316 students graduate at IIIT-B convocation, highest offer stands at ₹1.5 crore

Around 316 students graduated at the 26th convocation ceremony of International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-B), Bangalore, held here on Sunday.

95 of the graduates are from the Master of Integrated Technology, 175 are from the Master of Technology, 32 are from the Master of Science through Research, and 14 are PhD graduates.

Announcing the details of IIIT-B’s placement and the highest package earned by students, IIIT-B Director Debabrata Das said, “This year, one of the students in the Integrated MTech program secured a record package of ₹ 1.5 crore, while two students secured packages of ₹ 1.3 crore. More than 22 students secured annual salary packages exceeding ₹ 60 lakh, 27 students secured annual salary packages exceeding ₹ 60 lakh.” He received packages of ₹1.5 crore and ₹40-60 lakh and more than 110 students were offered packages of over ₹20 lakh per annum.”

Mr. Das added: “IIIT-B has launched India’s first Department of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) in academia. Tele-MANAS, a platform to help people in distress, is one such example for DPI. Now, the national tele-mental health platform developed by us has received over 40 lakh calls and has made a difference.”

Be ready for change

Meanwhile, Chief Guest Professor Rajat Moona from Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar said:

“In today’s AI-driven era, the pace of change in technology has become even faster. Over the past few years, the changes that AI has brought to our lives have become tremendous. Even as you graduate, you have probably seen a number of transformations brought about by AI. Such transformations will continue, and it is necessary to be ready for it.”

While the IIITB Gold Medal for MTech was awarded to Singuru Manognya, Subhajeet Lahiri received the Institute Gold Medal for Integrated MTech. Sir M. Visvesvaraya Scholarship Awards were given to Subhajeet Lahiri and Ketaki Srikrishna Tamhanakar. Siddharth Kothari received the Sitaram Jindal Gold Medal and was also honored with the Late Sri N. Rama Rao Medal for Best Outgoing Student (Male), while Yukta Arvind Rajapur also received the medal for Best Outgoing Student (Female). Institute Medals were awarded to Sankalp Kothari and Daksh Sharma for their contribution to society and professional life.

Siddharth Kothari and Sankalp Kothari are twin brothers and both graduated from MTech in Computer Science Engineering from IIITB today. While Siddharth was awarded the Sitaram Jindal Gold Medal and was also honored with the Late Sri N. Rama Rao Medal for Best Outgoing Student (Male), Sankalp was honored with the Institute medal for his contribution to society and professional life.

To talk HinduSiddharth said, “It has been an amazing journey, I have made many friends, participated in everything from extracurriculars to academics, had some of the best experiences of my life and I am leaving a completely changed person for the better. I look forward to the milestones ahead in my career.”

The meeting also marked two important milestones in the Institute’s journey. IIIT-Bangalore celebrated the graduation of its 100th PhD student in Computer Science and Engineering. Neurosurgeon Vikas Vazhayil from NIMHANS was awarded the PhD for his research on autonomous robotic neurosurgery.

“The research focused on the theory behind developing surgical algorithms that can guide neurosurgical robots while performing brain surgery. There are plans to build a series of neurosurgery robots based on the work done so far,” Mr. Vikas said.