As per a recent notification, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur will hold its convocation for the 2019-2020 batch through online mode. It is one of the first institutes in Bengal to hold its convocation online.
Around 2700 students will be present during the convocation. IIT Kharagpur will also broadcast the event live over various social media platforms to ensure all the students and parents can join in.
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The convocation ceremony is usually held between July and August. However, it was postponed this year due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, and students of the 2019-20 batch are yet to receive their degrees. Previously, the IIT Kharagpur planned to invite the students to the institute and give them their degrees.
However, this plan was later discarded due to the Covid-19 lockdown. To prevent any further delay in awarding students their degrees, IIT Kharagpur has moved the convocation to the online medium.
A senior official from IIT Kharagpur said, “There will be no possibility of asking so many students to come to the institute next month. Moreover, many graduating students have already found placements and are joining jobs. Since the degree certificates are valuable, we have decided to hold a virtual convocation without any further delay,”
Tamal Nath, the registrar of IIT Kharagpur said that the convection will likely be held on January 23, 2021. He said that the event has already received the nod from the officials and preparations are now underway.
Previously, IIT Bombay conducted its convocation in online mode and many other institutes are now following its footsteps. In addition to the convocation, IIT Kharagpur has also announced Distinguished Alumni awards. This year, around 21 alumni across the world were named.
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