ITANAGAR, Dec 11: Arunachal Pradesh Governor Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd.) participated in the 9th Convocation of the North Eastern Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) in its campus at Nirjuli on Sunday. The Governor awarded gold medals to the toppers in different academic disciplines.
In his convocation speech, the Governor called upon the graduating students of NERIST to be job providers and ‘Start up’. He urged them to be entrepreneurs and not only run after government jobs.
As accomplished citizens, the NERIST engineers must rise to discharge their fundamental duties. In addition to the Science Degree, they must develop scientific temper, humanism and spirit for inquiry and reform. The degree awardees owe it to the country, society and their fellow citizens to perform the fundamental duties, he said.   
The Governor, who is the President of NERIST Society, said that if the stakeholders want NERIST to be an institution of distinction, the students and faculty have to ensure peace, academic atmosphere and good learning and teaching environment. He said that 100% running of classes by teachers and full attendance by students, timely, fair conduct of examination, timely declaration of results and admission of students are the basic essentials for making an academic institution worthy of its name.
"NERIST must have Pan India character for taking the institution to excellent academic heights. It will have the advantage of having accomplished teachers, Knowledge Park in the campus, opportunity for inculcating good leadership and personality growth of the students," he said.
Mishra, who has been monitoring the progress of the NERIST, called upon the faculty members to enhance their knowledge further, help the students to build up their personality growth and prepare their subject as knowledge well to teach the students. He urged them to make their students good citizens of India.
Earlier, the Governor congratulated the medal winners and degree recipients, parents, guardians and teachers. He also complimented the NERIST Director for his brilliant academic initiatives.
Chairman, Board of Management, NERIST, Prof. T. G. Sitharam, Director, IIT Guwahati and Chairman-Designate, All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi and  Director, NERIST Prof. H.S. Yadav and  Dean, Academic Professor Sarsing Gao spoke on the occasion.
Twenty-four meritorious students received the Institute Gold Medal in different disciplines. Thirty-one  candidates received PhD Degrees. One hundred sixty-two candidates were awarded M.Tech., M.Sc., and MBA degrees. Two hundred sixty-three  students received B.Tech. and B.Sc. degrees and one hundred seventy-six students were given Certificates in Engineering trades for the academic year 2021-22.

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