The Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IIT GN) Saturday hosted its 12th convocation in which a total of 456 students graduated.

Degrees have been awarded to 73 PhD students, 43 MTech students, 1 BTech-MTech Dual Degree student, 108 MSc students, 23 MA students, 8 PGDIIT students, 3 BTech Dual Major students, 196 BTech students, and 1 BSc (Engineering) student.

This year, 48 students received 58 medals, including 42 gold medals and 16 silver medals for excellence in various categories such as academics, outstanding research, innovation, leadership, social service, sports, arts and culture, and so on. A total of 16 students from the class of 2023 have completed their BTech in less semesters than the usual eight semesters.

This is the first time the institute awarded verifiable and tamper-proof digital degrees, mark sheets, and medal certificates in USB drives. In addition to this, IIT Gandhinagar has also uploaded these digital degrees into students� DigiLocker, which they will be able to access and download in PDF format with their Aadhaar authentication from anywhere.

IIT Gandhinagar placements

In terms of placements, a total of 252 companies participated in the campus recruitment this year, and about 80 per cent of BTech students (who registered for placements) were recruited in various sectors such as Software/IT, Engineering and Technology, Research, Management, Finance, Consulting and EdTech, among others.