The 59th convocation of IIT Bombay will be held on Saturday, August 7, 2021 from 2:00 pm onwards in a virtual reality mode keeping in view the safety measures during the ongoing pandemic. This VR-Convocation will allow the graduating students to experience a sense of achievement and pride of passing out of India’s premier engineering Institute.

Prof. Geoffrey Hinton, FRS, University of Toronto will be the Chief Guest during the ceremony.

Live screening on: Youtube Live:https://www.youtube.com/IITBombayOfficialChannel

PROGRAMME:

• Institute Song

• Chairman declares the Convocation open

• Welcome and Institute Report by the Director

• Address by the Chairman

• Award of Gold Medals

• Awards of Institute Silver Medals

• Award of Excellence in Ph.D.degrees

• Convocation Address by the Chief Guest

• Conferment of Ph.D. degrees

• Conferment of Masters degrees

• Conferment of Bachelor’s degrees

• Pledge by the degree recipients

• Chairman declares the Convocation closed

• National Anthem