When Manohar Parrikar, IIT-B alumnus, enthused students at convocation
5 years, 9 months ago

When Manohar Parrikar, IIT-B alumnus, enthused students at convocation

India Today  

When Manohar Parrikar addressed the 55th convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 2017, he told the graduates to take up jobs in social and development sectors. An alumnus of the famed institute, Parrikar also asked students to join politics and the Army, said a former IIT-B student who was present at the convocation ceremony. Over 2,600 students were awarded degrees at the ceremony and Parrikar sat through the event, with little sign of the serious ailment that would claim his life Sunday, he said. The institute, in its condolence message, said: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's demise comes as a shock to all of us at IIT Bombay.

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