<p>Consistency in studies helps to achieve success, opined Vikas Raj Sharma, a BTech student of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering after receiving four gold medals, at the tenth convocation of NITK, Surathkal here on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He received Karthik Alloys gold medal for the student with best academic record in BTech, Prof H V Sudhakar Nayak gold medal for the student with best academic record in BTech, SMIORE Gold medal and institution medal for highest Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). <br /><br />Hailing from Agra, Sharma has been placed at Midhani group, a unit of Ministry of Defence in Hyderabad. <br /><br />Just like any other BTech graduates, he also wants to go for MBA after two years of work. “I was not expecting four gold medals when I joined for BTech course. The faculties are good in NITK, which helped me to achieve success.” <br /><br />He said “I was not a book worm. I used to spend my time by playing cricket and table tennis. I am excited over winning gold medals. My parents could not attend the convocation, but they are thrilled.” <br /><br />His father M K Sharma works in a private firm and mother Manjula Sharma is a government school teacher. <br /><br />Veena Swaminathan, a BTech student of civil engineering has won three gold medals. She has won Prof M N Shivashankar gold medal, Dr R K Raji gold medal and institution medal for highest CGPA. <br /><br />She is the daughter of Prof Swaminathan, a faculty in civil engineering at NITK. At present, she is working at Alkims, Bangalore. <br /><br />On her future plan, she too wants to write CAT and get admitted to a prestigious institutes to complete her MBA degree next year. She said “engineering graduate with MBA degree with a job experience, will help to get better placement.” Being a part of music club of NITK, she is a good singer. <br /><br />Pavithra G S, a MTech in Industrial Pollution Control has won two gold medals. Hailing from Bangalore, she said that her dream is to serve as a faculty in NITK. <br /><br />She is working at BMS College of Engineering as an assistant professor. “Industrial pollution control is similar to environment engineering. Every company will have health and safety division. As a result, the scope is wide. <br /><br />I want to continue my higher studies through research. In fact, as a MTech student, I had presented my research paper at Kumamoto University in Japan,” she said. <br /><br /> Namrata Sachdeva, a MCA graduate has won two gold medals. She said winning gold medals has given me a great feeling. Hailing from Delhi, she said “NITK is one of the best college for MCA.” <br /><br />As many as 37 students received gold medals at the convocation.</p>
<p>Consistency in studies helps to achieve success, opined Vikas Raj Sharma, a BTech student of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering after receiving four gold medals, at the tenth convocation of NITK, Surathkal here on Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He received Karthik Alloys gold medal for the student with best academic record in BTech, Prof H V Sudhakar Nayak gold medal for the student with best academic record in BTech, SMIORE Gold medal and institution medal for highest Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). <br /><br />Hailing from Agra, Sharma has been placed at Midhani group, a unit of Ministry of Defence in Hyderabad. <br /><br />Just like any other BTech graduates, he also wants to go for MBA after two years of work. “I was not expecting four gold medals when I joined for BTech course. The faculties are good in NITK, which helped me to achieve success.” <br /><br />He said “I was not a book worm. I used to spend my time by playing cricket and table tennis. I am excited over winning gold medals. My parents could not attend the convocation, but they are thrilled.” <br /><br />His father M K Sharma works in a private firm and mother Manjula Sharma is a government school teacher. <br /><br />Veena Swaminathan, a BTech student of civil engineering has won three gold medals. She has won Prof M N Shivashankar gold medal, Dr R K Raji gold medal and institution medal for highest CGPA. <br /><br />She is the daughter of Prof Swaminathan, a faculty in civil engineering at NITK. At present, she is working at Alkims, Bangalore. <br /><br />On her future plan, she too wants to write CAT and get admitted to a prestigious institutes to complete her MBA degree next year. She said “engineering graduate with MBA degree with a job experience, will help to get better placement.” Being a part of music club of NITK, she is a good singer. <br /><br />Pavithra G S, a MTech in Industrial Pollution Control has won two gold medals. Hailing from Bangalore, she said that her dream is to serve as a faculty in NITK. <br /><br />She is working at BMS College of Engineering as an assistant professor. “Industrial pollution control is similar to environment engineering. Every company will have health and safety division. As a result, the scope is wide. <br /><br />I want to continue my higher studies through research. In fact, as a MTech student, I had presented my research paper at Kumamoto University in Japan,” she said. <br /><br /> Namrata Sachdeva, a MCA graduate has won two gold medals. She said winning gold medals has given me a great feeling. Hailing from Delhi, she said “NITK is one of the best college for MCA.” <br /><br />As many as 37 students received gold medals at the convocation.</p>
