A SPECIAL NEWS REPORT CONVOCATION 2017 – GALGOTIAS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
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Shamshad Ali
Greater Noida : Galgotias College of Engineering & Technology held its annual convocation on Sunday, 19th February, 2017 inside the Campus, where Chief Guest Prof. Vinay Kumar Pathak, Vice Chancellor, APJAKTU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh delivered the convocation address. The ceremony began with the welcome address given by Mr. Suneel Galgotia Chairman of Galgotias College of Engineering & Technology which was followed by presentation of degrees and awards to the graduates. A Total of 842 students graduated in 2016 , including 13 gold medal recipients and 13 sliver metal holders and 13 bronze medal recipients.
While delivering the convocation address, VC Vinay Kumar Pathak APJAKTU urged the students to make the best use of the education that the degrees they have received, the responsibility is on them to bring the changes in the society. He also urged them to highlight the value, ethics and positive stories of India and asserted that whatever the students becomes it is their ethical values which should be focused.
He appealed students to inspire themselves with the ‘learning to do’ and ‘learning to work’.He said that the students are getting good jobs with high paid salaries but at the same time they are not giving their performance which they should be, which is a great concern. VC also urged students follow the Vedic ritual and learning which is based on truth and pure knowledge.VC said that the young generation is indifferent to ancient knowledge. He said that both the teachers and students should always be forward looking. There is lot to learn from the past also.
Suneel Galgotia while addressing the students said that convocation is important for all the institutions and said that learning never stops. Working should be meaningful not money.He also said that trust is important among people who cherish you and your heart.
Mr. Dhruv Galgotia, CEO of GCET while delivering his address thanked the VC Vinay Kumar Pathak for his convocation. He also announced launch of Galgotias Centre for Excellence and Incubation and added that an amount of Rs 2 lakh will be awarded for funding the projects of students new ideas.
Dr V.K. Dwivedi, Director Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology while presenting the annual report of the college said that 32 faculty members have published their research papers in international journals while 42 students have also presented and published papers in National journal and conferences.
Among the students Mr. Pratap kumar of 2014 batch of M.E secured Ist rank in IES and Mr. Vivek singh of EEE secured 54th rank in addition to various selection in public undertakings like NTPC, IOCL, BHEL and also our student Siffi Singh has been selected for research project work in NCTU Taiwan.