Overview

• VIT Chennai held its 13th convocation on September 6, conferring 6,581 degrees and reporting 39 gold medallists.
• Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan said AI's growth will create demand for ethicists, model validators and professionals who certify automation outputs for societal use.
• He framed AI as a force that will democratise careers in a way comparable to how the internet broadened access to knowledge.
• He called for universal access to education across genders, communities and religions, linking higher female workforce participation in Tamil Nadu to recent economic gains.
• Chancellor G. Viswanathan cited a gross enrolment ratio near 28 percent and pressed governments to invest more, as dignitaries including Bangladesh's deputy high commissioner addressed graduates.