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IIT Delhi convocation shows IITs evolving beyond engineering degrees

IIT Delhi convocation shows IITs evolving beyond engineering degrees
Beyond PM Modi’s speech: The non-engineering evolution of the IIT brand · financialexpress.com

India has special schools called IITs that are very famous for teaching engineering.

One of them, IIT Delhi, had a big graduation ceremony called a convocation.

The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, came to speak at the ceremony.

More than 3,000 students got their degrees that day.

For the very first time, some students graduated with new kinds of degrees, like design and culture studies.

This shows that IITs are not only for engineers anymore.

They now teach art, science, and business too.

IIT business schools are even doing better than some older business schools in rankings.

IIT Delhi is also helping other technical colleges work together with it.

This means students can learn many different things and work together to solve big problems.

Key facts

Institution
IIT Delhi
Event
57th Convocation
Graduates
3,036
First-ever BDes graduates
20
First-ever MA Culture, Society, Thought graduates
21
IIT Delhi director
Prof Rangan Banerjee
NIRF 2022 rank of DMS IIT Delhi
4th
Partner institutions
18 National Institutes of Technology (NITs)

Quotes

Prof Rangan Banerjee

Director of IIT Delhi

“"The institute is embedding human‑centred design, critical social sciences, and advanced life sciences, alongside core engineering disciplines, and is breaking down rigid disciplinary silos."”
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