The moment turned special when Dr. K. Kasturirangan, Chairman, National Education Policy 2020 addressed the graduands.

The degrees were awarded virtually in the presence of Dr. K. Kasturirangan who was the chief guest.

Arun Jain, Chairman and Managing Director, Intellect Design Arena, Chennai was the guest of honour, Professor S. Sadagopan Chairman, Board of Governors, IIITDM Kancheepuram, Professor Banshidhar Majhi, Director, IIITDM Kancheepuram were among those present.

IIITDM Kancheepuram also known as Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing – Kancheepuram is an ‘Institute of National Importance’ coming under the Ministry of Education, Government of India.

IIITDM Kancheepuram has also launched three new M.Tech programmes in M.Tech during the current academic year 2020-21.

The newly launched courses by IIITDM Kancheepuram are Advance Robotics, Power Electronics System Design and Computer Science and Engineering to empower the young engineers of India with specialized skill sets and to face the technological challenge of the future.

Information Technology (IT) drives both undergraduate and postgraduate education in the Institute with focus on Design and Manufacturing as two major verticals.

Addressing the graduands at the convocation day of IIITDM Kancheepuram, Dr. K. Kasturirangan said The vision of India’s new educational system has been crafted to ensure that it touches the life of each and every citizen consistent with their needs and necessities besides creating a just and equitable society.

‘The approach is to realize a new system aligned with aspirational goals of 21st century education while remaining rooted to India’s value systems and ethos.’
The policy provides an integrated, yet flexible approach to education, he said.

Chief guest Dr. Kasturirangan who is also a former Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO),
addressing the graduands at IIITDM Kancheepuram further said the new education policy has kept the inter-connectedness of the various phases of education in mind and how the same will enable continuity, coherence and processes to ultimately realize an end-to-end educational road-map for the country.

IIITDM Kancheepuram has achieved tremendous success in creating an urge and strong desire among students in the sphere of Design, said Dr. Kasturirangan.

IIITDM Kancheepuram focuses on futuristic and multi-disciplinary courses with a blend of design and engineering curriculum, which could make the graduates to be industry-ready, he said.

‘Institutes with such a profile will transform our nation into a hub for design and manufacturing.’

Indeed, the institute is playing a critical role in our country’s effort towards ‘Make in India’ campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

‘The pace of making in India will be accelerated by the focus on design in India,’ said Dr. Kasturirangan.

Arun Jain said the faculty and the senate at IIITDM Kancheepuram are designing beautiful academics programmes and I must appreciate all of you who are passing out of this institution with distinction.

I think it is very unique not only in India but global world, where we are able to focus on design.’

‘It is about design which drives last 2% to 200% (in a product).’

So, the value any product which you are designing, 98% in the world are similar, it is just the 2% which drives the 200% value in the system and that is what the intensity and passion when you are going to the field, said Arun Jain.

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Professor S. Sadagopan said 2020 will go down in history as a very special year when the world witnessed the Covid-19 pandemic causing enormous difficulty to millions of our brothers and sisters.
Practically, everyone on this planet has been impacted by COVID-19.

IIITDM Kancheepuram students and faculty are no exception.

It must have been equally challenging for many of your faculty members who had to adapt to new forms of teaching.

Together, the students and the teachers could complete your studies without compromising on quality, thanks to technology, said S. Sadagopan.

Banshidhar Majhi said IITDM Kancheepuram was established in the year 2007 by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, with a specific mandate to excel in IT and IT-enabled Design and Manufacturing-focused education and research.

In the present convocation, degrees will be awarded to 306 students, out of which 146 degrees are B. Tech., 112 are Dual Degrees, 41 are M.Tech., 2 are M.Des. and 5 Ph.Ds. Apart from this, institute medals will be conferred in various categories, said Banshidhar Majhi.

The institute follows an inter-disciplinary curriculum and CBCS from its inception with thrust on ‘Design Thinking’ and ‘Product Development.’

Professor Majhi further speaking at the convocation of IIITDM Kancheepuram said the curriculum has a provision for students to take online courses offered in SWAYAM platform.

IIITDM’s Technology Business Incubator ‘MaDeIT Innovation Foundation,’ popularly known as ‘MaDeIT,’ is a Section 8 Company, was setup in August 2016 to support design and technology-driven startups and MSMEs in the manufacturing sector.

During last academic year, our Teaching Learning Centre (TLC) at IIITDM Kancheepuram funded by Pandit Madhan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) scheme of the Ministry of Education has made significant progress in terms of establishing new infrastructure.

IIITDM Kancheepuram established the Design Innovation Center (DIC) in 2017 to inculcate, facilitate, and spread the culture of innovation among the students and faculty through innovative engineering and industrial design-oriented courses, special training workshops, internships on product design, seminars, competitions, and industrial visits, he said.

MaDeIT at IIITDM Kancheepuram supports 17 startups which includes seven under incubation and ten under the accelerator.

Another ten startups are in the pipeline. One of the incubate companies has been recognized among the top 10 Agri-tech startups in the country in a recent poll

Also, IIITDM Kancheepuram is adding new companies as recruiters and there is an increase in salary package offered by the companies.

The highest salary package offered was around Rs.55 lakh by Google and Microsoft.

The median salary offered during placements at IIITDM Kancheepuram last year was Rs. 9 lakh.

The percentage of students who opted out of placement to pursue their higher studies in reputed institutions in India and abroad stands at 20 per cent.

The institute gold medal for best graduate student across all BTech courses went to Y. Aditya Varma.

Ms. Vidhatri won institute gold medal for being best dual degree student across dual degree courses.

Institute gold medal for the best post graduate student across MTech courses went to Gowri Muraleedharan B.

The details pertained to convocation are provided in the tabular format below:

Admission into UG medical courses, popularly known as MBBS would commence with conducting NEET UG for 2025. Candidates who pass the exam have to take part in the counselling for MBBS admission.

A few other sources convey that registration for NEET UG in 2025 may also commence in March 2025.

Schedule

NEET UG 2025 registration schedule will be made known after the announcement about exam’s application submission commences.

The NEET UG 2025 registration would usually be open for a month or more. The application correction facility will be made active after submission comes to an end.

After corrections, the admit cards are made available for download. Those who have completed their NEET UG 2025 application submission process successfully, alone will be able to download the hall ticket.

Candidates have to write the exam and pass it with required qualifying marks to be eligible for taking part in the counselling process for getting admitted into a medical college.

More about the exam

The full name of the exam is National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test  Undergraduate.

The exam is conducted offline in pen-and-paper mode and answers have to be registered on a separate answer sheet.

The questions in NEET UG 2025 would be related to biology, physics and chemistry which are taught in classes 10,11 and 12 in recognized educational institutions across India.

Questions will be in a multiple-choice format where each question has more than one reply and the right one among that has to be chosen to get marks.

Students willing to join BDS in colleges located across India also have to submit NEET UG 2025 application.

Medical colleges abroad also consider scores of NEET UG for providing admission into MBBS courses.

Who can take up NEET UG 2025 application submission?

Candidates who have passed plus-two in the science stream with biology, physics and chemistry as subjects can take up NEET UG 2025 application submission.

Students who have appeared for their final year exams and are waiting for the results or students who are about to appear for the final year exams of their qualifying degree can also take up NEET UG 2025 application submission.

However, these students have to pass their exams and provide proof of it by the time of admission.

1. The above URL has to be typed into the browser and submitted to allow the website to download.

2. Once the webpage is ready, candidates can click the button Click Here for Registration/Login

3. Clicking the above button will open another webpage with URL ‘https://neet.ntaonline.in/frontend/web/’

4. Once the webpage with above URL opens, candidates can click the registration link and create an account with username and password.

5. After obtaining the account, they can come to the same webpage (https://neet.ntaonline.in/frontend/web/) and login and start applying for the exam.

Website for NEET UG 2025 Application is Here

NEET UG 2025 application submission fees

NEET UG 2025 application submission fees is Rs 1700 for General category candidates and NRI applicants. The same is Rs 1600 for General-EWS/OBC-NCL category applicants.

SC/ST/PwBD/Third Gender category applicants have to pay Rs 1000 while taking up NEET UG 2024 registration.

The fee may also change due to various reasons, candidates can read information bulletin related to NEET UG 2025 application when it is released.

How to download hall ticket?

The process to download hall ticket is online and it can be done on the official website ‘https://exams.nta.ac.in/NEET’

1. Candidates have to type the URL mentioned above in the browser and submit it to allow the website to download.

2. Once the website is ready, candidates can click the link for the hall ticket.

3. This will likely open another website and there, they have to enter their application number and other details and submit them to view the admit card.

Point to remember

Once the admit card is visible, applicants can download and take a printout. Only those who have successfully completed NEET UG 2025 application submission will be able to download admit card.

The link to download admit card will be made active on the official website at the appropriate time.

Students can visit the official website as the exam time nears, to find the link for download hall ticket. Link for obtaining admit cards are usually made available about 10 to 15 days before the exam day.

Students who pass NEET UG 2025 application submission with the required qualifying marks can apply for counselling where they choose the college and course. Counselling takes place to fill seats at the All India level and state level.

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Students who wish to study in central government institutions can apply under the All India Quota for which Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) conducts the counselling.

Respective authorities of various states in India conduct counselling at their state level. Candidates can visit the official websites of the respective authorities for more information.

The best thing to do would be to follow the website of NTA for updates on 2025 NEET UG. Registration can be done at the appropriate time.

Candidates who do not get a seat in the institution of their choice in the initial rounds of counselling can apply in the subsequent rounds.

Preparation involves studying all the lessons in the syllabus, students must ensure that they have mastered all the subjects to score marks in NEET UG for 2025.