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May 23, 2007
From the Institute: Conferring Degrees and Awards on 20th IT Convocation day
Arun @ May 23, 2007

The 89th Convocation of the Banaras Hindu University was held on the 9th of April, 2007. In this regard, the 20th IT Convocation took place on the 7th of April, 2007 for the passouts of 2006. With the Director, Prof. S.N. Upadhyay; the Dean, Prof. J.N.Sinha and the Academic Registrar in close attendance, the Convocation witnessed an impressive turnout considering the fact that the dates were a matter of much conjuncture till late March. In all, a total of 484 degrees were conferred at the Graduate, Post-Graduate, Masters and the Doctorate Level.

The Ceremony

Ceremony.JPG

Table-1: Degrees awarded by IT-BHU for the year 2006.
BRANCH DEGREES
D.Sc.Ph.D.M.Tech/M.PharmaB.Tech/B.Pharma
Computer Science & Engineering--1--37
Ceramic Engineering--1326
Chemical Engineering ----1741
Civil Engineering ----1430
Electrical Engineering ----16+3*45
Electronics Engineering 122347
Mechanical Engineering --110+1**55
Metallurgical Engineering --21226
Mining Engineering ----723
Pharmaceutics----1710
Bio-Chemical Engineering --15--
Bio-Medical Engineering ----3--
Materials Science & Technology----3--
Applied Chemistry--1----
Total19134340
* Systems Engineering ** Industrial Management

Prominent awardees along with the list of honors are as follows:

  1. Ankur Gupta
    • Late Shri Shyam Sunder Lal Razdan Memorial Gold Medal for securing highest percentage of marks in B.Tech. Part IV Examination, 2006.
    • Prof. Gopal Tripathi Memorial Gold Medal for securing highest marks at the B.Tech./ B.Pharm. Examination, 2006.
    • Smt. Arati Paul and Prof. Binod Bihari Paul Gold Medal for securing highest marks in IV-Year Examination among all the students of B.Tech./B.Pharm. Examination, 2006.
    • Shri Raj Kishore Kapoor Silver Medal for securing highest marks at the B.Tech./B.Pharm. Examination, 2006.
    • Dr. Annie Besant Prize for standing First among all the branches of Engineering in 2006.

  2. Shekhar Tewari

    • R.B.G Modi Medal for standing First at the B.Tech. Part-IV Level in Chemical Engineering Examination, 2006.
    • Manishi Sharma Memorial Gold Medal for securing First position at the B.Tech. Part-IV Level in Chemical Engineering Examination, 2006.
    • Dr. R.J. Rathi Financial Award Rs. 1000/- cash for standing first at the B-Tech. Part-IV Level in Chemical Engineering Examination, 2006.
  3. Vivek Verma

    • Rai Bahadur Taracharan Gue Memorial Award Rs.500/- cash for standing First at the B-Tech. Part-IV Level in Civil Engineering Examination, 2006
    • Late Prof. Manoranjan Sengupta Platinum Jubilee Merit Award Rs.1000/- cash for securing highest marks in B.Tech. Part-IV in Civil Engineering Examination, 2006.
  4. Kapil Malik
    • R.B.G Modi Medal for standing First at the B.Tech. Part-IV in Electrical Engineering Examination, 2006.

    • Himmat Narayan Singh Gold Medal for securing the First position and First division in B.Tech. Electrical Engineering Examination, 2006.

    • N.V.R Nageswar Iyer Prize for standing First in B.Tech. Part-IV in Electrical Engineering Examination, 2006.

    • Late Prof. Manoranjan Sengupta Platinum Jubilee Merit Award Rs. 1000/- cash for securing highest marks in the B. Tech. Part-IV in Electrical Engineering Examination, 2006.
  5. Sudeep Tandon
    • Lala Balak Ramji Kohinoor Gold Medal for securing highest marks at the B.Tech. Part-IV Examination, 2006 among the branches of Civil, Mechanical, Electrical & Electronics Engineering.

    • Late. Prof. Nagesh Chandra Vaidya Gold Medal for standing First at the B-Tech. Part-IV in Electronics Engineering Examination, 2006

    • Dr. (Late) Nandita Saha Roy Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining First position in B.Tech. Electronics Engineering Final Year Examination, 2006.

    • Prof. V.V. Chalam Prize for standing Second among all the branches of B.Tech Examination, 2006.

    • Dr. Ayyagiri Sambasiva Rao Prize Rs. 1000/- cash for securing First position at bthe B-Tech Part IV in Electronics Engineering Examination, 2006.

    • Late Prof. Manoranjan Sengupta Platinum Jubilee Merit Award Rs. 1000/- cash for securing highest marks in B-Tech Part IV in Electronics Engineering Examination, 2006.
  6. Manish Yadav
    • The Prince of Wales Medal for standing First at the B.Tech. Part-IV in Mechanical Engineering Examination, 2006.

    • Late Prof. Manoranjan Sengupta Platinum Jubilee Merit Award Rs. 1000/- cash for securing highest marks in B.Tech. Part-IV in Mechanical Engineering Examination, 2006.
  7. Nitin Rai
    • Aruna and Malviya Medal for standing First at the B.Pharm. Part-IV Examination, 2006.

    • Late Prof. G.P. Srivastava for standing First at the B.Pharm. Part- IV Examination, 2006.

Glimpses:

Happy Graduates
Happy Graduates.JPG
Students caught in a light mood with Prof. S. K. Sharma
Students caught in a light mood with Prof. S. K. Sharma.JPG