1,026 NIT students conferred degrees

Hamirpur, January 18

As many as 1,026 students of the National Institute of Technology were conferred degrees during the 11th convocation held online here today. Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ awarded the degrees during the online event. Anurag Singh Thakur, Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, also participated. Pokhriyal advised students be innovative and focus on patents instead of pay packages.

Anurag Thakur said graduating engineers should become the torch-bearers in transforming India towards a knowledge-driven economy. As many as 1,026 students were awarded degrees, including 24 PhD degrees, 350 post-graduate and 652 graduation degrees. Nine gold and nine silver medals were conferred on outstanding students. One student, Krishana Mehre of Computer Science Engineering, was awarded the Director’s Medal.

The nine gold medallists are Sajid Mannan, Vaibhav Dwivedi, Garvit Gupta, Astha Agarwal, Animesh Srivastava, Krishna Mehra, Nimit Bhardwaj, Ravindra Singh and Nalini Sharma. — OC