Dehradun, November 11
The 164-year-old Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, will confer the degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) on Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, at the 11th Convocation Ceremony of the institute to be held on November 12 at Roorkee.
During the convocation, four alumni will be awarded distinguished alumnus award for their outstanding contributions in the fields of Science and Technology. The award winners are Dr Shyam Sunder Rai, M. Tech in Geo Physics, who was awarded his degree in 1977, Vijai Prakash Agrawal, awarded his BE and ME degree in the year 1976 and 1978 respectively and made significant contribution in the field of Civil Aviation and is currently the Chairman of the Airports Authority of India, VK Agnihotri, who was awarded his degree in BE and ME in 1960 and 1962 respectively and is currently associated with the Indian Railway in developing state of the art microcomputers based maintenance strategies for the rail tracks which are being used across the country and Hersh Kumar who was awarded his BE in 1978 in Industrial Engineering and is a senior entrepreneur and educator.
Four national awards will also be awarded during the ceremony which include Khosla National award to Dr Inder Bir Singh Passi of the IISER, Mohali, for his lifetime achievement in mathematical sciences in India, VNMM award to Dr P Thanikaivelan (Central Leather Research Institute), who is also the youngest recipient of the award, for his innovative and creative work in cleaner leather processing technologies in India, Shamsher Prakash Research Award to Dr Pijush Samui of VIT University for his research work done in the past five years in Geo Technical Engineering and the AS Arya-IITR Disaster Prevention Award to Sushil Gupta for his outstanding contributions in the Disaster Risk Mangement in India.
A total of 1336 degrees will be awarded during the convocation, including 508 degrees in the technical graduate stream, 714 master’s degrees in the technical post graduation stream and 114 PhD degrees. The institute will also be awarding five Integrated Master of Technology degrees for the first time in Polymer Science and Technology, said Prof Prodipta Banerji, Director, IITR.
The 164-year-old Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, will confer the degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) on Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, at the 11th Convocation Ceremony of the institute to be held on November 12 at Roorkee.
During the convocation, four alumni will be awarded distinguished alumnus award for their outstanding contributions in the fields of Science and Technology. The award winners are Dr Shyam Sunder Rai, M. Tech in Geo Physics, who was awarded his degree in 1977, Vijai Prakash Agrawal, awarded his BE and ME degree in the year 1976 and 1978 respectively and made significant contribution in the field of Civil Aviation and is currently the Chairman of the Airports Authority of India, VK Agnihotri, who was awarded his degree in BE and ME in 1960 and 1962 respectively and is currently associated with the Indian Railway in developing state of the art microcomputers based maintenance strategies for the rail tracks which are being used across the country and Hersh Kumar who was awarded his BE in 1978 in Industrial Engineering and is a senior entrepreneur and educator.
Four national awards will also be awarded during the ceremony which include Khosla National award to Dr Inder Bir Singh Passi of the IISER, Mohali, for his lifetime achievement in mathematical sciences in India, VNMM award to Dr P Thanikaivelan (Central Leather Research Institute), who is also the youngest recipient of the award, for his innovative and creative work in cleaner leather processing technologies in India, Shamsher Prakash Research Award to Dr Pijush Samui of VIT University for his research work done in the past five years in Geo Technical Engineering and the AS Arya-IITR Disaster Prevention Award to Sushil Gupta for his outstanding contributions in the Disaster Risk Mangement in India.
A total of 1336 degrees will be awarded during the convocation, including 508 degrees in the technical graduate stream, 714 master’s degrees in the technical post graduation stream and 114 PhD degrees. The institute will also be awarding five Integrated Master of Technology degrees for the first time in Polymer Science and Technology, said Prof Prodipta Banerji, Director, IITR.
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