Chennai: As many as 7135 students of 2019–20 graduating batch of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar received their degrees at its 16th annual convocation, held in virtual mode recently.
Students received degrees virtually from the chief guest, Professor Muhammad Yunus, founder, Grameen Bank and Nobel Peace Laureate, Bangladesh in the presence of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, spiritual leader and founder, Art of Living and other dignitaries.
In his acceptance speech, S K Chaudhary said, “KIIT and its sister institution Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) have made tremendous contributions in the field of education in the last two decades.”
He was conferred Honoris Causa D.Litt. “for his outstanding leadership and great contributions to the infrastructure sector”.