The 54th Convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) was held on the campus. 2515 students were awarded the degrees on successful completion of their academic programmes.

Dr. Rajendra Singh, Chairman, Tarun Bharat Sangh and winner of Stockholm Water Prize 2015, was the Chief Guest for the occasion and he delivered the Convocation Address.

Dr. Christine Nixon, Deputy Chancellor, Monash University, Australia, members of Board of Governors and several other distinguished guests from India and abroad attended the Convocation function, besides the graduating students and their proud parents.

Gold Medalists

3 students were presented the Gold medals for their exemplary performance. The ‘President of India Medal’ was bestowed on Vikranth Dwaracherla Reddy, a student from the Department of Electrical Engineering.

The ‘Institute Gold Medal’ was awarded to Sukanya Patil Vijaysing, a student from the Department of Electrical Engineering.

The ‘Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal’ was conferred on Karan Gupta, a student from the Department of Civil Engineering. Additionally, more students were presented with gold medals sponsored by donors.

The Convocation also witnessed the ‘Lifetime Achievement Award 2015-16’ of IIT Bombay being bestowed on Prof. R.K. Malik from Department of Chemical Engineering, in recognition of his contributions to the Institute.

29 research scholars were selected for the 'Award of Excellence in PhD Thesis' for the year 2016. In addition, 16 joint PhD degrees, in association with Monash University, were also conferred by the Deputy Chancellor of Monash University Dr. Christine Nixon, present on the occasion.

6 M.Sc (by Research), 14 Dual Degree (M.Sc.+M.Tech.), 6 Dual Degree (M.Sc.+M.Phil.), 626 M.Tech., 56 M.Des., 14 M.Phil., 115 M.Mgt., 201 two-year M.Sc., 22 five-year integrated M.Sc., 508 Dual Degree (B.Tech. + M.Tech.), 586 B.Tech Degrees, and 14 PGDIIT, Degrees, were awarded at the Convocation.