Chairman & Managing Director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Dinesh K Sarraf was the chief guest while member of IIT-KGP Board of Governors and Infosys Foundation chairperson Dr Sudha N Murthy presided over.
Degrees would be awarded to more than 2500 students in the 63rd edition of the convocation, an IIT-KGP statement said.
It also said about two major R&D schemes implemented by the institution to streamline the partnership of various ministries and industry in areas of advanced high-end research at the academic institutions.