bhubaneswar the national institute of technology nit rourkela will hold a special convocation on the land allotted to it in bhubaneswar on friday said institute director sunil sarangi sarangi said imfa group founder bansidhar panda and manindra agrawal computer science professor from iit kanpur will receive honoris causa honorary degrees during the event though their names were announced for the honorary degrees during the institutes last convocation in rourkela they could not attend the event sarangi said the event is significant because it would be the first activity of the institute on the site after it was handed over to nit by the state government recently the government has allotted an oneacre plot to nit to construct its extension centre here bhubaneswar being wellconnected by air rail and road to other parts of the country a centre in the state capital would help nit undertake several activities the director said nit would use the centre for shortterm courses for teachers of engineering colleges international conferences besides having regular interfaces with the government meeting the industry leaders and coordinating campus hiring the main campus of nitrourkela is at the eastern end of rourkela beyond sector1 over an area of 262 hectare of land