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BITS Pilani Goa convocation: 1,109 graduates, gold medal for Shamit Khetan
BITS Pilani’s K K Birla Goa Campus conferred degrees to 1,109 graduates at its Convocation 2026. The cohort included 674 first-degree, 257 dual-degree, 121 higher-degree and 57 PhD students. Among first-degree graduates,…
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BITS Pilani’s K K Birla Goa Campus conferred degrees to 1,109 graduates at its Convocation 2026. The cohort included 674 first-degree, 257 dual-degree, 121 higher-degree and 57 PhD students. Among first-degree graduates, Shamit Khetan received the gold medal, Vrishti Deepak Godhwani the silver and Aditya Ashok Tailor the bronze.
Chief guest Rakesh Kumar Verma, co-founder of MapmyIndia and an alumnus, attended the event. Group Vice Chancellor Prof V Ramgopal Rao said the campus is redesigning its curriculum around flexible, cross-disciplinary electives. He noted that BITSians have founded 140 deep-tech startups, more than alumni of any other Indian institution. During the academic year, the campus launched a co-tutelage programme with RMIT University, two new M.E. programmes in quantum science, and a minor in computing and intelligence. Research activity grew to 91 sponsored projects worth over Rs 30.72 crore and 720 publications.
The Indian Opinion
The vice chancellor’s claim that BITS Pilani alumni have founded more deep-tech startups than any other Indian institution, including IITs, is impressive but unverified by independent data. The institute’s curriculum redesign and new quantum programmes signal forward thinking, but the real test will be whether the 1,109 graduates, especially from the co-tutelage course with RMIT, find jobs in a slowing tech market. Numbers alone do not measure impact.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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