According to the official reports, the Virtual Convocation Ceremony was attended by outgoing students and their parents, current students, industry leaders, prominent guests, and faculty members.
NIIT Convocation 2020: The NIIT University (NU) organised its 10th convocation ceremony in the virtual reality mode, considering the ongoing pandemic situation and safety measures triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the official reports, the Virtual Convocation Ceremony was attended by outgoing students and their parents, current students, industry leaders, prominent guests, and faculty members. Three-dimensional data and panoramic photos collected from the campus were used to create NIIT University’s virtual convocation. The students with their families at home joined the Convocation and interacted with their friends to live using their 3D personalized avatars inside a virtual NIIT University campus.
At the 10th convocation ceremony, 298 students were awarded degree certificates for the successful completion of various programmes. Living up to NU’s 100% placement record, the students who were eligible and opted in for placements have been placed with leading organizations such as IBM, PwC, EY, Airtel, HCL Technologies, Cognizant, Big Basket, to name a few. Nandan Nilekani, the chief guest on the occasion, congratulated all the students on their success. He hailed NIIT University for keeping technology as one of the core principles and using cutting-edge tech to overcome the challenges in these difficult times.
Meanwhile, The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur will be conducting its 53rd convocation virtually on October 22 owing to the ongoing coronavirus crisis in the country. According to IIT-K director, Professor Abhay Karandikar, It will be the first-ever virtual convocation of the Institute. A total of 2008 undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students will get their degrees and nearly 100 medals will be awarded which will be sent via courier to them at their postal address.
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