“As technologists and engineers, you may look at science and technology in terms of numbers, optimisations, and scale, but I would also encourage all of you to ponder the human and societal values that technology will represent, especially in the context that it will be deployed in,” stated Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India.

He was addressing the sixtieth convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, on Saturday. He instructed the graduates that their creations would body the subsequent stage of debate between know-how and legislation. 

“The value here is not the monetary worth of your technology, but what principled values it represents and what values it seeks to further. Technological development should not take place in a social vacuum, but alongside an intricate tapestry of societal realities, legal, economic and political structures,” he stated.

 
Justice Chandrachud stated that the graduates would be amongst those that would form the nation’s ideas on how know-how and society ought to work together. “The Constitution of India explicitly enjoins all citizens to develop a scientific temper, and emphasizes that reason and science can empower us to secure liberty, equality and social justice. In turn, the power of science and tech can be harnessed to obtain human rights and liberties,” he stated. He additional spoke about how, as future entrepreneurs, it was crucial to consider using new applied sciences, and guard in opposition to potential abuse. 

“Today you leave as graduates of one of the most highly regarded institutions in the world, but pause to think about the duty placed on you. With the abilities, expertise and understanding conferred on you, your education makes you uniquely qualified and responsible for the world that you will inherit,” he added.

 
A complete of two,573 college students graduated, and as many as 2,746 levels (together with joint and twin levels) have been awarded to the scholars on the event. Sai Gautam Ravipati, an Electrical Engineering graduate, was given the President of India prize for the best CGPA amongst B.Tech and twin diploma graduates. Neha Swaminathan was awarded the V. Srinivasan memorial prize for the best CGPA in twin diploma. Shatakshi Sarangi was awarded the Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma prize for one of the best all spherical proficiency in curricular and extracurricular actions, and S. Prahalad was awarded the Governor’s prize for finest all spherical proficiency in curricular and further curricular actions. 

Pawan Goenka, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Madras, stated the establishment had been working with a higher deal with Research and Development. The complete funding for R & D had gone up from ₹250 crore to ₹2,000 crore in 10 years. Congratulating the graduates, V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, spoke concerning the varied initiatives the institute had rolled out in the previous few years together with ‘IIT-M for all’ .