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IIT Kanpur Confers 3,104 Degrees at 59th Convocation

IN‑SPACe chair Pawan Goenka urged lifelong learning to help build a developed India by 2047, with director Manindra Agrawal stressing the continuing value of human judgment in the age of AI.

Overview

  • The institute formally awarded degrees to 3,104 students, a class that included 1,247 undergraduates, 1,325 postgraduates and 532 e‑Masters learners.
  • The cohort encompassed 390 PhD recipients, 502 MTech graduates and 852 BTech graduates among other joint‑degree and specialized programme completions.
  • The convocation took place in two sessions, with medals and awards presented in the Main Auditorium before degrees were conferred across lecture halls on Wednesday.
  • Top institute honours went to Sagar KV with the President’s Gold Medal and to Aditya V and Ritwik Shankar with the Director’s Gold Medals, alongside other academic and departmental prizes.
  • Speakers framed the day as a call to responsibility by linking personal resilience and lifelong learning to national goals and warned that human judgment, ethical choices and cross‑disciplinary thinking must guide rapidly advancing AI.