NIT Srinagar bids farewell to Director Prof Rakesh Sehgal

Prof Rakesh Sehgal joined as NIT Srinagar Director in November 2017. He thanked teaching, non-teaching staff and colleagues for organising grand farewell for him.

The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar organised a ceremony to bid adieu to its outgoing Director Prof Rakesh Sehgal, who completed his five years and five-month tenure at the institute.  

Prof Sehgal joined as NIT Srinagar Director in November 2017. In his farewell speech, Prof Sehgal thanked teaching and non-teaching staff and colleagues for organising the grand farewell for him, Kashmir Reader reported. 

He said landing in Kashmir was one of the most difficult decisions he had ever made in his life. It was the toughest decision and with the grace of Almighty, he tried his best to do justice to it. “After convincing my family, I got full support at NIT Srinagar from all of my colleagues. I never felt that I am outside my home and Kashmir is like my second home,” he said. Prof Sehgal said he would miss his workplace, colleagues and the people for whom he worked for more than five years. 

Prof Sehgal said the confidence and support that I received from here was commendable. I will remember this place throughout my life, he said and added that he was confident that the new Director would thrive and achieve new heights of excellence and he wished him all the very best for the future.  

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