VNIT to bestow over 1.1k degrees at convocation

Nagpur: The Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (

VNIT

) would be celebrating its diamond jubilee next year by organizing a slew of events. These include display and demonstration of technologies developed by its faculty and students and also conducting programmes for communities and rural sectors.

The premier institution would be conducting its 17th

convocation

on Sunday. Instead of its own hall, which is undergoing renovation, the institution will hold the ceremony at Suresh Bhat Hall at Reshimbagh. Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) chairman and managing director, Sanjay Kirloskar, will be the chief guest for the programme.

Chairman of the Board of governors (BoG),

Vishram Jamdar

, and director

Pramod Padole

informed media on Friday that about 1,153 degrees would be conferred on students and research scholars, including 100 PhDs which would be first in the history of the institution. It would also be bestowing 104 medals, prizes and awards on meritorious students.

“This day is also celebrated as Engineer’s Day to commemorate the birth anniversary of great visionary Bharat Ratna and Sir M Visvesvaraya after whom the VNIT is being named. We would be installing his 15-feet high statue on our premises,” they said.

Registrar SR Sathe and deans SB Thombre, Dilip Peshwe, VB Borghate, GP Singh, BS Umre and others were present at the press briefing.

VNIT was ranked sixth among the 31 NITs and 31st at the national-level according to the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). It was also ranked second among the NITs as per i3RC Times Engineering Survey and Outlook Magazine Survey.

Talking about various developments carried out at VNIT, Jamdar and Padole said with the help of alumni two battery operated buses have been started inside the campus for students and faculty members. Moreover, students have been provided bicycles for in-campus movement.

“We have recently switched over to solar power and are producing 1MW which is sufficient to cater to all our needs. This way we are saving Rs80 lakh. We would also be constructing a football ground adjacent to the cricket ground. The alumni are also helping us in various projects like canteen renovation and construction of new buildings and guesthouse,” said Jamdar and Padole.

They added that VNIT is also building a sports complex near the cricket ground. An academic complex has been constructed to accommodate the increasing number of students. This building has 30 classrooms, with each having a capacity to accommodate about 150 students. Additionally, there will be an exhibition hall that will have on display all the technologies developed at VNIT for rural areas, differently-abled people, other sections of society, they said.


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