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IIT-Kanpur set to host 58th convocation on June 23, RBI guv Sanjay Malhotra to be chief guest
Lucknow: The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur is set to host its 58th convocation ceremony on Monday to celebrate the academic achievements of its graduating students as they begin a new phase of their journey.
The momentous occasion will be graced by RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra, an IIT-Kanpur alumnus, as the chief guest. The chairperson, Board of Governors (BoG), IIT- Kanpur, and Prof. Manindra Agrawal, director, IIT-K, will preside over the ceremony.
Malhotra completed his bachelor's degree in computer science and engineering from IIT-K in 1989. He began his career as a bureaucrat in 2000 and held key roles across various ministries in Rajasthan and at the national level, including international experience with UNIDO.
He served as the Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Power and also served as the Chairman and MD of REC. In December 2024, he was appointed Governor of the RBI.
The convocation ceremony for 2,848 students graduating this year (subject to the approval of the BOG meeting, to be held on June 22, 2025) will be held in two sessions, with the first session being conducted in the main auditorium of IIT-K, which has a capacity of 1250, awarding the high achievers.
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The second session will be the conferring of degrees by the individual departments to the students across the different Lecture Halls led by the chairperson of the Senate Post-Graduate Committee (SPGC) and the Chairperson of the Senate Under-Graduate Committee (SUGC). The ceremony is being held in two sessions to ensure that all the graduating students can participate in this celebration of their academic accomplishments.
The graduating students include 269 PhD recipients, 29 from MTech-PhD (Joint Degree), 2 from MDes-PhD (Joint Degree), 2 MS (by Research)-PhD (Joint Degree), 480 MTech recipients, 874 BTech and 204 BS recipients. The ceremony will also see 194 students from MSc (2-year), 145 from MBA, 20 from MDes, 83 from MS (by Research), 40 from PGPEX-VLFM, 26 from Double Major, 93 from Dual Degree, 26 from MS-PD (MS part of the Dual Degree), and 361 from the eMasters degree programs, subject to the approval of BOG meeting, to be held on June 22, 2025.
This diverse cohort of graduates reflects IITK's wide-ranging academic programs and its dedication to promoting a multidisciplinary learning environment.
In keeping with the flexibility that the institute's academic programme offers, 90 students are graduating with two minors, 192 students are graduating with one minor, and 30 graduate students are graduating with three minors.
