A total of 378 students (269 Male and 109 Female) from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISER Bhopal) received their degrees in various disciplines today (8th July 2023) during the 10th Convocation Ceremony of the Institute.
Mr. Vatsalya Sharan (BS-MS, Department of Physics) was awarded the President’s Gold Medal 2023 for the Best Academic Performance amongst all disciplines of the BS-MS (Dual Degree) and Mr. Padmanav Baruah (BS-MS, Department of Biological Sciences) won the Director's Gold Medal for Outstanding All-Round Achievement and Leadership amongst all disciplines of the BS-MS (Dual Degree.
The graduating students include: 268 BS-MS (Dual Degree), 67 PhD, 36 BS and 7 MS.
Prof. Deepak Dhar, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and NASI-Senior Scientist, IISER Pune graced the occasion as Chief Guest. Prof. Jyeshtharaj Bhalchandra Joshi, Chairperson, Board of Governors, IISER Bhopal, Former Director, ICT Mumbai presided over the event in a hybrid mode. Shri Gaurav Awasthi, Acting Registrar, lead the procession of the Convocation-2023. The team lead by Dr. Ram Kumar Mishra, Dean, Academic Affairs and Dr. Snigdha Thakur, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, conducted the event proceedings.
Presenting the Convocation Report, Prof. Siva Umapathy, Director, IISER Bhopal, said,“IISER Bhopal is making its way to top and with our efforts we will reach the top 10% in the next five years. We always encourage our students to develop innovations that can lead to patents and, therefore, intellectual property. We already have 30 innovations, and five patents have been granted."
Further, Prof. Siva Umapathy, said, "We always aspire to give opportunity to our students in international programs during their Bachelor's and Master's program. Many of our students have taken internships and fellowships like the ENS Internship at France, Charpak Lab Scholarship, DAAD wise 2023 Summer Internship in Germany, MITACS Globalink Research Internship Canada, and FRT 2023 Summer Internship, ANU, Australia, among others. So we continue to negotiate and make sure our students get opportunities at the best institutions in the world."
IISER Bhopal attracts the brightest students from across the country. During academic session (2022-2023), which commenced from August 2022, 486 students were admitted in various programmes across all the Departments. Another set of 46 students were admitted in PhD programme in January 2023, thereby making a total admission of 532 students for the Academic Year 2022-2023.
Delivering the Convocation address, Chief Guest, Prof. Deepak Dhar, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and NASI-Senior Scientist, IISER Pune, said, “Two things are most essential as you get your Degree today and step into the future - Cultivation of scientific temper, and developing a moral compass. We believe that any generation of human beings can take forward the work done by the previous generation. For the same, we test various possibilities and try to make it more relevant and effective. Earlier generations have helped to create a knowledge system which can be improved constantly and you should take this further."
