Notes from Dubai

Class of '07 Convocation Ceremony
_{By Vishal Hemrajani (’04 EIE)}

Convocation ceremony for
class of 2007 at Dubai

The convocation ceremony for the Class of 2007 was held on 29 August 2007 at the new campus located in Dubai International Academic City. His Excellency Ali Bin Abdullah Al Kaabi, Minister of Labour, UAE, was the Chief Guest for the event and presented certificates to 156 graduates. Degrees were awarded to 73 graduates in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 43 in Computer Science and 40 in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering. Awards were presented to the first and second rank holders in each discipline of specialization and to the best all-round achievers. Chancellor's medals were also awarded to the toppers.

The BPD Alumni have now started making their mark in both corporate and academic circles. This has allowed the graduating batch to secure better jobs as well as receive more admission offers from top US universities. The Campus Placement Program that had been conducted for the graduating batch was very successful.

Top recruiters for this year were Maersk, J Ray Mc Dermott, Emirates Group, Mott McDonald, Honeywell, Steinweg-Sharaf and Clipsal.

Graduating Class of 2007 BITS Pilani, Dubai

Students who wished to pursue higher studies found the BPD degree to be a significant asset in their admission profiles. About 31 students have received admission offers to Masters and PhD Program at several universities including Stanford University, California Institute of Technology, Cornell University, University of California at Berkley, University of Pennsylvania, Texas A&M University, University of Texas,  Austin, Georgia Institute of Technology and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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