the batch of 2016 at the national institute of fashion technology were all smiles as they turned up in all hues of white at their convocation held on friday evening at the hitec city campus parents of the graduating students could barely put down their phones as they tried to capture every moment of their kids big day the graduates waited impatiently to get their hands on those certificates as the chief guest pj narayana director iiit hyderabad guest of honour dr a nagender reddy joint director salar jung museum and nj rajaram director nift spoke to them after taking the oath of allegiance the medals for excellence and graduation certificates were awarded joyous energy reverbarated across the auditorium as the students cheered for each other of the nine medals of excellence two were awarded to anshika gambhir of bftech a native of up anshika who won best academic performance in fashion tech and student of the year awards said it was my mothers dream to study fashion designing nift had just begun when she considered pursuing it but then she had to get married my cracking nift and winning this medal feels like im making her dream come true for another awardee vibhanshu srivastava however picking fashion technology instead of the usual engineering degree was a struggle although my dad was supportive my extended family tried a lot to discourage me but i held on to my dream and here i am said the lucknow boy who took home the extraordinary service award as he added this award is a great acknowledgment for all the hard workcelebrations spilled over outside the auditorium too where the students hugged fellow graduates as the pride parents watched on and for the parents who couldnt make it to the ceremony the institute set up a live webcast parting after a good long session of selfies and photographs the students dispersed