PRAYAGRAJ, Sept. 11 -- In all, 648 students will be awarded degrees during the 20th Convocation of the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad (IIIT-A), scheduled to be held on September 13, in the main auditorium of the institute's Jhalwa campus.

Prof TG Sitharam, chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi, will grace the event as the chief guest. The guests of honour include Deepak Ghaisas, chairman of Gencoval Strategic Services Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, and Kamlesh Lahoti, vice-president at Morgan Stanley and an alumnus of IIIT-A, said Prof Mukul Sharad Sutaone, director of IIIT-A, at a press briefing on Thursday.

Prof Sutaone said that in addition to the 648 degrees, 22 medals will be conferre...