Delhi, August 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in the 57th Convocation Ceremony of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi as the chief guest on Saturday. He will address over 3,000 graduating students including 587 Ph.D. scholars who will be conferred their degrees during the ceremony.

The event will be held at 11 AM on August 8. Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi and NITI Aayog member Prof. Abhay Karandikar will attend the ceremony as guests of honour.

Recognising outstanding academic excellence, the Prime Minister will present the Institute's most prestigious honours, including the President's Gold Medal, Director's Gold Medal, Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal, and Perfect Ten Gold Medals to the meritorious students.

Further emphasising India's commitment to advancing cutting-edge research and artificial intelligence, Prime Minister will inaugurate Param Pragya, an AI-powered high-performance supercomputing facility established at the Sonipat Campus of IIT Delhi. The state-of-the-art facility is expected to significantly enhance the institute's capabilities in AI, data science, advanced computing, and interdisciplinary research.

Addressing a press conference on Friday, IIT Delhi Director Prof. Rangan Banerjee said a total of 3,036 students will graduate this year, including 1,049 BTech students, 567 MTech students, 248 MBA graduates, 243 MSc graduates and 587 PhD scholars.

The convocation will also mark the graduation of the first batches of the Bachelor of Design (BDes), Executive MBA, MSc in Biological Sciences and MA in Culture, Society and Thought programmes, said Banerjee.