NIT-K to award degrees to 1,986 students at 24th convocation on November 14

MANGALURU In all, 1,986 students will be conferred degrees at the 24th convocation of the National Institute of Technology - Karnataka (NIT-K), Surathkal, on Saturday at its Silver Jubilee Auditorium. Addressing presspersons here on Thursday, Subhash C. Yaragal, Deputy Director, NIT-K, said this year’s convocation ceremony will be held in two parts: for postgraduate (PG) and PhD students in the forenoon session from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m., and for undergraduate (UG) students in the afternoon session between 2 p.m.

and 5 p.m. The total students to be presented with degrees will include 967 BTech graduates, 680 MTech and 12 MTech (R) candidates, 66 MCA, 74 MBA, and 68 MSc candidates, alongside 119 PhD scholars, he said. A total of 46 students, including 11 BTech students and 35 postgraduate students, will receive the institute’s gold medals and medals sponsored by various agencies for securing the highest CGPA. J.D.

Patil, president, Indian National Academy of Engineering, will be the chief guest for both sessions and will deliver the convocation address, he said. M.M.