Roorkee: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee will hold annual convocation ceremony on 30 September 2016 (Friday). Eligible undergraduate and postgraduate students will receive degrees on this occasion. A number of research awards will be presented at the Convocation 2016 of IIT Roorkee.
The institute has also announced the final list of medal and prizes, which will be presented to these students. These medals include The President’s Gold Medal, Director’s Gold Medal, The President of India, Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal, and Dr Jai Krishna Gold Medal.
On September 21, 2001, the University of Roorkee was converted to an IIT by the Government of India through an Act of Parliament and was recognized as an Institution of National Importance. As of new, IIT Roorkee has 19 academic departments and 3 centres of excellence supported by the several service centres like Computer Centre, Information Superhighway Centre, Instrumentation Centre and Central Library.
IIT Roorkee offers 11 Under-Graduate courses in engineering and architecture, five Integrated Dual Degree (IDD) courses, three Integrated M.Tech, three Integrated M.Sc., and 54 Post-Graduate courses in engineering, architecture, sciences, computer application and business administration besides Ph.D. degree programmes and post-doctoral reseach in all the disciplines
