Hi I would like to have the details of the 53rd Convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) and the students who received the Presidents Gold Medal?

The 53rd Convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) was held on campus with lot of fan and enthusiasm on eighth August 2015.

Mr. Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, was the Chief Guest for the event and he conveyed the Convocation Address.

The graduating understudies this year incorporate 230 Ph.Ds, 12 Dual Degree (M.Tech. + Ph.D.) and 8 Dual Degree (M.Sc. + Ph.D.)), which is the most astounding number of doctoral understudies being recompensed their degrees at a Convocation ever, ever. Out of these 29 Research Scholars were chosen for the 'Grant of Excellence in Ph.D. Proposition's for the year 2015, when contrasted with 27 honors in the year 2014 and 25 recompenses in the year 2013. Also, 16 joint Ph.D. degrees, in relationship with Monash University, were likewise given by the Deputy Chancellor of Monash University, Prof. Yehudi Blacher, present on the event.

Other than these, 18 M.Phil., 620 M.Tech., 79 M. Mgmt., 61 M.Des., 271 five-year B.Tech.+M.Tech (Dual Degree), 6 PGDIIT, 24 five-year incorporated M.Sc., 194 two-year M.Sc. what's more, 559 B.Tech. Degrees, were granted at the Convocation.

President's Gold Medal/Institute Gold Medal

No. of awards: 1 from the going out UG B.Tech and DD clump of understudies (not 1 for each)

Criteria: The aggregate evaluation focuses for every one of the courses taken till the end of eighth sem are numbered, i.e. Aggregate of all (credits x grade), including minor, respects and extra learning courses.

If there should be an occurrence of a tie, understudy who has earned the distinctions will be favoured.

Just understudies who have finished their system - B.Tech/DD/5 Yr. Int. M.Sc. without under-stacking in any semester or coming up short in any credit conveying course required for the degree will be viewed as qualified for the honor of awards. Here under-stacking suggests enrolling for number of credits which is not as much as that recommended by the division for the specific semester.

three understudies were introduced the Gold decorations for their excellent execution. The 'President of India Medal' was presented on Mr. Ashwin R., B.Tech. understudy from the Department of Aerospace Engineering. The 'Foundation Gold Medal' was recompensed to Mr. S.Vignesh, Dual Degree understudy from the Department of Electrical Engineering and the 'Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal' was given on Mr. Pravesh Vijay Kochar, B.Tech. Understudy from the Department of Electrical Engineering.