3,000 students awarded degrees at 37th convocation of Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

NEW DELHI: Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology Patiala awarded 3,039 degrees to students at the 37th convocation ceremony. The university awarded medals to 41 students for their outstanding and meritorious academic, scholastic and all-around performance.

A total of 2,406 BE, BTech, BBA and BA, 26 BEMBA, 102 PhD, 152 ME and MTech, 81 MSc, 50 MCA, 31 MA, 188 MBA, 2 BSc and 1 PG diploma students were awarded degrees.

Snehil Mittal, a final year BE and BTech student who received a CGPA of 9.98, received the Presidents’ medal for the academic year 2022-2023. Mittal was the recipient of the V Rajaraman Computer Science and Engineering Award for the year 2022-2023.

Jappreet Kaur was awarded with the S Ranbir Singh gold medal as the All Round Best Student for the year 2022-2023. Puneet Singh was presented with the S Ram S Sidhu Memorial Medal for the year 2022-2023.

Padmakumar Nair, director of Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology Patiala, congratulated the students and delivered the institute's annual report.

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Meeta Rajivlochan, secretary of the ministry of youth affairs and sports was the guest of honour at the convocation. Tarun Kapoor and Robin Raina, students of 1979-83 and 1985-90 batch, were awarded distinguished alumni awards.

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Nair said, “TIET continues to be ranked high in all global and Indian rankings especially in the subject rankings for computer science and engineering. We continue to hold our high Indian rank as reflected in the 2023 NIRF Rankings where we were placed at the 20th position amongst the top engineering institutions in the country. We were ranked 22nd among all Universities in India.”

Rajeev Ranjan Vederah, chairman of the board of governors of TIET Patiala, said, “The institute is undoubtedly one of the most sought after engineering university of the country today. The name “Thapar” owing to its rich legacy has become a big Brand, and this explains why students from all parts of the country make a beeline to get enrolled in this prestigious institute.”