Ranchi, President Droupadi Murmu will attend the forty fifth convocation ceremony of IIT in Dhanbad on Friday.
On Thursday, Murmu attended the inaugural convocation of AIIMS Deoghar, which marked the commencement of the institute’s first MBBS batch, admitted in 2019.
Throughout the convocation at IIT in Dhanbad, Murmu will confer the President’s Gold Medal to Priyanshu Sharma, the top-ranking BTech graduate in pc science and engineering, officers mentioned.
A complete of 1,880 college students from the 2024-25 batch can be awarded levels throughout varied disciplines, marking their formal induction into the league of achieved IIT alumni, they added.
A complete of 37 college students will get gold medals, 35 silver, and 21 will get sponsored medals and awards throughout the ceremony, they added.
Governor Santosh Gangwar and Chief Minister Hemant Soren are additionally anticipated to be current on the occasion along with Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
“The convocation holds particular significance because it varieties a central a part of the institute’s centenary celebrations, symbolising 100 years of unwavering dedication to nation-building by means of science, know-how, and schooling”, one other official mentioned.
The institute, established on December 9, 1926, started its journey because the Indian College of Mines and Utilized Geology.
Modeled on the Royal College of Mines, London, the institute was based with the particular goal of coaching extremely expert professionals for India’s fast-growing mining trade.
The muse of the institute was laid underneath the visionary steerage of its first Principal, David Penman, and it was formally inaugurated by Lord Irwin, the then Viceroy of India.
Murmu would be the second President to attend a convocation ceremony at IIT-ISM, Dhanbad.
Former President Pranab Mukherjee had graced the thirty sixth convocation of the institute because the chief visitor on Could 10, 2014.
The President reached Ranchi on Thursday night and spent the evening on the Raj Bhavan.
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