mangalore the 11th annual convocation of national institute of technology karnataka surathkal will be held on november 16 at the silver jubilee auditorium of the institute satish udupa executive vicepresident michigan state university usa will be the chief guest and deliver the convocation address sushil chandra tripathi chairman of the board of governors of nitk will preside over the ceremony swapan bhattacharya director of nitk stated members of the board of governors members of the senate faculty staff and parents will be present during the convocation in all 1486 candidates who passed out during 201213 are eligible to receive their degrees in the convocation of these 772 students would graduate with btech degree 493 with mtech 88 with mca 32 with mba 39 with msc and 62 will receive their phd degree thirtyeight students will be awarded medals for outstanding academic performance