National Institute of Technology Rourkela

Alumni, Graduating Students and Distinguished Guests Unite at NIT Rourkela's 62nd Homecoming Ceremony!

The ‘62nd Annual Homecoming Ceremony’ and ‘Alumni Induction Programme for the 2026 Graduating Batch’ were jointly organised by the NIT Rourkela Alumni Association (NITRAA) and the Centre for Alumni, Industry & International Relations (AIIR) at NIT Rourkela. The event brought together alumni, graduating students, faculty members, distinguished guests, and institute officials to celebrate the institute’s strong alumni network.

The programme was presided over by Prof. K. Umamaheshwar Rao, Director, NIT Rourkela. Er. Madhusudan Padhi, IAS, distinguished alumnus of the 1984 batch and State Election Commissioner, attended the event as the Chief Guest. Distinguished guests of honour included prominent alumni of the Institute viz. Sri Susanta Kumar Nath, DGP Odisha; Sri Biswaranjan Palai, Executive Director (Works), SAIL-RSP; and Rear Admiral Sanjeev Sharma.

During the event, the first-ever 'Class Song' of the graduating batch, prepared by the Student Alumni Relations Cell (SARC), was released. Prof. H. B. Sahu, Dean (AIIR), announced plans to use students’ roll numbers as permanent alumni identity numbers. Sri F. C. Mohanty, President of NITRAA, and Prof. H. K. Naik, General Secretary of NITRAA, also addressed the gathering.

On the occasion, several endowment awards were presented to alumni to recognise academic excellence and distinguished achievements. Dr. Alok Mishra, Country Director, Westinghouse India, Mumbai, received the ‘Shailalata Memorial Award’. Mr. Kinjal Bhattacharya, Mr. Shrimay Sarangi, and Mr. Aniket Nayak were honoured with the ‘Asim Choudhury Memorial Award’, ‘Siladitya Patnaik Memorial Award’, and ‘Sri Debasis Memorial Award’, respectively, for outstanding academic and all-round performance.

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