IIT Gandhinagar Awards 734 Degrees at 15th Convocation

IIT Gandhinagar celebrated its 15th convocation, conferring 734 degrees upon graduates spanning bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programmes in what marks a significant milestone for one of India's newer but increasingly distinctive Indian Institutes of Technology.

Founded in 2008 and known for its unconventional approach to engineering education — one that incorporates arts, humanities, and design thinking alongside core technical disciplines — IIT Gandhinagar has steadily built a reputation for producing graduates comfortable with both rigorous science and broader problem-solving. The class of 2026 enters a job market shaped by rapid shifts in AI, semiconductors, and green technology.

The convocation, reported by PIB, comes at a time when India's IITs are under scrutiny on two related fronts: the quality and relevance of their research output, and the persistent trend of top graduates heading overseas for higher studies or careers. The Modi government's push to reverse brain drain gives the ceremony an added layer of national significance — each graduating cohort is a potential pillar of the domestic innovation ecosystem that policymakers are trying to build.

With 734 degrees awarded, the class represents both the accumulated investment of the institution and a test of whether India's ecosystem of jobs, research opportunities, and entrepreneurial infrastructure is compelling enough to retain them.