Hyderabad: The first batch of students who completed their Executive MTech and BTech in engineering physics graduated from the decade-old Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H) on Saturday.
Eight students were awarded dual BTech and MTech degrees. Of the 473 students who were awarded degrees, 84 were women. This was the sixth convocation of IIT-H.
IIT-H Director Prof. U.B. Desailly said, “With over 181 faculty members and 361 sponsored and consultancy projects, IIT-H is on its way to the top.” Mr B.V.R. Mohan Reddy, Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIT-H, told graduating students that entrepreneurship was the next big thing.
Prof. Jun Murai of Keio University, Japan, said the collaboration between the two countries regarding disaster management was a huge success, with inputs of the East Japan earthquake that killed 20,000 people. “We plan on continuing our collaboration with the institute for other projects.”
Ms Shobana Kamineni, executive vice chairperson of Apollo Hospitals, said, “By increasing industry in India, we can become the fourth largest economy in the world with five million jobs.” Of the 473 students who graduated this year, 201 were awarded BTech degrees, 141 MTech, 49 MSc, 20 Executive MTech, 14 MDes, seven MPhil, 40 PhD and one student was awarded an MS degree.
Mr Joshi Keyur Parag, Ms Trisha Bhattacharya and Mr Tiwari Vikas Ramgagya were awarded gold medals for securing highest cumulative gra-de average points in their respective courses and Mr Arjun V. Anand was awarded for excellence in academics and co-curricular activities.
Mr Ramgagya, son of a private taxi worker, said his journey to the IIT-H hadn't been easy and that he had made it due to his parents’ hard work. He planned to pursue his PhD in life science from National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru. Mr Anand, who led the IIT-H football team, intended to work for a few years before taking up re-search. Ms Bhattacharya from West Bengal, the only female gold medalist, was all set to pursue her PhD in IIT Bombay.
