1,131 students get degrees at NIT Jalandhar convocation

Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, conducted its 17th annual convocation in the virtual mode. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan was the chief guest on the ocassion.  

As many as 1,131 students were awarded degrees on the occasion. The breakup for the award of degrees is as follows: BTech -680, M Tech- 256, MSc -107, MBA- 27 and PhD -61. Rohit Gupta (Chemical Engineering), Mukhil Rakesh (Civil Engineering), Arsh Goyal (Electronics and Communication Engineering), Harsh Lakhotia (Instrumentation and Control Engineering), Deepak Chaudhary (Textile Technology), Dishika Tayal (Computer Science & Engineering), Arpan Sharma (Industrial And Production Engineering), Robin Gupta (Mechanical Engineering) and Parth Narayan Singh (Bio Technology) were honoured with gold medal for being the BTech 2017-2021 batch branch toppers. 

Prof LK Awasthi, Director, NIT Jalandhar, congratulated the degree recipients for their bright future. He said the institute had entered into the club of top 50 engineering institutes of the country and is ranked 49th in NIRF rankings 2021.  

Dharmendra Pradhan congratulated the students and said, “Covid had made us realise the power and convenience of digital technologies. The Government of India had already taken measures to provide remote learning facilities and the creation of electronic learning resources. SWAYAM and MOOC courses have been promoted with the principle of ‘access’, ‘equity’ and ‘quality’.  

Established in the year 1987, NIT Jalandhar provides education at the undergraduate, doctoral and postgraduate level in the fields of science, technology and engineering. It has more than 12 academic departments, which include the Department of Biotechnology, Department of Physics and Department of Civil Engineering. On February 12, 2021, an MoU is signed between NIT Jalandhar and Government Millennium Polytechnic College, Chamba for skill development of the students. 

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