NIT Rourkela celebrates 21st convocation; 1,988 students receive degrees

NEW DELHI: National Institute of Technology Rourkela (NIT Rourkela) awarded degrees to 1,988 graduate students during the 21st convocation celebration. More than 20% of the graduating students were female.

A total of 17 BArch, 961 BTech, 38 dual degree BTech and MTech, 54 integrated MSc, 168 MSc, 520 MTech, 3 MTech (by research), 21 MA, 39 MBA, and 167 PhD degrees were awarded. Of the total, 457 were female students and 1,531 were male.

Polavarapu Mallikharjuna Prasad, chairman-cum-managing director of Coal India Limited was the chief guest of the event. “As many as 173 girl students in Bachelor's programs, 228 in Master's programs, and 56 in PhD programmes graduated this year. It is also notable that the female-to-male ratio of the Institute has significantly increased from 1:6 to 1:4 in recent years. This year, 82 international students are graduating, comprising 66 males and 16 females,” the institute said.

This year, eight students were awarded the Institute Gold Medal (10 Grams of 22k Gold) and five students received the Endowment Gold Medal. 59 students were presented the Branch Topper Medalists (Silver Medalist) award. There were also seven Endowment Awards including one student who was granted a Rs 1,00,000 endowment award for being the Best Student Research Scholar of 2023.

In 2023, the institute organised Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB) counselling for engineering and technology courses. A total 2,15,917 registrations were received through Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) and 57,950 through CSAB special. It informed that 119 central institutes participated in the counselling session including 23 IITs, 31 NITs, 1 IIEST, 26 IIITs, 3 SPAs, and 35 GFTIs.

Speaking at the event, Polavarapu Mallikarjuna Prasad said: “The growing Indian economy promises a brighter future for young engineers. Globalization means additional job opportunities. Because of its vast and highly talented Human Resource, India has become a favourite destination for many MNCs to set up their production lines in the country. The future is bright and you are part of that future in India.”