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Today is a special day for many @iitbombay students & their families, also for the entire #IITBombay community

A one-of-its-kind #VirtualReality digital convocation is being held today, in the unprecedented situation due to #COVID19

LIVE from 1.30 PM:

Have you ever attended a #VirtualConvocation?

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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.@iitbombay's #VirtualReality Covocation to go live in a few minutes

Chief Guest : Nobel laureate Prof @FDuncanMHaldane

Guest of Honour : Chairman/CEO of @blackstone, Stephen Schwarzman

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@iitbombay's #VirtualReality Covocation

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For the very first time Virtual Avatars of students of @iitbombay to receive medals, awards & degrees

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Also being telecast on @DDNewslive

A virtual tour of @iitbombay campus

Join Live for a first of its kind #VirtualConvocation

A soulful devotional performance opens @iitbombay convocation

Separated physically due to #COVID19

United by music and by the common devotion and commitment to the quest for knowledge and excellence

You will be experiencing personally created avatars of each one of you collecting degree certificates from my own avatar surrogating me, from the comfort of your homes. This is probably the first such attempt anywhere in the world

- @iitbombay Director, to graduating students

4 out of 10 leading tech companies - @Microsoft , Alphabet, @IBM & @Adobe have CEOs of Indian origin; two of them - @sundarpichai and @ArvindKrishna are IIT graduates

- Stephen Schwarzman, Chairman/CEO of @blackstone at @iitbombay's Virtual Convocation

'Innovation' to be big driver of India's growth; With ambitious & tech-savvy population, a forward thinking govt. that supports entrepreneurship & 4th largest #Startup ecosystem, India to stake its claim as one of world's great innovation hubs

- Chairman/CEO of @blackstone

LIVE from #IITBombay Virtual Convocation:

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 produces 1.5 million engineers every year - 8 times the number produced in the US.

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

Good luck with your future journeys as scientists, technologists, educationalists & entrepreneurs; achieve great things
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

Glimpses from @iitbombay's #VirtualReality Convocation

Graduating students of @iitbombay taking pledge to be honest in the discharge their duties

.@iitbombay's #VirtualReality Concovation

If you have missed it, you can watch here


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.@iitbombay holds 58th #Convocation in #VirtualReality mode today

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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