65th Convocation – The KGP Chronicle

Aug

29

2019

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An evening to remember

Events65th Convocation, Cyclone Fani, DAA, Distinguished Alumnus Award, G.C. Mitra, IIT Kharagpur, Intel, Odisha state government, Padma Shri, PCI Express, Technology Guest House

You would have mistaken him for a student. Dark cropped hair, back-pack in place, an incredibly young-looking Debendra Das Sharma approached me for his interview at the Technology Guest House on the evening before the 65th Convocation. He was returning to the campus after more than two decades and was incredibly happy to be back. As Principal Engineer in Intel Corporation, Sharma has been leading the development of PCI Express since its inception two decades back through six generations of evolution of the technology. He has played a key role in evolving PCI Express as a ubiquitous I/O interconnect in…

The magic touch

Events65th Convocation, Curtin, Dual Doctoral Programs, IIT Kharagpur, PhD, research scholars, University of Melbourne, Wollongong

India Today Careers360 At its 65th Convocation, IIT Kharagpur gave away PhD degrees to 372 scholars. The numbers showed a sharp rise from the earlier figure of 295 from last year. Taking the 5 years' figure the increase is close to 85% taking 2014 as base. The numbers happily live up to the goals set for higher education centres by the Government of India. They, in fact, reflect sustained efforts taken by the Institute over the past few years to intensify the focus on research. Prof. P.K. Das, Dean, Post-graduate Studies, IIT Kharagur, explained the reason for the rise in…

A moment to cherish for a lifetime

Events65th Convocation, degree, graduation, IIT Kharagpur, PhD

It was their day. A time they had been waiting to celebrate with their families and friends. Some of them brought over the family’s oldest, perhaps a grandparent who could still walk. And some the youngest, even if only a few months old. But for those who received their degrees at the 65th Convocation of the Institute, the joy was simply so great that it could not be contained. It had to be shared – as generously as possible, as widely as possible, as loudly as possible. You would get the sense if you had happened to mingle among the…