The fifth batch ('Class of 2008' of BITS, Pilani - Dubai) comprised 80 students of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 67 students of Computer Science, 38 students of Mechanical Engineering and 62 students of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, who graduated this year as Bachelors of Engineering with Honours. Of the total 247 students of the latest batch of BE students, 179 were boys and 68 were girls.
The first and second rank holders in each discipline and the best all-round achievers received special certificates. Toppers of last year’s batch were presented with Chancellor’s Medals at the ceremony.
Dr. L.K. Maheshwari, Vice-Chancellor, BITS, Pilani - Rajasthan - India; Mr. Ibrahim Al Ghurair, Director - Al Ghurair Investments; Mr. Hameed Salahuddin, Director, ETA Ascon group; Mr. Arif. B. Rehman, Group Director, Finance, ETA Ascon Group; were the guests of honor on the occasion, while the proceedings of the ceremony were conducted by Dr. M. Ramachandran, Director, BPD, and M. Riazuddin, Director, ETA Net.
This graduation ceremony marked the end of four years of engineering studies by the students, which included 7 and a half months of rigorous internship in various reputed industries in the UAE.
Including the 247 students who graduated this year, a total of 647 students have graduated from BPD till date. Nearly 110 graduates have obtained admission to Masters and Ph.D programmes at highly reputed institutions like Stanford University-California, Cornell University, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, University of California, University of Pennsylvania, Texas A&M University-Texas, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Michigan, Purdue University, New Jersey institute of Technology, University of Toronto etc.
The remaining students are well-placed in highly reputed companies such as Microsoft, Oracle, Sony Ericsson, Sungard, Det Norske Veritas, Panasonic, Dell, Larsen and Toubro, Baker Hughes, MAERSK, J. Ray Mc Dermott, WS Atkins, Emirates Airlines, NAMA Mott McDonald, Honeywell, IRCA Middle-East, Acer, Infosys, Standard Chartered etc., in various parts of the world.
A large gathering comprising the graduating students, their parents, guests from the industry and faculty and staff of BITS, Pilani - Dubai attended the grand ceremony.
