72nd CONVOCATION

JULY 03, 2026 (Friday)

It is advised to attend the rehearsal compulsorily on Friday, July 03, 2026 at 15:45 hrs. at Netaji
Auditorium as per the instructions that will be given at the respective venues.
TIME EVENTS VENUE

09:30 – 14:00 Hrs. Registration * Nalanda Classroom Complex

15:45 – 17:00 Hrs. Convocation Rehearsal * Netaji Auditorium

17:15 – 18:15 Hrs. High Tea Lawn adjacent to S. N. Bose Auditorium

19:00 – onwards Musical Evening Kalidas Auditorium

Pre-Convocation Dinner Technology Students' Gymkhana
20:00 – 22:00 Hrs.
(Degree Recipients & Invitees) (Swimming Pool Side)
* Participation in these events is compulsory to receive Degree in person on Convocation dais on July 04, 2026.

JULY 04, 2026 (Saturday)

Programme with Timing
09:00 - 10:00 Please enter the Convocation Hall/respective Auditorium wearing the scarf on
July 04, 2026 and occupy the seats allotted to you by 10:00 Hrs. In case of any
difficulty, contact Prof. Neeraj Kumar Goyal [9434741267] or volunteers
concerned for Seating Arrangement in the Convocation Hall. Maintain the
solemnity of the function.
10:00 – 10:30 Medal/Degree recipients & Guests assemble at the Convocation Venue

10:30 – 10:45 Photo session with Chairman Board of Governors, Director, the Distinguished
dignitaries, and Gold medal recipients at the Institute foyer
10:45 – 11:00 The dignitaries join the Academic Procession.
The Academic Procession proceeds to the Convocation Venue and settles in.
Invocation to be performed.
11:00 - 11:04 National Song.

11:04 - 11:05 Chairman, Board of Governors, Shri T. V. Narendran, declares the 72nd
Convocation OPEN
11:05 - 11:15 Report by the Director, IIT Kharagpur.

11:15 - 11:16 Professor-in-Charge, Convocation presents the Degree Recipients to the Director.

11:16 - 11:17 Conferment of Degrees to the recipients by the Director.

11:17 - 11:27 The Professor-in-Charge, Convocation, announces the names of awardees of the
Institute Gold Medals.
Presentation of Institute Gold Medals by Chief Guest

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• President of India Gold Medal

• Prime Minister of India Gold Medal
• Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Memorial Gold Medal
• Dr. Jnan Chandra Ghosh Memorial Gold Medal
• Prof. Jagadish Chandra Bose Memorial Gold Medal
• The Chairman, Board of Governors Gold Medal (Undergraduate)
• The Chairman, Board of Governors Gold Medal (Postgraduate)
• The Director’s Gold Medal
• Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal

11:27 – 11:52 Registrar announces the names of awardees of the Institute Silver Medals.
Presentation of Institute Silver Medals to the students by the Director and
Dignitaries on the Dais.
• Institute Silver Medals (4-year [Link].)
• Institute Silver Medals (5-year [Link].)
• Institute Silver Medals (5-year Dual Degree)
• Institute Silver Medals (4-year B.S.)
• Institute Silver Medals (5-year [Link].)
• Institute Silver Medals (3-year [Link].)
• Institute Silver Medals (2-year [Link].)
• Institute Silver Medals ([Link].)
• Institute Silver Medals (MCP)
• Institute Silver Medals ([Link].)
• Institute Silver Medals (MHRM)
• Institute Silver Medals (MBA)
• Institute Silver Medals (MMST)
• Institute Silver Medal (LLB)
• Institute Silver Medal (LLM)
• Institute Silver Medal (MPPLG)

11:52 - 12:00 Pledge by the Degree Recipients.

Display of Names & Roll Numbers of all Degree Recipients on screen
12:00 – 12:10 Address by the Chairman, Board of Governors

12:10 – 12:25 Prof. Nicholas B. Dirks, Distinguished International Guest and Plenary Speaker,
delivers his address after an Introduction by the Director
Chairman, Board of Governors felicitates Prof. Nicholas B. Dirks

12:25 – 12:31 Guest-of-Honour Prof. Shekhar C. Mande, President of the Indian National
Science Academy, delivers his address
12:31 – 12:32 Director felicitates Prof. Shekhar C. Mande

12:32 – 12:38 Guest-of-Honour Dr. Kalyan Chakraborti, Cabinet Minister, Government of West
Bengal, delivers his address
12:38 – 12:39 Director felicitates Dr. Kalyan Chakraborti

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12:39 – 12:45 Guest-of-Honour Shri Jagannath Chattopadhyay, Cabinet Minister, Government

of West Bengal, delivers his address
12:45 – 12:46 Director felicitates Shri Jagannath Chattopadhyay

12:46 – 12:52 Guest-of-Honour Shri Dilip Ghosh, Cabinet Minister, Government of West Bengal,
delivers his address
12:52 – 12:53 Director felicitates Shri Dilip Ghosh

12:53 – 13:05 Chief Guest Dr. Sukanta Majumdar, the Union Minister of State for Education
and the Development of North Eastern Region, delivers the Convocation Address
13:05 – 13:06 Director felicitates Dr. Sukanta Majumdar

13:06 – 13:12 Felicitation of Distinguished Guests on the Dais by Director

Shri Manoj Kumar Agarwal, Chief Secretary, Government of West Bengal
Dr. Subrata Gupta, Advisor to Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of West Bengal
13:12 – 13:13 Felicitation of the Chairman, Board of Governors, by Director

13:13 – 13:25 The director felicitates the distinguished guests in the audience.

13:25 – 13:30 Closing remarks by the Chairman, Board of Governors

13:30 – 13:31 The Chairman, Board of Governors, declares the 72nd Convocation CLOSED

13:31 – 13:32 National Anthem

13:32 – 13:40 Academic Procession Leaves the Auditorium

INTER-SESSION BREAK FOR LUNCH

(13:40 HRS – 15:00 HRS)

SECOND SESSION (15:00 HRS onwards)

15:00 – 15:15 Degree recipients occupy their seats in two respective convocation venues.

NETAJI AUDITORIUM
15:00 – 15:15 Distinguished guests, Deans, and Heads Assemble at the foyer

15:15 – 15:30 The Academic Procession enters, and proceed to the dais.

15:30 – 15:34 National Song

15:34 – 15:49 Dean (FoS) welcomes the Distinguished guests on the Dais and the respective

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Heads introduce them.

• Dr. Manish Gupta (to be introduced by Head, AI)
• Prof. Srikrishna Deva Rao (to be introduced by Dean, RGSoIPL)
• Dr. Sanjay G. Charati (to be introduced by Head, Mat. Sc.)
• Prof. Amit Basak (to be introduced by Head, Chemistry)
• Dr. Shyam Narayan Jha (to be introduced by Head, AGFE)
• Dr. Prakash Kumar (to be introduced by Head, G&G)
15:49 – 15:50 Joint PIC, Convocation declares the commencement of Degree Distribution

15:50 – 16:05 Degree Distribution of Faculty of Biosciences & Biotechnology (BSBT)

1. P K Sinha Centre for Bioenergy & Renewables
[1] Ph.D.
2. Bio Science
[1] [Link](2YR) [2] Ph.D.
3. Bioscience & Biotechnology
[1] [Link] [2] DUAL DEGREE [3] [Link](2YR) [4] [Link] [5] Ph.D.
4. School of Medical Science & Technology
[1] [Link](3YR) [2] [Link] [3] MMST [4] Ph.D.

16:05 – 17:15 Degree Distribution of Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (FoEA)

1. Aerospace Engineering
[1] [Link] [2] DUAL DEGREE [3] [Link] [4] Ph.D.
2. Agricultural & Food Engineering
[1] [Link] [2] DUAL DEGREE [3] [Link] [4] MS [5] Ph.D.
3. Artificial Intelligence
[1] [Link] [2] Ph.D.
4. Architecture & Regional Planning
[1] [Link] [2] MCP [3] [Link] [4] Ph.D.
5. Ranbir & Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design & Management
[1] [Link] [2] Ph.D.

17:15 – 17:50 Degree Distribution of Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS)

1. Centre for Interdisciplinary & Convergent Technologies
[1] [Link] [2] MS [3] Ph.D.
2. Centre for Computational & Data Sciences
[1] MS [2] Ph.D.
3. Deysarkar Centre of Excellence In Petroleum Engineering
[1] Ph.D.
4. Environmental Science & Engineering
[1] Ph.D.
5. Energy Science & Engineering
[1] [Link] [2] Ph.D.
6. Humanities & Social Sciences
[1] 4YRS B.S [2] BS-MS(5YR) [3] BS [Link] [4] [Link](5YR) [5] MHRM [6] Ph.D.
7. Centre of Excellence for Indian Knowledge Systems
[1] Ph.D.
8. Materials Science Centre
[1] [Link] [2] Ph.D.
9. Nano Science & Technology
[1] Ph.D.
10. Centre for Rural Development & Innovative Sustainable Technology
[1] Ph.D.
11. Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship
[1] [Link] [2] Ph.D.
12. Rekhi Centre of Excellence for the Science of Happiness
[1] Ph.D.
13. School of Water Resources
[1] [Link] [2] MS [3] Ph.D.

17:50 – 19:00 Degree Distribution of Faculty of Sciences (FoS)

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1. Centre for Ocean, River, Atmosphere & Land Sciences (CORAL)

[1] [Link] [2] Ph.D.
2. Chemistry
[1] 4YRS B.S [2] BS-MS(5YR) [3] [Link](2YR) [4] [Link](5YR) [5] Ph.D.
3. Geology & Geophysics
[1] 4YRS B.S [2] BS-MS(5YR) [3] [Link] [4] [Link](2YR) [5] [Link](5YR)
[6] MSC [Link] [7] [Link] [8] Ph.D.
4. Mathematics
[1] 4YRS B.S [2] BS-MS(5YR) [3] BS- [Link] [4] [Link](2YR) [5] [Link](5YR) [6] [Link] [7] CER [8] Ph.D.
5. Physics
[1] 4YRS B.S [2] BS-MS(5YR) [3] [Link](2YR) [4] [Link](5YR) [5] [Link] [6] Ph.D.

19:00 – 19:20 Degree Distribution of Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law
1. Centre of Excellence in Public Policy, Law & Governance
[1] MPPLG
2. Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law
[1] LLM [2] LLB [3] Ph.D.

19:20 – 19:50 Degree Distribution of Vinod Gupta School of Management

1. Vinod Gupta School of Management
[1] MBA [2] EMBA [3] PGDBA [4] Ph.D.

19:50 – 19:51 National Anthem

KALIDAS AUDITORIUM
15:00 – 15:15 Distinguished guests, Deans, and Heads Assemble at the foyer

15:15 – 15:30 The Academic Procession enters, and proceed to the dais.

15:30 – 15:34 National Song

15:34 – 15:39 Dean (FoEA) welcomes the following Distinguished guests on the Dais and the
respective Heads introduce them.
• Prof. Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay (to be introduced by Head, CS)
• Prof. Balaji Ramakrishnan (to be introduced by Head, OENA)
15:39 – 15:40 Joint PIC, Convocation declares the commencement of Degree Distribution

15:40 – 19:40 Degree Distribution of Faculty of Engineering and Architecture (FoEA)

1. Civil Engineering
[1] [Link] [2] DUAL DEGREE [3] [Link] [4] Ph.D.
2. Chemical Engineering
[1] [Link] [2] DUAL DEGREE [3] [Link] [4] Ph.D.
3. Cryogenic Engineering
[1] [Link] [2] Ph.D.
4. Computer Science & Engineering
[1] [Link] [2] DUAL DEGREE [3] [Link] [4] MS [5] Ph.D.
5. Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering
[1] [Link] [2] DUAL DEGREE [3] [Link] [4] CER [5] MS [6] Ph.D.
6. Electrical Engineering
[1] [Link] [2] DUAL DEGREE [3] [Link] [4] MS [5] Ph.D.
7. G S Sanyal School of Telecommunication
[1] [Link] [2] MS [3] Ph.D.

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8. Industrial & Systems Engineering

[1] [Link] [2] DUAL DEGREE [3] [Link] [4] MS [5] Ph.D.
9. Mechanical Engineering
[1] [Link] [2] DUAL DEGREE [3] [Link] [4] MS [5] Ph.D.
10. Mining Engineering
[1] [Link] [2] DUAL DEGREE [3] [Link] [4] MS [5] Ph.D.
11. Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
[1] [Link] [2] DUAL DEGREE [3] [Link] [4] Ph.D.
12. Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture
[1] [Link] [2] DUAL DEGREE [3] [Link] [4] Ph.D.
13. Subir Chowdhury School of Quality & Reliability
[1] [Link] [2] Ph.D.
14. Rubber Technology Centre
[1] [Link] [2] Ph.D.
15. Centre of Excellence on Safety Engineering & Analytics (CoE-SEA)
[1] [Link] [2] MS

19:40 – 19:41 National Anthem

• The Scarves issued to degree recipients are to be retained by the degree recipients after the
Convocation.
• All medals/awards/prizes not handed over on the day of Convocation are to be collected from the
Academic Section from next working day by the recipient/representative with authorization letter
and identity proof.

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