IIT Guwahati To Celebrate 26th Convocation on July 14; Padma Shri Sridhar Vembu To Be The Chief Guest
The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati will celebrate its Twenty-Sixth Convocation on Sunday, July 14, 2024. Padma Shri awardee Dr. Sridhar Vembu, Founder and CEO of Zoho Corporation is the Chief Guest.
Speaking about the 26th Convocation event at IIT Guwahati, Prof. Devendra Jalihal, Director, IIT Guwahati, said, “This milestone reflects IIT Guwahati’s steadfast commitment to academic excellence and cutting-edge research. We take immense pride in our graduates, who continually showcase their dedication to progressing science and technology. As we honor the accomplishments of the Class of 2024, we eagerly anticipate their future contributions to society and the global scientific community.”
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A key highlight of this year’s Convocation event will be the graduation of the first batches from multiple programs, including:
- MBA
- MA in Liberal Arts
- MDes in Electronic Product Design
- M Tech in Bioengineering
- M Tech in Biomedical Science and Engineering
- MS(R) in Polymer Science and Technology
- First PhD student in the Joint PhD program in Food Science and Technology with Gifu University
Over the past 25 years, more than 22,600 students have been conferred degrees at IIT Guwahati. In its first convocation in 1999, 63 students graduated from IIT Guwahati and now in 2024, the Institute will award 2145 degrees to its graduating class, including 932 in Undergraduate programs, 938 in Postgraduate programs, and 275 in PhD programs, underscoring its commitment to advancing science and technology through knowledge enhancement and cutting-edge research. The total number of female students graduating this year is 468.
A total of 4 Gold Medals, including the President’s Gold Medal, the Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal, and the Governor of Assam Gold Medals for both undergraduate and postgraduate categories, will be conferred during the 26th Convocation event. Additionally, 16 Silver Medals will be awarded to the top performers in each discipline of BTech, BDes, MA, MSc, and MBA programs. There will also be 14 Best PhD Thesis Awards and 14 Best Master’s Thesis Awards, recognizing outstanding research across all disciplines.
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, established in 1994, completed 25 years of glorious existence in 2019. At present, the Institute has eleven departments, nine interdisciplinary academic centres and five schools covering all the major engineering, science, healthcare, management, and humanities disciplines, offering BTech, BDes, BSc(Hons), MA, MDes, MTech, MSc, MS(R), MBA and PhD programmes. The institute offers a residential campus to 439 faculty members and more than 8,600 students at present.
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IIT Guwahati has retained the 7th position among the best engineering institutions of the country and 9th position in both ‘Overall’ and ‘Research’ Categories in the ‘India Rankings 2023’ declared by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the Union Ministry of Education.
IIT Guwahati has achieved rank 87 in the SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure) globally in the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2024 and is the only academic institution in India that occupied a place among the top 100 world universities – under 50 years of age – ranked by London-based Times Higher Education (THE) in 2014 and continues to maintain its superior position even today in various International Rankings. IIT Guwahati gained rank 32 globally in the ‘Research Citations per Faculty’ category and overall, 344 rank in the QS World University Rankings 2025.
