Over 970 students to get degree certificates

Mysore/Mysuru: The 13th Graduation Day and Endowment Awards presentation of National Institute of Engineering (NIE) will be held tomorrow (Dec.16) at 10. 30 am at  NIE Diamond Jubilee Sports Complex on Manandavadi Road here.

Dr. S. Vidyashankar, Vice- Chancellor, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi will be the chief guest and deliver the Graduation Day address. Dr. M.S. Ranganath, President, NIE-MC will preside and distribute the Endowment Awards.

NIE, a premier technical Institution started in the year 1946, was granted academic autonomy under Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi in the year 2007. This has enabled NIE to devise its own curriculum which caters to the needs of the industry.

In all, 970 students (844 UG and 126 PG) will be receiving the degree certificates on this occasion while 49 Under Graduates, 11 Post Graduates Rank holders and 21 Ph. D. awardees will receive the gold medals; 66 students will receive the Endowment Awards in this ceremony.