IIT Delhi confers degrees upon 1,047 BTech, 488 MTech, 530 PhD students at 56th convocation

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) organised its 56th convocation event today. A total of 2,764 students, including 530 PhD scholars, 488 MTech, 1,048 BTech, among others were conferred upon degrees and diplomas.

Among the graduates, 735 were women and 43 were international students. Chandan Godara, a 20-year old student was the youngest graduate, while Gopal Krishan Taneja, a 60-year-old PhD scholar was the oldest student to get the degree.

Tessy Thomas, the Missile Woman of India, was the chief guest at the ceremony. She addressed the graduates and said: “It is with immense pride and a deep sense of honour that I stand before you today at the 56th Convocation of IIT Delhi—a cradle of innovation, knowledge, and nation-building.”

“You have reached the culmination of years of rigorous study, countless hours of experimentation, and sleepless nights of coding, designing, analysing, innovating, and aiming high. At IIT Delhi, you have mastered the principles of science and engineering and cultivated values like curiosity, resilience, and the courage that define a global technologist,” she added.

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Highlights of IIT Delhi's Convocation

The institute also awarded degrees to the maiden BTech graduates in the field of energy engineering. Three PG students were also conferred upon degrees in the interdisciplinary MTech in robotics, and the master of science by research in VLSI design, tools and technology, and artificial intelligence.

Ankit Mondal, BTech in computer science and engineering received the president’s gold medal for obtaining the highest CGPA. Another student Jaskaran Singh Sodhi from BTech in materials science and engineering was awarded the best all-rounder.

Devinder Kumar, an MTech in structural engineering student was honoured with Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma gold medal. Kumar received the medal for being exceptional in general proficiency, character and conduct, academic performance, extracurricular activities, and social service.

“Two students were awarded the Perfect Ten Gold Medals (Shreyansh Gupta, M.Tech. in Thermal Engineering, and Soumili Chakraborti, M.Tech. in Polymer Science and Technology) for securing a CGPA of 10 out of 10 in PG programmes. The Institute Silver Medals were awarded to 16 students for obtaining the highest CGPA in their programmes,” according to the IIT Delhi official press release.

Emphasising on the upcoming policies regarding academic and industrial collaboration, Thamos said: “Developing advanced systems across all domains—missiles, naval platforms, aeronautical systems, cyber technologies, life sciences, and electronics— requires a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach. Today, India is accelerating its journey towards Atmanirbhar Bharat through integrated partnerships between government agencies, academia, scientific institutions, and industry. With new policies encouraging deeper academic and industrial collaboration, institutions like IIT Delhi are becoming key enablers in shaping future-ready solutions for national defence and societal well-being.”