Indian Institute of Information Technology Vadodara
6th Convocation 2024
6वाँदीक्षांत समारोह 2024
17December, 2024
Chief Guest:Shri Amit Singla, IAS, Advisor to the Administrator Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Shri Amit Singla, a post-graduate in Economics from Punjabi University and an IAS officer of the 2003 AGMUT Cadre, has held leadership roles at district, state, national, and international levels in Arunachal Pradesh, Delhi, and the Government of India. He represented India at the WTO in Geneva, served as a lead negotiator for Free Trade Agreements, and worked in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. In Delhi, he contributed to municipal services, education, elections, and health, leading NDMC to be recognized as the cleanest capital city in India (Swachh Survekshan 2020) and managing over 1,000 government schools as Director of Education. He also launched an award-winning online voter enrolment project as Special Chief Electoral Officer. In Arunachal Pradesh, he worked in finance, excise, taxation, and cooperative banking alongside district postings.
Guest of Honour: Shri Prateek Kishore, Distinguished Scientist & Director General - Armament & Combat Engineering Systems (ACE)
Shri Prateek Kishore,aDistinguished Scientist has assumed charge as Director General (Armaments & Combat Engineering) on 01 Feb 2024. Before the present appointment, he served as Director, Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory, Chandigarh from 01 Dec 2020 to 31 Jan 2024. He joined DRDO at Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh, as Scientist 'B' in 1991 and rose to the position of Distinguished Scientist in Oct 2024. He was Head Programme Office (Missiles) at DRDO Hqrs. from Sept 2014 to Jan 2016, coordinating the development of all types of tactical missiles. He also worked as Director, of the Directorate of Planning & Coordination, DRDO Hqr., New Delhi from 04 Dec 2019 to 27 Nov 2020, where he contributed to the planning and monitoring of different Programmes and Projects of DRDO. His major contribution was towards the revision of procedures for Projects Formulation and Management.