tirupati vicepresident of india m venkaiah naidu took part as the chief guest of the first convocation ceremony of the indian institute of information technology iiit at sri city in satyavedu of chittoor district on tuesday iiit sri city was established in publicprivate partnership mode by the union ministry of human resources and development and the government of andhra pradesh with sri city as an industrial partner the institute offers under graduate courses in two disciplines including computer science engineering cec and electronics and communication engineering ece it also offers ms and phd programmes in both disciplines iiit sri city has a total student strength of 750 students out of which 40 of students are from other states of the country delivering the convocation address vicepresident venkaiah naidu congratulated the students and called upon them never to be complacent but set new benchmarks and strive to achieve set goals with utmost sincerity all of you must be proud to be the first batch of students graduating from this great institution irrespective of whether you pursue higher studies or take up a job strive to excel in your chosen field and progress in your career with optimal efforts he added appreciating the commitment of the founders c srinivasa raju and ravindra sannareddy in transforming the institution into a world class learning centre the vicepresident said that iiit had a unique advantage of being located in a large modern industrial city comprising several multinational companies and industries later venkaiah naidu presented gold medals to the toppers in 201718 academic years in the ece and the cec streams a total of 135 students including 105 undergraduate students received degrees during the convocation ceremony meanwhile sri city chairman srinivasa raju md ravindra sannareddy prof u b desai director iit hyderabad prof pj narayan director iiit hyderabad and several others attended the ceremony