Padma Bhushan awardee Prof.Manjul Bharagava, R.Bradon Fradd Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University, USA, was the ceremony's Chief Guest

- A total of 2234 degrees were awarded this year

 

Prof. Manjul Bharagava, Fields Medalist 2014, R.Bradon Fradd Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University, USA, was the Chief Guest for the 52ndConvocation at IIT Madras. Prof.Manjul Bharagava was awarded the Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by the institute. Dr. Pawan Goenka, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Madras & Executive Director, Mahindra & Mahindra, Presided over the function.

 
The Chief Guest handed over the prizes to the students. Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras awarded the degrees to the students. This year’s convocation marked the first time that Dual Degrees (M.S and PhD) were being awarded. A total of 2234 degrees were awarded, the break-up of which is given below:

 

 

DepartmentPh.D.M.S.M.TechM.Sc.M.B.AM.ADual DegreeDual DegreeB.TechB.TechTotal
Honours
B.Tech/M.Tech/B.Tech/M.Tech/ 
BSMSBSMS 
(Honours)    
Aerospace Engg.292300077111142094
Applied Mechanics84200001124240082
Biotechnology231112000112020323114
Chemical Engg.141536000552121463184
Chemistry2800430000000071
Civil Engg.13676000553535057232
Computer Sci. Engg92154000442525527174
Electrical Engg.22325400011114545349272
Engg. Design89000066484800125
Humanities & Social Sciences800004100000049
Management Studies1160071000000088
Mathematics808430000000059
Mechanical Engg.162110100010106868764365
Metallurgical & Materials Engg.1362100011121202490
Ocean Engg.111752000001212031135
Physics180634003355224100
 21215746312071415454326326283822234

 

The top prizes went to the following students:

 

 

S.NoName of the PrizeName of the Student
   1.President of India Prize Srinivasan R
Bharat Ratna M Visvesvaraya Memorial PrizeCS11B059
B Ravichandran Memorial Prize 
 [Computer Science & Engineering] 
2.       Governor’s PrizeAkshay Krishna
HemaBalasubramanian Excellence AwardEP11B002
[Engineering Physics] 

     

3.             

Sri V Srinivasan Memorial Prize BabbulaSpandana Raj
Alumni Association PrizeCS10B032
[Computer Science & Engineering] 

     

4.             

Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma PrizeAravindabharathi R
[Biotechnology]BT11B003

 

 

The entire function was live web-cast to facilitate viewing by parents, relatives, friends of students and alumni across the globe. A video recording of the events will be available on the IITM website shortly.

For more information on IIT Madras: http://www.iitm.ac.in/


మరింత సమాచారం తెలుసుకోండి:

indian institute of technology indian institute of technology madras iit-m prof.manjul bharagava r.bradon fradd professor of mathematics prof. manjul bharagava prof. bhaskar ramamurthi

Dr. Kotii Reddy Saripalli

24/07/2015 02:20 PM