IIT Bombay hosts 62nd convocation, DDAF; 3,303 degrees awarded to 3,019 students

NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) hosted the 62nd convocation and departmental degree award function (DDAF) on two consecutive days August 24 and 25. A total of 3,303 degrees were awarded to 3,019 students. IIT-B director Shireesh Kedare congratulated students and conferred medals to the recipients.

Degrees awarded this year include 951 BTech along with 358 dual degree (BTech+MTech) and 100 interdisciplinary dual degrees (BTech/ BS+MTech/ MSc), 64 four-year BS, along with 10 dual Degree (BS+MSc), 20 BDesign along with 18 dual degree (BDes+MDes), and 31 three-year BS.

Additionally, 635 MTech, 46 MS by research, 15 MA by research, 4 dual degree (MTech/ MSc+MS by research), 69 MDesign, 1 MA, 2 MPhil, 290 two-year MSc, and 110 MBA, 44 EMBA, 12 MPP, and 25 PGDIIT were the postgraduate degrees awarded during the academic year 2023-24.

Further, 498 PhD, including dual degree of MTech, MPhil+PhD, dual degree of MSc+PhD, and joint PhDs along with Monash University and NTU were also awarded during the academic year 2023-24.

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“The total 498 PhD degrees awarded during the academic year 2023-24 include 191 female and 307 male students,” it added.

Gold and silver medals were distributed to recognise excellence in academic performance. The President of India gold medal was bestowed on Vedang Dhirendra Asgaonkar, a BTech student from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma gold medal was conferred on Kaivalya Sanjay Daga, a BTech student from the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

IIT Bombay was ranked number 3 under the overall category in National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF 2024) and obtained a score of 81.37.