A one-of-its-kind #VirtualReality digital convocation is being held today, in the unprecedented situation due to #COVID19
LIVE from 1.30 PM:
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Join us for @iitbombay's 58th convocation - in #VirtualReality mode
Students can view their own animated personalized
avatar receiving medals, awards & degrees
LIVE from 1.30 PM:
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Chief Guest : Nobel laureate Prof @FDuncanMHaldane
Guest of Honour : Chairman/CEO of @blackstone, Stephen Schwarzman
Watch live :
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@airnews_mumbai @DDSahyadri @MIB_India @PIB_India
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Also being telecast on @DDNewslive
Separated physically due to #COVID19
United by music and by the common devotion and commitment to the quest for knowledge and excellence
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- @iitbombay Director, to graduating students
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- Stephen Schwarzman, Chairman/CEO of @blackstone at @iitbombay's Virtual Convocation
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- Chairman/CEO of @blackstone
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President of India's Medal for 2020 goes to Sahil Hiral Shah, B.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering
Check out virtual avatar of the student receiving medal from Chief Guest and Nobel laureate Prof. @FDuncanMHaldane
India's high standard in engineering were established by IITs & is apparent on world stage
15 of 16 members of @Blackstone's Private Equity team are IITians
- Chairman, @blackstone
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And if the opportunity arises, I hope one of you will end up with one of these (@NobelPrize)
- Nobel laureate Prof. @FDuncanMHaldane to students of @iitbombay
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If you have missed it, you can watch here
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India is poised to stake its claim as one of the world's great innovation hubs: Stephen A. Schwarzman
There is a lesson for everyone involved in research: Nobel Laureate Prof. D Haldane
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