IIPE-Vizag holds fourth convocation

Visakhapatnam: Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE)-Visakhapatnam conducted its fourth annual convocation here on Saturday.

The event was held with Prof VVSS Sarma, Chief Scientist, CISR-NIO Regional Centre, Visakhapatnam as the chief guest, Prof Shalivahan, Director of IIPE, Registrar Ram Phal Dwivedi and others attended. The Institute set up as part of a promise made at the time of bifurcation conferred its first Ph.D. Degree on Gouri Sankar Das who completed his research on the topic titled “Advanced Nano-carbons from Waste and Biomass for Renewable Energy Technologies, Green Hydrogen Production and Fabrication of Flexible Electronics” under the guidance of Dr Kumud M Tripathi and Prof Somnath Ghosh. In addition, 58 B.Tech students of which 26 students from Petroleum Engineering and 32 students from Chemical Engineering, were awarded with the degrees.

Aayushi Jagat Gangwar, a B.Tech Petroleum Engineering student received the President’s gold medal based on her academic excellence and merit in extra-curricular activities. Two students from each branch received gold and silver medals for their academic excellence. The medal winners were Abdul Rahman S (gold medal in Chemical Engineering); B Abhinav Tryambakrao (gold medal in Petroleum Engineering). Ayush Ranjan (silver medal in Chemical Engineering) and Aayushi Jagat Gangwar (silver medal in Chemical Engineering).