silchar the 18th convocation of nit silchar was held on monday with a total of 881 students being awarded degrees this included 572 btech 188 mtech 30 msc 43 mba and 48 phd studentsthis year the institutes undergraduate gold medal went to kshitij mehrotra a mechanical engineering graduate for achieving the highest cpi in the institute the gold medal for best undergraduate students has been received by jha praksh a computer science and engineering student the postgraduate gold medal was received by sujith t of mechanical engineeringthe kalikrishna mrinalini memorial gold medal recipient was hladini agnivesh from electrical engineering and saswata purakayastha memorial gold medal recipient was ashis ranjan of electrical engineering kalyani rajkumari a phd degree recipient from the chemistry department was awarded the best doctoral degree award the name of the silver medal winners were also announced the distinguished faculty award went to professor saurabh chaudhuryaddressing the convocation virtually as the chief guest union minister of education ramesh pokhriyal nishank congratulated the students he also congratulated nit silchar for achieving the 46th rank in nirf 2020he expressed his happiness in learning that nit silchar has secured prominent positions in the global ranking platforms like the ranking and us news ranking he congratulated the institute for accomplishing this recognitionpokhriyal said that the initiation of national research fund and national technological forum has been started under the leadership of the scientific adviser to prime minister and is about to change the research and development scenario of the nationassam chief minister sarbananda sonowal in his convocation address asked the students to stay focused on their goals he reminded the students about the importance of integrating physical wellness in all academic and research activities for achieving success he also mentioned about the immense potential and possibilities of the northeastern region and said he believed that it has the ability to create a great impact in creating a progressive indiasivaji bandyopadhyay director of nit silchar presented the institute report highlighting all the activities and achievements