Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing IIT-Guwahati’s 22nd convocation via video conferencing. The ceremony will commence today at 11 am and PM will address live at noon. Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will also address the students at the event.
Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal and Minister of State for Education Sanjay Dhotre will also attend the event.
Today, 687 BTech and 637 MTech students will be graduating. Awards like best master’s thesis, best doctoral thesis will be given at the event and honours of Shankar Dayal Sharma gold medal award, institute silver medal, and President of India gold medal will also be awarded.
The ceremony is going to be held virtually. Virtual reality-based avatars of students will collect their degrees and medal from the director’s avatar. A photo-booth, with an option of different backgrounds, for students to take pictures at some selected locations on the campus has been established.IIT Guwahati’s faculty and students have also developed a telepresence module for a virtual visit to the institute.
