A happy occasion for IEOR, IIT Bombay. 46 students got their degrees today - 22 M.Tech degrees, 1 Ph.D., 1 MSc.-Ph.D., 3 M.S. by Research, 14 M.Sc., 1 PG-DIIT and 4 their Mtech as part of the IDDDP at IIT Bombay (i.e. B.Tech/B.S. in some other discipline). Added to those who go their Ph.D. degrees in the interim convocation, this is the largest number of Ph.D. graduates in an academic year and perhaps overall as well. The Chief Guest was Venkatesh Seshadri, who delivered a sharp and insightful address. A special guest was our alumnus Nivesh Kumar, who has supported our program over the years. Our Head Jayendran Venkateswaran gave an overview of departmental activities and our senior faculty member Nndyala Hemachandra also spoke on the occasion.
Highlights were the Best Ph.D. thesis awards for Khushboo Agarwal (Naik and Rastogi award) and PRASHANT TRIVEDI (IEOR alumni endowment award), Silver Medal and Best thesis award to Kiran Prakash EC and an undergraduate research award to Sayannil Das.
Mustafa Vora, Kiran Prakash and Priyank Agarwal spoke on behalf of the students, in this very lively and engaging event.
Congratulations to the entire graduating batch and best wishes to them on the occasion! First convocation function as a new Department.
