Tuesday, 21 May 2013

President to felicitate IIT-I students

Even as preparations for the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore's first ever convocation are under way, the institute has declared names of its students who performed well in the last four years.

Ankit Goyal of electrical engineering branch will receive the President of India gold medal at the hands of President of India, Dr Pranab Mukherjee. He will be conferred with the award based on his academic and overall performance.

The institute's silver medal will be conferred on three students -- Abhishek, Anamika Patel and Reema Saxena of computer science and engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering branches respectively.

Students whose projects were adjudged the best BTech project will also be awarded on the occasion. Anant Paliwal will be given medal for his work on low cost human interface based teaching aids. Sarfraz Qureshi and V Sai Kiran will share the award on project SRAM design for low power applications. Keshav Kumar and Bharath Bhushan will share award on their work on design, fabrication and testing of the experimental setup for abrasive jet machining (AJM) process.

Confusion still prevails over convocation venue

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore's first ever convocation ceremony will be held on June 8. However, confusion over the venue of the convocation ceremony still prevails. President of India, Dr Pranab Mukherjee will preside over the programme. Rashtrapati Bhavan has given security clearance to the Simrol site, where the permanent campus has to come up, institute sources said. Prior to the President's visit security and vigilance cell of the Rashtrapati Bhavan clearance for his visit is must. The institute first choice for holding the ceremony was Simrol. It had university teaching department and PACL campus in the back-up plan if the Simrol security plan is rejected by the President's office.

Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/President-to-felicitate-IIT-I-students/articleshow/20166044.cms

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