A total of 2093 students of the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati received their degrees in various disciplines on Sunday during the 27th convocation ceremony. The event marked the graduation of 22 students from the inaugural B.Tech batch of the Mehta School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. Sreehari C., B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering, achieved the top score in the entire Undergraduate batch and was awarded the President of India Gold Medal. Abhishek Gautam, B.Tech. in Engineering Physics, received the Dr Sha Dayal Sharma Gold Medal.
Additionally, Anubhav, M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, was awarded the Governor of Assam PG Gold Medal while Souraja Kundu, B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering, was awarded the Governor of Assam UG Gold Medal. The Institute also awarded 16 students with Institute Silver medals for their remarkable academic performance. Dr Rajendra Singh, D Houser Banks Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest, alongside J D Patil, President, Indian National Academy of Engineering, who attended the Guest of Honor Dr S K Srivastava. Acting Chairman, Board of Governors, presided over the event, while Prof Devendra Jalihal, Director, IIT Guwahati, presented the convocation report.