Father-daughter duo earn Ph.D
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Using emerging technologies to benefit all spheres of human endeavor is the only progress in a future marked by technological innovations and disruptions, Governor Arif Muhammad Khan said here on Tuesday.
Khan, Chancellor of Public Universities, was speaking at the maiden convocation ceremony of APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU).
He said that students of the University of Technology make significant contributions to society, and noted how WESAT, a satellite designed and built exclusively by an all-female team of students and faculty at the LBS Institute of Technology, has set the standard for excellence.
He said that such innovations testify to the high spirit of innovation among students. He congratulated the students and the university for their participation in technological advancement activities.
“I urge you to continue and access the wealth of knowledge and experience while holding strong to the values that have defined our ethos as Indians,” he said.
Pro-Chancellor and Minister of Higher Education and Social Justice Dr R Bindu presided over the function. She urged students to use the knowledge they gained in the classroom to find meaningful solutions to everyday problems in the world.
Vice Chancellor Saji Gopinath, Board of Governors Member Venugopal Ji, Syndicate Member Vinod Kumar Jacob, Registrar A Praveen and Academic Dean Venu Thomas participated in the award ceremony.
Father-daughter duo earn Ph.D
At the first graduation ceremony of the University of Technology, the governor presented research degree certificates to the father-daughter duo. The degrees were awarded to Sivarajan and Nirmal, who did their research studies at Government Engineering College, Thrissur and obtained Ph.D. They both made headlines when they gave an open defense of their PhD on the same day. They were supervised by the same research guide. They both chose energy systems to pursue their studies. Sivarajan retired from KSEB as chief engineer in 1989 and continued to work as a full-time researcher.
