IIT Madras Awards 3,518 Degrees at 63rd Convocation; Zanzibar President Attends as Chief Guest

IIT Madras awarded 3,518 degrees, including 511 PhDs to 3,106 graduates at its 63rd Convocation. Check details here

IIT Madras 63rd Convocation 2026

IIT Madras Convocation 2026: Indian Institute of Technology Madras awarded a total of 3,518 degrees, including joint and dual degrees, to 3,106 graduating students during its 63rd Convocation 2026. IIT Madras convocation ceremony was graced by Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, President of Zanzibar and Chairman of Revolutionary Council, as  Chief Guest.

A total of 3,518 degrees were conferred, including joint and dual degree programmes to 3,106 graduates. In addition, the institute awarded 511 PhD degrees with Joint Degree PhDs with foreign universities and Dual Degree PhDs.

IIT Madras Degree Distribution Across Programmes

During convocation, IIT Madras Director Prof. V. Kamakoti awarded degrees to graduates across various programmes. IIT Madras graduating batch included

• 812 B.Tech students

• 302 Dual Degree B.Tech students

• 617 M.Tech students

• 143 M.Sc students

• 123 M.A students

• 84 MBA students

• 53 Executive MBA students

• 32 PG Diploma students

• 201 M.S students

Top Medal Winners at IIT Madras Convocation

IIT Madras recognised outstanding academic and overall achievements by presenting its institute medals and prizes

• President of India Prize for highest CGPA among B.Tech and Dual Degree students, along with Bharat Ratna M. Visvesvaraya Memorial Prize for highest CGPA in BTech, was awarded to Ashwin Subramanian Murugan (AE22B001)

• Institute Merit Prize for highest CGPA in Dual Degree programme was awarded to Anirudh Rao (BE21B004)

• Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Prize for best all round proficiency in curricular and extracurricular activities among BTech students was presented to Mith R. Jain (CS22B097)

• Governor's Prize for best all-round proficiency in curricular and extracurricular activities in Dual Degree programme was jointly awarded to B. Haricharan (EP21B015) and Aravindan Kamatchi Sundaram (MM21B010)