SRM University Andhra Pradesh holds first convocation for BTech batch

SRM University Andhra Pradesh holds first convocation for BTech batch

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New Delhi, Updated on Dec 3, 2021 10:20 IST

Andrew D Hamilton, President, New York University, was the chief guest. An honorary doctorate was conferred on the guest of honour, Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director, National Science Foundation, the US.  

The SRM University Andhra Pradesh held its first convocation for the maiden BTech batch on December 1. Andrew D Hamilton, President, New York University, was the chief guest. An honorary doctorate was conferred on the guest of honour, Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director, National Science Foundation, the US.  

While delivering the convocation speech, SRM University, Andhra Pradesh, Vice-Chancellor VS Rao said: “In the last three years, our faculty members have published over 700 research papers in scopus index journals such as nature, nature communications and others.” 

He said the faculty was working on 42 funded research projects with an outlay of INR 20.13 crore funded by the Indian government and industry giants. Forty-two patents have been filed, 32 published, three granted in the past three years symbolise the brilliance of research here. This year, faculty from the engineering and science department have been granted 6 DST SERB projects and Ramanujan fellowship. 

The university has also signed agreements with various educational institutions, research and industrial establishments, including with Titan India, Tanishq, Asia University Taiwan, Harvard Business School online and Lindus University Australia during the past years. Our recent agreement was signed with the prestigious Council of scientific research, IICT Hyderabad to conduct front line research and exchange insights in the field of emerging science and technology, the Vice-Chancellor added. 

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