

• Mr Deepesh Kumar Gautam - M.Tech in Industrial Tribology and Maintenance Engineering

• Ms Diksha Gupta - M.Tech in Water Resources Engineering

IIT Delhi also awarded the students with Silver Medals during the 50th Convocation Ceremony at the Institute. Along with these medals, the Institute also awarded Distinguished Alumni Award 2019 and Distinguished Alumni Service Award 2019. Here is the list of awardees for the awards.

Distinguished Alumni Award 2019

At the 50th Convocation Ceremony, IIT Delhi also awarded the Distinguished Alumni Awards 2019 various head of different companies who have contributed significantly in different areas. The list includes;

• Dr Mohit Aron - CEO and Founder of Cohesity - For his contributions in Entrepreneurship

• Professor Srinivasan Keshav - Cheriton School of Computer Science (University of Waterloo) - For his outstanding contributions teaching and research

• Binny Bansal - Co-Founder of Flipkart - For His Contributions in entrepreneurship

Distinguished Alumni Service Award 2019

IIT Delhi also awarded the Distinguished Alumni Service award to several high ranking officials from different organisations that have made considerable contributions towards the development of the Institute. The awardees are as follows:

• Amarjit Singh Bakshi, Managing Director and Chairman of Bakshi Group

• Arun Duggal Chairman of ICRA Ltd., Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited and International Asset Reconstruction Company.

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At the 50th IIT Delhi Convocation, ISRO Chairman, K Sivan and the Director of IIT Delhi took the opportunity to announce a partnership, that will facilitate the establishment of a Space Technology Cell at the campus. Through the Cell, both IIT Delhi and ISRO plan to enhance the research collaborations. IIT Delhi aims to work on projects with the ISRO to promote and increase the research undertaken in the area of space technology.