NIT-C to hold virtual convocation tomorrow

The 17th convocation of the National Institute of Technology-Calicut (NIT-C) will be held in the online mode on October 30 at 3 pm. 

Tessy Thomas, Director General of Aeronautical Systems and former Project Director for Agni-IV missile in the Defence Research and Development Organisation, will deliver the convocation address. Gajjala Yoganand, Chairperson, Board of Governors of National Institute of Technology-Calicut, and Prasad Krishna, Director, NIT-C, will be present on the occasion. Last year also, the convocation ceremony was held online in keeping with the COVID-19 protocol.  

A total of 1,539 graduates will receive their degrees, who include 850 BTech., 37 BArch, 402 MTech, 14 MPlan, 39 MCA, 43 MBA, 58 MSc, and 96 PhD degrees. 

A release issued by the institute said that during this year, NIT-C recorded the best placement figures. During the 2020-21 placement drive, the outgoing students received a record number of 714 placements, as compared to 647 last year. The highest offer this year was ₹43.31 lakh a year, offered to a student of BTech (Computer Science and Engineering) by Microsoft, while the average annual salary was ₹11 lakh a year. Placements for the 2022 graduating students have begun, with four students of BTech (Computer Science and Engineering) receiving the highest ever annual salary of ₹67.6 lakh a year. 

NIT-C, established in 1961, is one of the oldest NITs in India. The engineering institute has 13 departments that offer 52 courses. It offers BTech, BArch, MTech, MBA, MPlan, MS and PhD programmes. Admission to these courses is based on the national-level entrance exam. 

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