PATNA: Three meritorious students (MTech, BTech and MSc) will receive gold medals at the sixth convocation ceremony of Indian Institute of Technology-Patna (IIT-P) to be organized at Gyan Bhawan on Thursday.The institute will also award silver medals to five BTech, eight MTech and three MSc students who have secured the highest marks in their respective branches. Altogether 282 students — 173 from BTech, 72 from MTech, 22 from MSc and 15 PhD scholars — will get their degrees on the occasion.Besides, cash prizes will be given to 14 students for their outstanding projects. Six BTech students will receive Rs 5,000 each whereas eight MTech students will get Rs 7,500 each at the convocation ceremony. The Kedar Nath Das Memorial Award will be given to one student of the department of computer science and engineering for all-round performance, excellent organizational abilities and leadership qualities.While scientist Manas Bihari Verma will be the chief guest, IIT-Kanpur’s deputy director Minanidra Agarwal and IIT-P’s board of governors’ chairman Ajai Chowdhry will be the guests of honour at the event.Students, participating in the ceremony, will be dressed in traditional attires. While boys will wear white and off-white kurta-pyjama with Kolhapuri chappals, girls will attend the function in a light coloured sari or salwar-kameez.IIT-P director Prof Pushpak Bhattacharyya will present the annual report of the institute on the occasion. A day after the convocation ceremony, IIT-P will organize an alumni meet for its former students on its Bihta campus on Friday.More than 200 students attended a rehearsal ceremony of the convocation at Gyan Bhawan on Wednesday.

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