IIT Jodhpur awards 800 degrees and 20 diplomas, certificates in 9th convocation

Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur celebrated its 9^th Convocation on November 21, 2023 and awarded 800 Degrees & 20 Diploma/Certificate awards to the class of 2023 in the presence of faculty, staff, students, parents, and eminent personalities. This includes:

• 316 qualified students in the B.Tech. (CSE), B.Tech. (ME), B.Tech. (EE), and B.Tech. (BB)degrees; Out of these,17 B.Tech. students have also met the requirements for the award of Minor/ Specialization certificates in Entrepreneurship, Management, Visual Computing, Artificial Intelligence, and Robotics
• 92students qualified in the M.Sc.(CY), M.Sc.(DH), M.Sc.(MA) and M.Sc.(PH) degree
• 04 students qualified in the M.Sc.-M.Tech. Dual Degree
• 283 students qualified in the M.Tech.(BB), M.Tech.(CH), M.Tech.(AI), M.Tech.(CS), M.Tech.(CI-ENV), M.Tech.(CI-EN), M.Tech.(CPS), M.Tech.(SIoT), M.Tech.(DCS), M.Tech.(AMD), M.Tech.(TFE) and M.Tech.(MT) Degrees
• 77 students qualified in the MBA and MBA-Technology Degrees
• 06 students qualified in the Master’s in Medical Technology Programmes
• 22 students qualified in the Ph.D. Degree.

In addition, 20 stude nts qualified for getting the award for the PG Diploma/Certificate.

Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, Former Chairman, Space Commission and ISRO and Former Secretary, Dept. of Space, GoI graced the event as the Chief Guest. Dr. Vijay Chandru, INAE Distinguished Technologist, IISc, Co-Founder, Strand Life Sciences and Prof. Indranil Manna, Vice-Chancellor, BIT, Mesra were the esteemed guests. A. S. Kiran Kumar, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Jodhpur presided over the ceremony and Prof. Santanu Chaudhury, Director, IIT Jodhpur delivered the Institute report, during the event.

Dr. K. Radhakrishnan said, “Learning is a continuing process, and going forward, you everyday just ask yourself what did you learn today and convert that learning into actions. And remember to learn from failures as failures will lead you to bigger successes, while you be a good human being and good citizen”.

He also talked about how our Indian society had shown regard and respect to ISRO for its contribution to humanity and small steps to enhance humanity’s understanding about itself and the world around us which makes us feel that there is a purpose for our life in this world. He complimented Director Prof. Santanu Chaudhury for his leadership and his leading initiative and collaborative developments in the field of medical technologies with AIIMS, ICMR, and sister universities with the focus on (a) brain-related disorders, (b) tissue engineering, (c) theranostics, (d) radiogenomics, and (e) rehabilitation, is worthy and pioneering.

He said,” The world is moving from an era of Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI) to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), and towards Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) and while ‘5G’ is happening, and ‘5G-advanced’ is on the anvil, the standards envisioned for ‘6G’ would facilitate seamless fusion of the digital, physical, and human world, aside energy sustainability, along with multi-sensory experience through human-machine interfaces in addition to smartphones”.

Divulging more he talked about Blockchain Technology and said, “ Today we are at the fourth edition of Blockchain (Blockchain 4.0), and is revolutionizing how we store, manage, and transact data, and it is only a matter of time before we see its influence in our daily lives and also how there has been a huge investment in quantum technologies, advances in Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Gaming are converging towards virtual shared spaces collectively known as the Metaverse”.

Presenting the Convocation Report, Prof. Santanu Chaudhury, Director, IIT Jodhpur, said,“It is my privilege to congratulate 820 candidates who will receive their degrees/diploma certificates under different graduate and postgraduate programmes. Also, it gives me immense pleasure to announce that today we shall be conferring Honoris Causa on Prof. Rohini Godbole, Prof. Paras N. Prasad, and Mr. Vinod Gupta, for their noteworthy contributions to the fields of science and technology, and for the cause of philanthropy.” Prof. Santanu Chaudhury shared the developments of the Institute in his Institute report. 

Some of the innovative academic programmes, which have commenced in the AY 2023-2024 are as follows:

• Ph.D. Programme, Centre for Education & Technology for Education (CETE)
• M.Tech. in Quantum Technologies
• M.Tech-Ph.D. in Intelligent VLSI Systems (IVS)
• M.Sc. in Chemistry and M.Tech. in Materials Engineering
• Master of Design (M.Des.) Programme in XR Design
• MS by Research programmes for Innovative Research Outcomes in cross-disciplinary/ multi-disciplinary areas and Innovation Driven Outcomes leading to EIR’s and / or Start-Up’s.
• MBA in FinTech and Cyber Security
• Postgraduate Diploma in Next Generation OMICS Technologies and Applications
• Post Graduate Diploma, Certifications and MTech in Data Engineering

Apart from this, the Institute started the M.S. by research from the A.Y. 2023-24 in the following Centers:

• Center of Excellence on Art and Digital Immersion
• Center of Excellence on Brain Science and Application
• Center for Mathematical and Computational Economics
• Center of Excellence in AI-based Precision Healthcare
• Center for Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Development
• Center for Technology Foresight and Policy
• Center of Excellence on Intelligent Infrastructure