IIT Delhi Marks 55th Convocation with 2656 Graduates Receiving Degrees and Diplomas

IIT Delhi held its 55th convocation awarding degrees and diplomas to 2,656 graduates. This year also saw the first graduates from the B.Tech. programs in Materials Engineering and Engineering & Computational Mechanics. Know details here

IIT Delhi hosted its 55th convocation conferring degrees and diplomas upon 2,656 graduating students. Hari S. Bhartia, Founder and Co-Chairman of Jubilant Bhartia Group and a distinguished alumnus from the 1979 batch (B.Tech. Chemical Engineering), served as the Chief Guest, delivering the convocation address. Harish Salve, Chairperson of the Board of Governors at IIT Delhi, presented the Distinguished Alumni Awards and Institute Medals to the honorees and top graduates.

Among the total graduates at IIT Delhi, 25% were women. The Institute conferred degrees on 481 PhD graduates, a 35% increase from the previous year and a record high underscoring its strong focus on research. Notably, 42% of this year's PhD graduates were women.

IIT Delhi Convocation 2024

Check the table for detailed information:

Degree/ Diploma	No. of Graduates	Degree/ Diploma	No. of  Graduates
Ph.D.	481	M.Tech. under Advance Standing	4
M.B.A.	113	PG D.I.I.T. (Naval Construction)	13
M.S. (Research)	91	Joint PG Diploma	26
M.Des.	25	D.I.I.T. (PG)	9
M.Tech.	525	M.Sc.	212
MPP	24	B.Tech.	1001
5-year Dual Degree (M.Tech. & B.Tech.)	129	D.I.I.T. (UG)	3

IIT Delhi Convocation 2024: Gold Medal

At the IIT Delhi convocation, Manas Choudhary, a B.Tech. graduate in Engineering Physics, received the President’s Gold Medal. Divyansh Agarwal, a B.Tech. graduate in Electrical Engineering, was awarded the Director’s Gold Medal. The Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (former President of India) Gold Medal went to Anjali Kumari, an M.Tech. graduate in Instrument Technology. Five students were honoured with the Perfect Ten Gold Medal, while 16 others received the Institute Silver Medal. The complete list of medalists can be found at: convocation.iitd.ac.in/medals-awards.

New Undergraduate and Postgraduate Programs Celebrate First Graduates

This year also marks our first graduates in two UG programs, i.e., B.Tech. in Materials Engineering and B.Tech. in Engineering & Computational Mechanics, and four PG programs, i.e., M.Tech. in Machine Intelligence & Data Science, M.Tech. in Biomolecular & Bioprocess Engineering, M.S.(R) in Transportation Safety and Injury Prevention, and M.S.(R) in Automotive Research and Tribology.

International Students at IIT Delhi Convocation 2024

At the 2024 convocation, 28 international students received their degrees, including 23 M. Tech., 4 PhD, and 1 MS Research. Among them, four students hail from Sudan and Ethiopia, three from Tanzania and Uganda, two from Bangladesh and Burkina Faso, with one student each from the USA, Venezuela, and several other countries.

While delivering the Convocation address, Chief Guest, Hari S. Bhartia, Founder and Co-Chairman, Jubilant Bhartia Group, said, “Entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem in India has evolved from being a nascent and limited to becoming one of the most dynamic and rapidly growing in the world. I encourage you to embrace entrepreneurship spirit, mind set of innovation. The world requires individuals who can connect all the dots through creative thinking and decisive action”. 

Addressing the graduating students, Harish Salve, Chairperson, BoG, IIT Delhi, said, “Being here today with those who will shape not just the future of one-fourth of mankind, which lives in our part of the world, just three percent of land but one-fourth of mankind, but you will be shaping in some way or other the future of mankind itself. You're bringing your intellectual prowess to this world. And if the institute can list so many firsts, remember that it is you and your forebears who have given it this intellectual power. You are one of those unusual people who give as you receive."

Addressing the graduating students, Prof. Rangan Banerjee, Director, IIT Delhi, said, “As you step out of your comfort zone of the hostels, of the campus, and go out into the real world - the real world has a lot of challenges than opportunities. Please take up all that you have learned, all the skills, techniques and knowledge, approaches, and use them to resolve problems that you face. Approach every new situation with humility and a willingness to learn. Learn to work in teams. Creating a sustainable and humane society needs graduates to think about the long term consequences and impacts of different technology solutions. There are tradeoffs and value judgements to be made. I am certain that you will stir the ethical and right path and provide leadership in your chosen field.”

Read More

• IIT Delhi Unveils Revolutionary Healthcare Technologies, Transfers To Industry
• IIT Delhi Hosts Edit-a-Thon to Tackle Gender Disparity on Wikipedia; Check Details Here