380 students graduate during IIITDM Kancheepuram 10th Convocation Ceremony

380 students graduated during the 10th convocation ceremony of IIITDM Kancheepuram including six PhDs, 53 MTechs, 110 Dual Degrees and 211 BTech degree recipients.

IIITDM Kancheepuram 10th Convocation

IIITDM Kancheepuram 10^th Convocation Ceremony: The tenth convocation of the Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Kancheepuram (IIITDM Kancheepuram), a Central Government ‘Institute of National Importance located near Chennai, Tamil Nadu recorded the graduation of a total of 380 students. This includes six PhDs, 53 MTechs, 110 Dual Degrees and 211 BTech degree recipients.

Convocation held in physical mode

The convocation was held in physical mode on September 10, 2022, in the presence of chief guest Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Government of India, Professor S. Sadagopan, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIITDM Kancheepuram, Professor DVLN Somayajulu, Director, IIITDM Kancheepuram, faculty, staff, students and parents.

The Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs laid the foundation stone of the Institute Auditorium and inaugurated the Centre of AI, IoT and Robotics. She also unveiled the Student’s Wall of Honour which includes gold medal winners of all the previous convocations.

Addressing the convocation, Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Government of India, said, “I want to underline the fact it is India’s higher education which has contributed to the best of company executives. Globally, 58 top-notch company CEOs are Indian in origin and India-education and they are in 11 such companies that are multinational, whose collective revenue is over 1 trillion and 4 trillion in turnover".

Speaking on the occasion, Professor S Sadagopan, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIITDM Kancheepuram, said, “Since its humble beginning in 2007, the Institute has grown sizeably over the past 15 years with a student strength of around 1600, 80 faculty, and 50 administrative and technical staff! The purpose of an educational Institute is the creation of skilled human resources and I am happy to see growth of the Institute both in terms of numbers and the diversity of academic and research programs offered at the undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels.”

IIITDM Kancheepuram Placements & Industrial Consultancy

Presenting the annual report of the Institute, Professor DVLN Somayajulu, Director, IIITDM Kancheepuram, said,

“In this crystal jubilee year, we (IIITDM Kancheepuram) have attained 97% of placements with a highest CTC of Rs 32 lakh per annum and average CTC of Rs 10.06 lakh. Our chief recruiters have been Amazon, AMD, Ericsson, Google, L&T, MathWorks, Microchip, Samsung, and Zoom India, etc.”

IIITDM Kancheepuram offers design-centric engineering programs with specialisations in mechanical, electronics and computer engineering. Towards meeting industry demands, the Institute also launched B Tech and MTech level programmes in ‘Smart Manufacturing.’

The entire convocation can be viewed on the following link - https://youtu.be/fFyRDpxpbGM

Convocation Booklet can be viewed and downloaded from the following link - https://drive.google.com/file/d/13Mcy2AI6uWVBeC4D5MmKlt8xZb9bjLwC/view

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