IIIT Allahabad Convocation: 403 Students Given Degrees Online

K Sivan, the secretary of the Department of Space and Chairman of the Space Commission, emphasized the importance of the Gaganyaan programme, the indigenous mission that would Indian astronauts to space, saying that it will bolster science and technology in India.

Addressing the 15th convocation of the Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIIT Allahabad), Sivan stressed the importance of the Indian-crewed orbital spacecraft that will launch a manned mission to space, making India the fourth country to send a human to space.

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Sivan said that starting a space programme in India in the 1960s seemed absurd. However, Vikram Sarabhai had foreseen the potential of space technology in India. At a time when the world was using space to show their military might, Sarabhai had felt that space technology was the most suitable choice for fast-track development in India.

He added that allowing the private sector, startups and academia to undertake space missions helped to add innovation and technical diversity to the space industry.

403 students were awarded degrees at the convocation, and 23 medals were given away to meritorious students. Ten research scholars were awarded PhD degrees.

Of the 196 students who had opted for campus placement support, 191 had been already placed. 83 companies had visited the campus. Offering an average salary package of 2.25 million INR per year.

Vaibhav Srivastava was awarded the Chairman’s Gold Medal for 2020 for his outstanding performance in B.Tech (IT). Shivam Fialok and Simran Gill were awarded Silver and Bronze medals, respectively. In B.Tech (ECE), Shravya Pandey, Srishti Agrawal and Gauranshi Nili were awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, respectively.

The DR. TCM Pillay Memorial Gold medal was awarded to Garima Chadha for B.Tech (IT), while the Nobel Laureate Professor Claude Cohen Tannoudji Gold medal was given to Tanya Agarwal. Niharika Shrivastava won the Professor Dr Ing Mathias Kleiner Gold medal for B.Tech, while M.Tech Bio-informatics student Shivani Gupta won the Professor Joelle Cohen Tannoudji Gold medal.

Outstation guests, students and members of various bodies including the board of governors attended the event online, while those who were on the campus attended it physically while observing social distancing norms.