IIT Guwahati Convocation 2025: 2,093 graduate in BTech, MTech, PhD; top performers awarded

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati held the 27th convocation ceremony today. A total of 2,093 students were awarded degrees for various undergraduate (UG), postgraduate (PG), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) courses. Four top performers were awarded with gold medals, and 16 students with silver medals.

The graduating students were from BTech, BDesign, MTech, MDesign, MSc, MA, PhD, and other departments.

The ceremony marked the first-ever convocation of the BTech batch of Mehta School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. A total of 22 students graduated from the inaugural batch.

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Rajendra Singh, D. Houser Banks Professor of electrical and computer engineering, Clemson University, was the chief guest of the event.

The guest of honour was JD Patil, president of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. SK Srivastava, acting chairman, board of governors also presided over the event, while IIT Guwahati director Devendra Jalihal presented the convocation report.

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IIT Guwahati: Course launch

In his address, Jalihal revealed IIT Guwahati’s plans to launch a new programme - hybrid MTech Flood and Water Resources Management. The course will be designed in accordance with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.

According to a statement, IIT Guwahati has incubated over 60 startups in sectors such as healthcare, agritech, defence, clean technology, and fintech. The institute has also launched entrepreneurial initiatives like the ‘North East Innovators’ Catalyst Programme’, ‘SPARSH’, the Startup Seminar Series, and the AquaTech Innovators hackathon.

IIT-G convocation report highlighted that the institute has received 338 consultancy projects, and 22 sponsored research projects, in the year 2024-25. Over the past 31 years, more than 24,700 students have graduated from the institute.

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IIT Guwahati Convocation 2025: Awards

During the IIT-G convocation, best performers in academic and co-curricular activities were felicitated with medals.