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IIT Mandi celebrates 10th Convocation Day with 462

Graduating Students

⮚ 64 Ph.D. degrees were awarded to the students on the

occasion

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MANDI, 5th December 2022: Indian Institute of Technology Mandi celebrated its
10th Convocation, with a graduating class of 462 students (348 male & 114
female) today, 5th December 2022. This year, the Institute awarded 64 PhDs, which
is the highest number of PhDs awarded at IIT Mandi in an academic year till date.

Prof. Stuart R. Hameroff, University of Arizona, U.S.A., graced the occasion as the
Chief Guest. Dr. Akhilesh Gupta, Secretary, Science and Engineering Research Board
(SERB), New Delhi; Dr. Kingshuk Banerjee, Director, Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd.,
Bengaluru, and Mr. Woochan Chang, Director, KOICA India, New Delhi, were the
Guests of Honor. Prof. Prem Vrat, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Mandi, presided
over the Convocation event.

Congratulating the students at the 10th Convocation of IIT Mandi, Chief

Guest, Prof. Stuart R. Hameroff, said, “Consciousness is a fundamental
property of the universe. An 'inward hierarchy' in quantum brain biology is
consistent with Indian Knowledge systems (e.g. 5 Koshas). Quantum state reduction
can occur at various levels of the brain hierarchy - 'Atman from Brahman'. At
deeper inward levels, consciousness may exist in spacetime geometry independent
of biology. While therapies aimed at microtubule resonance e.g. with painless, safe
and pleasant brain ultrasound can treat mental and cognitive disorders."

Further, advising students to consider Quantum Computing and Quantum Biology

which will be the future, the chief guest ended his speech.

Prof. Stuart R. Hameroff, M.D. is the Director of the Center for Consciousness Studies
at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Prof. Hameroff is responsible for over
a hundred scientific articles and book chapters, lectured around the world. Prof.
Hameroff taught
a course on science consciousness to establish collaborative research with
researchers at IIT Mandi.

Degrees awarded were:

COURSE STUDENTS GRADUATING
Ph.D. 59
 iPh.D. 05
M.S. (by Research) 29
M. Tech. – 76
Mechanical Engineering with 10
specialisation in Energy Systems
Structural Engineering 11
Power Electronics and Drives 13
Energy Engineering with specialisation 12
in Materials
Communications and Signal Processing 04
Biotechnology 12
Electrical Engineering with 14
specialisation in VLSI
M.Sc. – 95
Applied Mathematics 31
Chemistry 39
Physics 25
M.A. – 10
Development Studies 10
B. Tech. – 188
Computer Science and Engineering 86
Electrical Engineering 59
Mechanical Engineering 23
Civil Engineering 20

The Institute has seen a rise in the number of girl students passing out in different
streams. This year a total of 33 female students in undergraduate programme; 49 in
postgraduate and masters’ programmes, 28 in Ph.D. programme and 04 in iPh.D.
programme have graduated from IIT Mandi surpassing the numbers from the
previous years.

Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Prem Vrat, Chairman, Board of Governors,

IIT Mandi, said, “IIT Mandi has equipped the students with good attitude,
knowledge and skill to be a good human being and a successful professional. Now is
the time for ‘guru dakshina’. Nothing better, nothing more valuable than to live the
rest of their lives with the learning they have received from IIT and teachers who
inspired and helped to imbibe the values of inclusive and sustainable development.
Continue to remain a student all life; keep an open mind, and keep learning from
life.”

Congratulating the graduating batch, Prof. Laxmidhar Behera, Director, IIT

Mandi, said, “I wish my heartiest greetings to all our graduating students. They
will become the torch bearer of the Institute. I am sure that their professional
competencies and uncompromising character will empower them to lead the
society in various ways. Their success will also be the success of IIT Mandi.”
Further, highlighting his vision for the Institute, Prof. Behera, said, “In the
coming years, my focus will be to encourage faculty members and research
scholars to publish impactful research works that are at par with the best
Universities across the world. We must be solving real-live problems around us that
will impact the lives of the people around. To encourage the research ecosystem,
we have raised the seed grant to faculty members from 5 lacs to15 lacs.”

Delivering this year’s Valedictorian’s address, Mr. Ashish Anand,

Institute’s Silver Medal, B.Tech, Electrical Engineering, 2022 batch, said,
“After joining IIT Mandi, we started to go through the part of life which we lived for
the last 4 years, i.e., lectures, labs, assignments, quizzes and end semester
examinations and participation in intercollege events. In parallel with these
academic engagements, we were also creating memories: be it with playing table
tennis in common rooms after the lectures or campus tours or celebrating birthdays
at midnight or going on treks and trips or celebrating festivals. I would like to thank
IIT Mandi community for endless memories and faculty members for teaching us
with utmost passion.”

SHOWCASING GOLD MEDAL WINNERS

PRESIDENT OF INDIA GOLD MEDAL

Mr. Piyush Goyal

B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering, 2022 batch

DIRECTOR’S GOLD MEDAL

 Mr. Bhumanyu Goyal
B.Tech, Computer Science and Engineering, 2022 batch

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ABOUT IIT MANDI

IIT Mandi has nine Academic Schools and four major Research Centers. The Schools are the
School of Biosciences and Bioengineering, School of Chemical Sciences, School of
Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, School of Physical Sciences, School of Mechanical and
Materials Engineering, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Computing
and Electrical Engineering, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and School of
Management. The Centers are Advanced Materials Research Centre (AMRC; set up with an
investment of Rs. 60 crores), Centre for Design and Fabrication of Electrical Devices
(C4DFED; has Rs. 50 crores worth of fabrication tools), BioX Centre (has acquired research
equipment worth Rs. 15 crores), and Indian Knowledge System and Mental Health
Applications Centre (IKSMHA Centre).

The Institute offers B.Tech. programs in seven different streams, one M.A. program, ten
M.Tech. programs, four Ph.D. programs, and one iPh.D. program. The unique, project-
oriented B.Tech. curriculum is centered around its 4-year long Design and Innovation stream.
Since the inception of the Institute, IIT Mandi faculty have been involved in over 275
Research and Development (R&D) projects worth more than Rs. 120 crores.

IIT Mandi set up the IIT Mandi iHub and HCI Foundation (iHub; a section-8 company) on its
campus at Kamand with significant funding of INR 110 crores from the Department of
Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. The iHub is planned to fuel research
and technology development, skill development, startup and innovation, and collaborations
in the HCI and allied AI/ML areas in India. IIT Mandi is the only second-generation IIT to be
featured at rank 7 in the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements of the
Innovation Cell, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India.

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