NIIT University 9th Convocation, 19th October 2019
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NU held its 9th Convocation ceremony on Saturday, 19th October 2019. 308 students were awarded degree certificates for successful completion of academic programmes in various disciplines.
- BTech – 226
- MTech – 05
- MBA (Business Analytics) – 64
- Postgraduate Diploma (Banking & Finance) – 09
- PhD – 04
The convocation ceremony began with Saraswati Vandana. This was followed by the Welcome Address delivered by Mr Rajendra S Pawar, Founder, NIIT University. The degrees were awarded by Prof V.S. Rao, President, NIIT University. Mr Vijay K Thadani, Co-Founder, NIIT University introduced the Chief Guest, Prof K VijayRaghavan, Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India. Prof Rao delivered the Vote of Thanks. Prof K Vijay Raghavan delivered an inspiring Convocation Address in which discussed what the world might look like in 30 years – 2050 – from now and what we can to do shape it. He described at length the four factors that are going to play an important role – Humans, Climate, Environment and Biodiversity. He said that from being a Planet of Apes we have evolved into a Planet of Apps. A great amount of environment degradation has taken place and while we know the path that led us to this state, we do not know the return path.