– Prof. Gnanamoorthy at NIT’s 8th Convocation
Nehru Institute of Technology held its 8th Convocation recently. Dr.P.Krishna Das, Chairman and Managing Trustee, Nehru Group of Institutions presided over the Convocation ceremony and Dr.P.Krishna Kumar, CEO & Secretary offered felicitation. Dr.K.P.Arulshri, Principal presented the Annual Report.
Prof. Gnanamoorthy and Founder-Director IIITDM, Kancheepuram and Sr. Professor at IIT Madras was the Chief Guest. He delivered the Graduation Day address and presented the degree certificates.
In his graduation day address, the Chief Guest mentioned that the graduates are currently in a period in which India is becoming the country of destination by the international community for various reasons including the availability of skilled youth population.
He also emphasized that the quality of engineering education offered now is re-looked by the top level. Engineering needs to be practiced and that is lagging in our system. He expressed the need to have better entry level cutoffs to raise the level of graduates and bring back the glory of engineering education. Engineering is a still a profession with great job opportunities. He asked the students to develop a positive attitude in life and develop the habits that will help them to be a positive thinker which is needed for a successful career.