35 NITK students bag gold medals

Jayalakshmi M and Mohammed Aslam A K were conferred with three gold medals and Best Student of Final Year BTech (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering) and Best Outgoing Student in BTech (Civil Engineering) respectively.

Jayalakshmi, who hails from Mangalore is now pursuing her MTech in Metallurgical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai. She said she was interested in basic science from the beginning. “After I joined NITK, Prof Ramakanth Hebbar guided me on the scope in Metallurgical Engineering. I owe my success to my teachers at NITK,” she told Deccan Herald.

A trained Bharathanatyam dancer, Jayalakshmi is also preparing for Vidwath examination. “Bharatanatyam did not come in the way of my studies. Instead, it helped me in maintaining my composure,” she added.

Jayalakshmi has won Sudarshan Bhat Memorial prize for the best student of final year BTEch; Karthik Alloys gold medal instituted by Bhupal Gopala for securing highest marks in Industrial Metallurgy related subjects, Prof H V Sudhakar Nayak gold medal for first rank holder in BTech and institutional gold medal for securing first rank in BTech. Her father, Seetharam Poojary is a retired principal while her mother teaches in the University College.

Mohammed Aslam hails from Kasargod in Kerala and is now pursuing his MTech in geo-technical engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. He is the first engineer in his family.

He has won U S Mallya Memorial prize for the best student of the final year BTech (Civil Engineering), Prof M N Shivashankar gold medal for first rank holder, Dr R K Yaji gold medal for the best outgoing student, and institutional gold medal for securing first rank in BTech.

PhD was conferred on 38 candidates at the convocation while an equal number of scholars received gold medals for outstanding academic performance.