Chief Guests till this convocation

Con.No	Date	Chief Guest	Ph.D	M.S	M.Tech	M.Sc	MBA	MA	B.Tech	DD Btech	DD Mtech	DIIT	B.Sc	Total
1	11/07/64	Dr S Radhakrishnan, President of India	0	0	0	15			92			0	0	107
2	03/04/65	Shri M C Chagia, Union Minister for Education	3	0	32	11			116			0	0	162
3	30/07/66	Dr C V Raman, Nobel Laureate	3	0	32	27			203			0	0	265
4	22/07/67	Shri C Rajagopalachari, Former Governor, GOI	12	0	32	20			259			0	0	323
5	02/08/68	Dr Vikram A Sarabhai, Chairman, Atomic Energy Comm.	7	0	52	18			292			19	0	388
6	02/08/69	Dr S Bhagavantham, Sci. Adviser to the Min.for Defence	19	0	76	30			321			24	0	470
7	29/08/70	Shri V V Giri, President of India	20	0	125	43			345			27	0	560
8	30/07/71	Prof M G K Menon,Director, Tata Institute of Fundamental Res.	19	6	129	49			230			4	0	437
9	26/08/72	Dr Malcom S Adiseshaiah, Director, Madras Instt.of Dev.Studies	29	21	153	45			235			6	0	489
10	11/08/73	Shri M S Pathak , Member, Planning Commission	42	9	182	47			209			2	0	491
11	09/09/74	Srimathi Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India	45	26	182	39			236			23	0	551
12	27/09/75	Shri P N Haksar, Dy.Chairman, Planning Comm.	74	19	183	52			244			19	0	591
13	20/08/76	Dr M S Swaminathan, D.G., ICAR, New Delhi	55	23	167	36			280			13	0	574
14	09/09/77	Shri Prabhudas B Patwari , Governor of Tamil Nadu	57	18	150	27			267			28	0	547
15	03/08/78	Shri P C Chunder, Union Minister for Education	44	16	199	23			219			21	0	522
16	20/09/79	Shri V G Rajadhyaksha Member, Planning Commission	55	42	207	41			234			39	0	618
17	22/08/80	Dr A Ramachandran, UN Executive Director	52	44	220	41			214			10	0	581
18	12/08/81	Shri R Venkataraman	78	40	188	34			251			6	0	597
19	04/09/82	Dr Y Nayudamma, Vice Chancellor, J.N.U., New Delhi	68	46	262	36			260			4	8	684
20	19/09/83	Shri Giani Zail Singh, President of India	72	60	178	52			216			0	2	580
21	31/07/84	Swami Ranganathananda	64	44	234	40			260			0	7	649
22	26/07/85	Prof E C G Sudarshan Director, Instt.of Mathematicsl Sci. Madras	76	56	177	39			444			0	1	793
23	05/07/86	Prof C N R Rao, Director, IISc., Bangalore	85	53	311	47			218			0	2	716
24	31/07/87	H E Mr Guenther, Schoedel, Ambassador of Fed.Rep. of Germany	61	32	296	39			297			0	0	725
25	29/07/88	Dr V S Arunachalam, Sci.Adviser to the Min. of Def.	71	54	304	52			247			0	0	728
26	08/08/89	Dr Russi Modi, Chairman, Mg. Director, Tata Iron & Steel Co.Ltd.	81	54	328	51			244			0	0	758
27	11/08/90	Shri Arif Mohamed Khan Union Min.-Energy & Civil Aviation	89	62	351	42			283			0	0	827
28	09/08/91	Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Director, Def.Res. & Dev. Lab. Hyd.	105	65	293	52			261			0	0	776
29	31/07/92	Dr P Rama Rao, Secretary, Dept. of Sci.& Tech., GoI	76	56	246	57			255			0	0	690
30	30/07/93	Sri K L Chugh, Chairman, ITC Ltd., Calcutta	85	62	272	74			258			0	0	751
31	30/07/94	Dr Manmohan Singh, Min. of Finance, GoI	91	56	239	77			272			0	0	735
32	27/07/95	Shri Madhavrao Scindia, Min. of MHRD, New Delhi	95	57	251	63			324			0	0	790
33	26/07/96	Dr R A Mashelkar, Dir. General, CSIR & Secy	114	60	318	74			334			0	0	900
34	26/07/97	Sri S R Bommai, Min. of MHRD, New Delhi	112	86	256	69			347			0	0	870
35	31/07/98	Sri Krishan Kant, Vice President of India	104	82	279	63			352			0	0	880
36	06/08/99	Dr Jamshed J Irani, Managing Director, TATA Steel	106	76	352	82			333			0	0	949
37	28/07/00	Dr Gururaj Deshpande, Co-Founder and Chairman, Sycamore Networks, Inc., USA	82	98	320	94			356			0	0	950
38	27/07/01	Mr Azim H Premji, Chairman, WIPRO Corporation, Bangalore	54	88	390	94			372			0	0	998
39	26/07/02	Dr K Anji Reddy, Chairman, Dr Reddy’s Group of Cos.Hyderabad	48	80	371	79			361			0	0	939
40	09/08/03	Prof Dr Murli Manohar Joshi, Hon’ble Union Minister, HRD GOI	73	109	417	86	40		355	66	66	0	0	1212
41	30/07/04	Prof V S Ramachandran, Director, Center for Brain & Cognition, USA	72	90	375	85	39		336	85	85	0	0	1167
42	29/07/05	Shri Montek Singh Ahliuwalia Dy. Chairman, Planning Commn, GOI	82	98	411	83	37		343	80	80	0	0	1214
43	28/07/06	Shri Ratan N Tata TATA group of Companies	101	118	459	78	44		377	90	90	0	0	1357
44	27/07/07	Dr. R. Chidambaram, Principal Sci. Adviser, GoI	125	104	337	92	66		374	111	111	0	0	1320
45	25/07/08	Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major	165	110	348	85	61		358	120	120	0	0	1367
46	31/07/09	Prof. Jagdish N. Bhagwati, Dept. of Economics, Columbia University	162	121	354	83	62		313	172	172	0	0	1439
	30/07/10	Shri Gopalkrishna Gandhi	173	99	365	85	63		275	186	186	0	0	1462
48	22/07/11	Dr. Yaga Venugopal Reddy	175	88	422	115	69	24	286	206	206	0	0	1591
49	20/07/12	Shri Fali Sam Nariman	141	127	468	123	69	29	273	225	225	0	0	1689
		Total	3622	2655	12293	2789	550	53	13831	1341	1341	245	20	38779