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Notification For 51st Convo

The document announces the details of the 51st Convocation of IIT Kanpur to be held on June 28, 2018 in three sessions, providing the schedule, procedures, and requirements for degree recipients to participate. Students will be selected via lottery to attend the first session in the auditorium, while others can view the proceedings via livestream. Rehearsals will be held on June 27th for degree recipients and academic procession members.

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Notification For 51st Convo

The document announces the details of the 51st Convocation of IIT Kanpur to be held on June 28, 2018 in three sessions, providing the schedule, procedures, and requirements for degree recipients to participate. Students will be selected via lottery to attend the first session in the auditorium, while others can view the proceedings via livestream. Rehearsals will be held on June 27th for degree recipients and academic procession members.

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Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Academic Section

No. A/51st Convocation/2018/IITK/03


June 13, 2018

Prof. Neeraj Misra


Dean of Academic Affairs
IIT Kanpur

NOTIFICATION

This is to inform you that the Fifty First Convocation (Convocation – 2018) of the Institute
will be held in the Community Hall (Auditorium) on Thursday, June 28, 2018. The
Convocation (on June 28, 2018) will be held in three sessions as per following details:

Session – I (10:30 AM to 11:30 AM)


(Everybody should occupy seats latest by 09:30 AM)

(ALL UG & PG STUDENTS WHO ARE SELECTED THROUGH LOTTERY FOR THIS SESSION)

A) Dignitaries on the dais:


a. Chief Guest / Guest of Honour(s)
b. Chairman, BOG, IIT Kanpur
c. Director, IIT Kanpur

B) We shall be able to accommodate at most 900 students (UG + PG) in the


Auditorium during Session – I. These 900 students will be selected through lottery
among the students submitting Convocation consent form and willing to attend the
Convocation in person. Remaining students shall be accommodated in Lecture
Hall(s) where the proceedings of the ceremony shall be Live webcasted.

C) Following awards are proposed to be given in Session – I:


a. President’s Gold Medal
b. Director’s Gold Medal for UG – 4 Year program
c. Director’s Gold Medal for PG – 5 Year program
d. Ratan Swarup Memorial Prize
e. Dr. Shanker Dayal Sharma Medal
f. Gopal Das Bhandari Memorial Award

D) Chairperson SUGC, for UG students and Chairperson SPGC, for PG students


shall present the candidates for award of the degree in respective disciplines. The
students, of the said discipline shall stand and their names will be scrolled over the
screen. Chairman, Senate shall admit the students to the degree in respective
disciplines.
E) The proceedings in Session – I are proposed to be in following sequence:

a. Academic Procession enters


b. Invocation
c. Chairman, BOG declares the 51st Convocation Open
d. Chairmen, SPGC, SUGC will present the candidates for award of degree
e. Record of degrees is presented to the Chairman, BOG for his signatures
f. Chairman, Senate reads the Exhortation
g. Chief Guest presents the Medals & Prizes
h. Director, IIT Kanpur will read the Report of the Institute
i. Chief Guest delivers the speech
j. Chairman, BOG declares the 51st Convocation closed.
k. National Anthem
l. Academic Procession leaves
End of Session – I

Session – II (3:00 PM to 4:45 PM) (PH.D, M.TECH., M.SC.-2 YR, MBA, M.DES., MS(R), VLFM)
(Everybody should occupy seats latest by 2:30 PM)

A) Dignitaries on the dais:


a. Chairman, BOG, IIT Kanpur
b. Director, IIT Kanpur

B) Post Graduate students shall be awarded degree, awards and medals in this
session.

C) Head of the Department’s shall present the candidates for award of degree in
respective discipline.

D) As the name is announced by HOD, the degree recipient will present him/herself
in person and Chairman, Senate shall award him/her the degree.

E) Registrar shall present the candidates for the award of Medals and awards after
the award of degrees is over.

End of Session – II
Session – III (5:45 PM to 7:30 PM) (DUAL DEGREE, M.SC.-5 YR, B.TECH, BS, DBL MAJOR)
(Everybody should occupy seats latest by 5:15 PM)

A) Dignitaries on the dais:


a. Chairman, BOG, IIT Kanpur
b. Director, IIT Kanpur

B) Under Graduate students shall be awarded degree, awards and medals in this
session.

C) Head of the Department’s shall present the candidates for award of degree in
respective discipline.

D) As the name is announced by HOD, the degree recipient will present him/herself
in person and Chairman, Senate shall award him/her the degree.

E) Registrar shall present the candidates for the award of Medals and awards after
the award of degrees is over.

End of Session – III

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A full-scale rehearsal of all three ceremonies of Convocation will be held in
Auditorium on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 as per following schedule:

Rehearsal of Session – I (8:30 AM to 9:30 AM)

a) UG & PG degree recipients, who are awarded seats in Auditorium through lottery,
should assemble and take their seats at Auditorium by 8:00 AM;

b) The Senators/ Chairperson, SUGC, SPGC/ All Department/Program Heads who


intend to participate in the Academic Procession during Convocation are requested
to participate in the rehearsal program and should assemble at Auditorium by 8:15
AM.

Rehearsal of Session – II (10:00 AM – 11:30 AM)

a) All PG degree recipients should assemble and take their seats at Auditorium by
9:45 AM;

b) The Senators and all members of Academic Procession should assemble for
rehearsal at Auditorium by 9:50 AM.
Rehearsal of Session – III (12:00 Noon to 1:30 PM)

a) All UG degree recipients should assemble and take their seats at Auditorium by
11:45 AM;

b) The Senators and all members of Academic Procession should assemble for
rehearsal at Auditorium by 11:50 AM.

I extend to you our most cordial invitation to attend the Convocation and to receive your
degree in person. I hope that you will make it convenient to present on the occasion. I
wish to emphasize that you must reach the campus will in advance for the occasion so
that you are able to participate in rehearsal. We will try to accommodate parents of degree
receiving students in the Convocation Hall during Session – II and Session – III only on
first-cum-first serve basis. Arrangements for Live coverage of Convocation are also being
made in Lecture Halls. Parents of graduating students who can’t be accommodated in the
Convocation Hall will be accommodated in Lecture Halls.

In case you do not participate in the rehearsal, I am afraid, it may not be possible for
us to entertain requests for inclusion of your name for receiving the degree in
person.

All degree recipients are requested to fill in Online Consent Form for Convocation
which is available at following link http://www.iitk.ac.in/doaa/convocation.
Convocation fee of Rs. 1200/- (irrespective of being present or absent in
Convocation) shall also be paid online while filling the consent form. Hard copy of
No-dues clearance certificate needs to be submitted in DoAA office beforehand.

Unless a no-dues clearance certificate is submitted in DOAA office and online consent
form is filled as “YES”, it will not be possible to allow you to receive the degree in person.

Details regarding Convocation attire is available at following link:


http://www.iitk.ac.in/doaa/convocation/data/Dress-code-for-51st-Convocation.pdf

sd/-
(Neeraj Misra)
Dean, Academic Affairs

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