IIT Gandhinagar 12th Convocation: Awards Digital Degrees to 456 Graduating Students; Check Details Here

New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) in its convocation ceremony gave degrees to 456 students. Something new happened this time: instead of giving paper certificates, they gave digital certificates on USB drives. These certificates cannot be changed or tampered with.

IIT Gandhinagar also put these digital certificates in students' DigiLocker. So, students can access and download their certificates in PDF format using their Aadhaar authentication from anywhere. Also, 16 students from the class of 2023 completed their BTech degrees in less time than usual (less than eight semesters).

Here's how the degrees were distributed among the students:

• 73 PhD students
• 43 MTech students
• 1 BTech-MTech Dual Degree student
• 108 MSc students
• 23 MA students
• 8 PGDIIT students
• 3 BTech Dual Major students
• 196 BTech students
• 1 BSc (Engineering) student

This year, 48 students got 58 medals for doing really well in different areas like academics, research, innovation, leadership, social service, sports, arts & culture, and more. Out of these medals, 42 were gold and 16 were silver.

For the first time, the IITGN also gave special awards called Institute Fellow Awards to two people named Kushal Sacheti and Rajesh (Raj) Mashruwala. They are being honoured because they played a very important role in helping IITGN grow and become better over the years. 

Kushal Sacheti is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist, while Rajesh (Raj) Mashruwala is the founder of several technology companies and the Founding President of the IIT Gandhinagar Foundation in the United States.

IITGN's Director, Prof. Rajat Moona, shared exciting news about the Class of 2023. He also talked about the great things IITGN did this year. They published more than 550 articles in journals, got 10 patents approved, worked on 50 sponsored projects, and earned a lot of money (about Rs 52 crores) for research and development. 

Also Read:

• IIT Gandhinagar Course Admissions 2023: Cutoff (Out), Eligibility, Selection Process, Dates

• IIT Gandhinagar Scholarship 2023: List, Amount, Eligibility, Apply Online

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