21st Convocation of NIT, Warangal celebrated

Warangal (KCN):

The 21st Convocation of NIT, Warangal started today at 2:00 PM in the institute Auditorium. Prof. Bidyadhar subudhi welcomed the graduands, parents, guests, press and media, alumni faculty, staff for the 21st Convocation.

Prof. Bidyadhar Subudhi, Director, NIT Warangal in his welcome address said “ I proudly mention before you that in this Convocation, we are conferring the much-valued degrees of NIT Warangal on 1064 B.Tech, 603 M.Tech, 154 M.Sc, 7 PG Diploma, 23 MBA, 52 MCA and 126 PhD students. A total of 2029 students will be receiving their degrees in the 21st Convocation. I extend my heartiest congratulations to all the graduates and their proud parents.”
He said NIT Warangal is established in 1959, NIT Warangal was set up as Regional Engineering College (REC) Warangal and was among the first such RECs set up across the country to promote quality engineering education. He said, NIT Warangal have been doing exceptionally with research and have published close to 583 journals and have received around 7.5 crores of consulting and project grants.
98% of UG and PG students were successful in securing placement offers through campus recruitment drives. The highest pay package was Rs. 88 lakh and average being Rs.17 Lakh. A number of companies, including Fortune 500 companies visited the campus to recruit our students from different academic programmes.
The Distinguished Alumni Award Ceremony was held on 10th October 2022-the Institute Foundation Day. Our Alumni have made us proud for their distinguished contribution and recognition in the different forums. One of our Alumni from 1983 Mechanical Engineering BTech, Sri Krishna Prasad, IPS(Retd.) has been appointed as the Chairman, BoG, NIT Jamshedpur. Four of our Alumni have been successful in Indian Administrative Services Examinations in the last year.
The NSS unit of the institute conducted a very eventful year and the activities began with a Medical camp in April 2023, in the village of Muddunoor by NSS team and the Institute health centre.
My heartiest congratulations to the gold medal winners of different branches of engineering. Nivedhitha Ulaganathan; Biotechnology; Yadari Revanth; Civil Engineering, Chinni Revanth; Mechanical Engineering, Karapa Bhavani, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sudeepthi Maddi; Electronics & Communication Engineering, Pratyush Dhal; Chemical Engineering, Sudireddy Dinesh Reddy; Computer Science Engineering, M Tarun; Metallurgy and Materials Engineering.

This year’s Institute Gold Medal Winner; Nivedhitha Ulaganathan, BTech(BT) deserves our special congratulations in the 21st Convocation.

Later, Dr. V.K. Saraswat, Member NITI Ayog, Government of India addressed the students, excerpts from his speech:
Today, you will join a prominent group of alumni of one of India’s leading & distinguished institutes. And, it is my great honor to take part in the convocation ceremony of this leading institution. An institution with great historical significance and contemporary relevance, NIT Warangal is the first among the chain of Regional Engineering Colleges (RECs) to be established as a pace setter in technical education. It gives me great pleasure to reiterate that over these 64 years, this institution has matured to excel in meeting the techno-socio-economic needs of the nation. The most exhilarating aspect is its consistent effort in maintaining a high standard in education and training with an all-India character.
I am impressed to note that the research environment at NIT Warangal has matured consistently. This has also led to incubate Startups by students and faculty members leading to forecasts by Nasscom-Deloitte defining Warangal as destined to be one among the next wave of technology hubs.
He addressed on the the graduands on:
Knowledge economy and Sustainable Development:
The knowledge that you have gained, the opportunities and options that you have, affords you the freedom to choose your area of interest, a choice many of your previous generations did not have. You are empowered by knowledge, and now have to fortify it with your personal qualities like honesty, hard work, sincerity and integrity and to top it all-with a sense of pride to serve the nation. I am quite confident that you will have the most rewarding experience in the years to come.
As India begins its march towards its centenary, what are the challenges for the next 25 years?
The successful launching and landing events of Chandrayaan-3 by ISRO, and the exhaustive analysis of Lunar surface characteristics and successful interception of a Satellite in LEO by a ground launched interceptor under Mission SHAKTI by DRDO has already put the country in the forefront of technology developments. This exhibits the indigenous capability of our scientists and engineers.
Recent global events have shown that in the new and emerging world order, true power is not in the hands of the nation that has vast natural resources or strength of arms, but in the hands of the nation, that has state-of-the-art technology.
Efforts are needed to prioritize the development of skills and talent that are necessary for innovation. One of the key drivers of this innovation ecosystem is our youth population.
Transformation through Youth Participation
To be a transformation leader, and gain true success in your life as problem solvers, you must inculcate some abilities to remain competitive in this dynamic world.
• Be creative.
• Be curious and observe things carefully.
• Be enthusiastic in work.
• Never get upset and run away from problems.
• Set your goals clearly and work to achieve them.
• Be ethical and maintain highest standards of professional excellence and personal integrity.
• Move ahead with grit and determination
• Lead from the front, setting an example and striving to serve others.
• Be wise in choosing – every choice matters.
• Improve the decision making capabilities through risk assessment.
• Assume full responsibility and take lead in showing the direction
• Inculcate the habit of design, build and test methodologies
• Learn to model and simulate
Discipline, good health, competence and character are your best assets and friends throughout the life. Buddha, a prince, philosopher, saint and teacher mentored the professionals in an excellent manner with his advice – “We are what we think we are. All that we are, arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world”.
Belief is one of the most powerful tools behind the success of any person, may it be personal or professional. I cannot resist myself to quote Swami Vivekananda: “All Power is within you. You can do anything and everything. Believe in that. Do not believe that you are weak; do not believe that you are half crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. Stand up and express the divinity within you.”
Later, PhD Students were awarded degrees, followed by UG and PG students. Later the roll of honour gold medals and Institute Gold Medals were presented by Dr. V. K. Saraswat. The event concluded with the Academic Procession’s departure. Prof. K. Madhumurthy, Chairperson, 21st Convocation, Deans, Senators participated in the Convocation.