2,848 students awarded degrees
Altogether 2,848 students were awarded degrees at the 58th convocation of IIT-Kanpur. The President's Gold Medal was awarded to Talin Gupta from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
The Director's Gold Medal for the 4-year UG programme went to Dhruv Misra from Department of Electrical Engineering.
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