Convocation Award (Medals and Prizes)
Convocation Award (Medals and Prizes)
List of Convocation Awards (Medals and Prizes) 2026
UG
PG
S. No. Medal/Prize/Award Eligibility Criteria Selection Process/ Instructions
1 Department Gold Medal Based on academic performance. Based on Academic Performance
2 Best Project Award For the best project amongst the graduating students from their department Collected from concerned department
3 Smt. Chandravati Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Arch. Based on Academic Performance
4 Mrs. Mavis Bertha Wilkinson Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Biosciences and Bioengineering). Based on Academic Performance
5 Shri Jagdish Narain Saxena Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Computer Science and Engineering). Based on Academic Performance
6 Kapil Garg Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering). Based on Academic Performance
7 Manmohan Das Seth Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering). Based on Academic Performance
8 Frau Odillie Schiffer Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of Integrated M.Tech. (Geophysical Technology). Based on Academic Performance
9 Smt. Sukh Devi Kulshreshtha Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering). Based on Academic Performance
10 Shri Hari Chand Nagalia Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Electronics and Communication Engineering). Based on Academic Performance
11 Shri Jiya Lal Kulshreshtha Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of BS-MS (Mathematics and Computing). Based on Academic Performance
12 Shri Vidya Dutt Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering). Based on Academic Performance
13 Shri Anand Kumar Jain Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Production and Industrial Engineering). Based on Academic Performance
14 Frau Gertrude Felden Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering). Based on Academic Performance
15 Shreyas Kumar Gold Medal for the best student in B.Tech in DS/AI For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Data Science and Artificial Intelligence). Based on Academic Performance
16 Sujata Varshneya Gold Medal For a graduating student of B.Tech./B.Arch. from any department who ranks among the top 5 CGPA achievers among girl students as per merit. Based on Academic Performance
17 Rai Bahadur Sohan Lal Bhatia Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering). Based on Academic Performance
18 Dr. A.N. Khosla Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating B.Tech. students. Based on Academic Performance
19 Smt. Kailash Kambo Award For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Arch. Based on Academic Performance
20 Everest Award of Excellence For securing the highest CGPA amongst the B.Arch. graduating students. Based on Academic Performance
21 Smt. Rama Devi Krishna Bhatnagar Cash Prize For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating girl students of all B.Tech. programmes. Based on Academic Performance
22 Prof. Ranvir Singh Shastry Cash Prize For securing the second highest CGPA amongst the graduating UG girl students. Based on Academic Performance
23 Prem Prakash Gupta Cash Prize For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering). Based on Academic Performance
24 Prabhakar Swarup Civil Engineering Award For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering). Based on Academic Performance
25 Shri Shiv Nandan Swaroop and Avadh Narayan Bhatnagar Cash Prize For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering). Based on Academic Performance
26 Vinay Krishna Cash Prize For securing the second highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering). Based on Academic Performance
27 Rai Bahadur Sohan Lal Bhatia Cash Prize For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Computer Science and Engineering). Based on Academic Performance
28 Air Cmde SC Mehra Scholarship For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating female students of B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering). Based on Academic Performance
29 P.K. Kapse Award to Medhavi Girl For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating girl students of B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering). Based on Academic Performance
30 Shri M.A. Rao Cash Prize For securing the second highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering). Based on Academic Performance
31 Col. Bajpai Cash Prize For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating female students of UG programmes. Based on Academic Performance
32 Architect Yash Pal Gupta Award of Excellence For securing the highest CGPA amongst the B.Arch. graduating students. Based on Academic Performance
33 Mrs. Leila Saxena Memorial Cash Award For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering). Based on Academic Performance
34 Prof. (Mrs.) Poonam Sagar Award in Humanities and Social Sciences For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating female students of 4th/5th year of BS-MS programme of Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. Based on Academic Performance
35 PD Agarwal Gold Medal in Mechanical Engineering For securing the highest marks in the below mentioned subject in 3rd year: MIC-305 Heat and Mass Transfer amongst the graduating student of B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering). In case of a tie, where more than one student achieves the highest marks in “MIC-305 Heat and Mass Transfer”, the student with the higher CGPA (all 08 semesters) should be awarded this award. Collected from concerned department
36 Prof. C.L. Toshniwal Award in Civil Engineering For securing the highest marks in the compulsory courses of Environmental Engineering amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering). Tie will be broken on the basis of overall CGPA. Collected from concerned department
37 Kunal Kaushal Award for All-round Excellence For the overall excellence in the field of cultural activity, entrepreneurship and leadership amongst the graduating students (one male and one female) of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering). The minimum CGPA requirement is 7.5. Collected from concerned department
38 Kunal Kaushal Award for All-round Excellence For the overall excellence in the field of cultural activity, entrepreneurship and leadership amongst the graduating students (one male and one female) of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering). The minimum CGPA requirement is 7.5. Collected from concerned department
39 Bagchi Prize for Environmental Sustainability For outstanding work in the final year project with the most significant contribution and benefit in environmental sustainability amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering). Collected from concerned department
40 Prof. (Mrs.) Renu Bhargava Cash Award for Excellence in Environmental Engineering For securing the highest marks in the compulsory subjects related to Environmental Engineering and securing overall CGPA of 8.0 and above after final year amongst the graduating girl students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering). Collected from concerned department
41 Aastha Mukul Dixit Prize For the best engineering project and most innovative work in the final year amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering). Collected from concerned department
42 Madhu Goyal All Round Excellence Award amongst Graduating Students For All-round excellence (CGPA (weightage-50%), Sports/Extra Curricular Activities (10%), Project work (30%), Leadership Quality/Team person (5%), Innovation/Extraordinary suggestion (5%) amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering). Collected from concerned department
43 Kedar Nath Agarwala, I.S.E Memorial Trophy and Cash Award For academic excellence and outstanding community service amongst the graduating UG/PG students. The student is expected to maintain a minimum CGPA of 8.0 up to pre-final semester.
44 Surabhi Memorial Gold Medal for Most Outstanding Woman Achiever For a deserving female student of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering) for Most Outstanding Woman Achiever in Civil Engineering, based on all-round performance as per IIT Roorkee criteria like Academics, Sports, Extracurricular, Values/Ethics. The student is expected to maintain a minimum CGPA of 8.0 and with significant contributions/achievements in some of the following activities during their stay at IIT Roorkee: • Sports (for any games), • Extracurricular (any field), • Values/Ethics (any field).
45 Shreyas Kumar Class of 1998 Gold Medal For the Best All-Round performance amongst the graduating Students of B.Tech. and B.Arch. programmes admitted through JEE (Advanced). The student is expected to maintain a minimum CGPA of 9.0 till the pre-final semester.
46 Class of '98 Tejwani Gold Medal For the best B.Tech. Project amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Computer Science and Engineering) and B.Tech. (Electronics and Communication Engineering) admitted through JEE (Advanced) based on its innovative, potential, deep-technical, and impactful. The student is expected to maintain a minimum CGPA of 9.0 at the end of the pre-final semester.
47 Class of '98 Tejwani Gold Medal For the best B.Tech. Project amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Computer Science and Engineering) and B.Tech. (Electronics and Communication Engineering) admitted through JEE (Advanced) based on its innovative, potential, deep-technical, and impactful. The student is expected to maintain a minimum CGPA of 9.0 at the end of the pre-final semester.
48 Sarojini Naidu Cup For excellence in academics and sports amongst the B.Tech./ B.Arch./BS-MS/ IDD/ Int. M.Sc./ Int. M.Tech. graduating students admitted through JEE (Advanced). The student is expected to maintain a minimum CGPA of 8.0 upto pre-final semester.
49 Singhal's Tech for Society Award For meaningful, relevant, innovative, impactful and commercially viable project as a part of the final year curriculum amongst the graduating B.Tech. students.
50 Professional Development and Innovation Award For innovative project in the final year amongst the graduating UG students of engineering/architecture under the category of Best Innovation.
51 Hari Krishna Mittal Leadership Award For significant contribution towards enhancing the entrepreneurship culture at IIT Roorkee amongst the graduating students of UG/PG (including Ph.D.) programmes.
52 Professional Development and Innovation Award For innovative project in the final year amongst the graduating UG students of engineering/architecture under the category of Best Woman Innovation.
53 Professional Development and Innovation Award For innovative project in the final year amongst the graduating UG students of engineering/architecture under the category of Judges' Choice.
54 Om Bala Thapar Cash Prize For the best all-round performance amongst the graduating UG (B.Tech. and B.Arch.) girl students. The student is expected to maintain a minimum CGPA of 8.0 up to pre-final semester.
55 Smt. Kaushalya Arya Cash Prize For excellent overall performance amongst the B.Tech./ B.Arch. graduating female students. The student is expected to maintain a minimum CGPA of 8.0.
56 Dr. A.S. Arya Cash Prize For excellent overall performance amongst the B.Tech./ B.Arch. graduating male students. The student is expected to maintain a minimum CGPA of 8.0.
57 Shri M.A. Rao Cash Prize For the second best all-round performance amongst the B.Tech./B.Arch./BS-MS/IDD/Int. M.Sc./Int. M.Tech. graduating students admitted through JEE (Advanced). The student is expected to maintain a minimum CGPA of 9.0.
58 Service Oriented Natural Science Innovation and Application (SONIA) Excellence Award Two awards will be given for significant contribution for the development of rural India either in the form of a final year project or part of any other initiative at IIT Roorkee amongst the graduating students of M.B.A., B.Arch., M.Arch., M.U.R.P., M.Sc. Economics and Integrated M.B.A. programmes.
59 Durga Award For excellent overall performance amongst the B.Tech./ B.Arch. graduating female students. The student is expected to maintain a minimum CGPA of 8.0 upto pre-final semester.
60 Laxmi Devi and Shri Banadri Das Cash Prize For excellent overall performance amongst the B.Tech./ B.Arch. graduating female students. The student is expected to maintain a minimum CGPA of 8.0 upto pre-final semester.
61 N.S. Agarwal Innovation Award For innovative work in their field amongst the graduating UG students.
62 Sh. Darshan Lal Gautam and Smt. Kamla Gautam Award For the involvement/project for the upliftment of rural India oriented technology innovation amongst the graduating UG students (one male and one female) admitted through JEE (Advanced).
63 Sh. Darshan Lal Gautam and Smt. Kamla Gautam Award For the involvement/project for the upliftment of rural India oriented technology innovation amongst the graduating UG students (one male and one female) admitted through JEE (Advanced).




S. No. Medal/Prize/Award Eligibility Criteria Selection Process/ Instructions
1 Department Gold Medal Based on academic performance. Based on Academic Performance
2 Best Project Award For the best project amongst the graduating students from their department Collected from concerned department
3 Smt. Prem Lata Nagalia Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. programme(s) of Department of Chemical Engineering. Based on Academic Performance
4 Shri Suresh Chandra Kapoor Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. programme(s) of Department of Civil Engineering. Based on Academic Performance
5 Smt. Lalit Kishori Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. programme(s) of Department of Earthquake Engineering. Based on Academic Performance
6 Mr. Bevan Ross Wilkinson Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. programme(s) of Department of Electrical Engineering. Based on Academic Performance
7 Ashesh Memorial Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Sc. programme of Department of Mathematics. Based on Academic Performance
8 Ajit Singh Yadav Memorial Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. programme(s) of Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Based on Academic Performance
9 Prof. Kumkum Garg Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. programme(s) of Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. Based on Academic Performance
10 S K Kumar Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. programme(s) of Department of Water Resources Development and Management. Based on Academic Performance
11 Smt. Kuldip Kaur Memorial Gold Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. Civil Engineering with specialization in Geospatial Engineering. Based on Academic Performance
12 Sunita Bahadur Memorial Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. Civil Engineering with specialization in Transportation Engineering. Based on Academic Performance
13 Dr. A.N. Khosla Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. programmes of Department of Water Resources Development and Management. Based on Academic Performance
14 Dr. A.N. Khosla Medal For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Sc. programmes. Based on Academic Performance
15 Smt. Kailash Kambo Award For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Arch. Based on Academic Performance
16 Smt. Kailash Kambo Award For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.U.R.P. Based on Academic Performance
17 Prof. C.L. Toshniwal Award in Environmental Engineering For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. Civil Engineering with specialization in Environmental Engineering. Based on Academic Performance
18 Amba Prasad - Kalawati Memorial Cash Prize For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. Civil Engineering with specialization in Geospatial Engineering. Based on Academic Performance
19 Tara Chand Kanti Devi Cash Prize For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. Civil Engineering with specialization in Geotechnical Engineering. Based on Academic Performance
20 The Indian Service of Engineers Cash Prize For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. Structural Dynamics. Based on Academic Performance
21 The Indian Service of Engineers Cash Prize For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. Soil Dynamics. Based on Academic Performance
22 BSHPC Cash Prize For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. Renewable and Hydro Energy. Based on Academic Performance
23 Meenakshi Power Award For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating female students of M.Tech. Renewable and Hydro Energy. Based on Academic Performance
24 Meenakshi Power Award For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating female students of M.Tech. Environmental Management of Rivers and Lakes. Based on Academic Performance
25 Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Corporation Hydro Award For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating student of M.Tech. Renewable and Hydro Energy. The student is not receiving any award of similar or higher amount. Based on Academic Performance
26 Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Corporation Hydro Award For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. Environmental Management of Rivers and Lakes. The student is not receiving any award of similar or higher amount. Based on Academic Performance
27 Shyam S Biyani Cash Award For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. Packaging Technology. Based on Academic Performance
28 Dr. Hari G. Garg Cash Prize For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Sc. Chemistry. Based on Academic Performance
29 Laxmi Devi and Shri Banadri Das Cash Prize For securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech./M.Arch./M.U.R.P. programmes. Based on Academic Performance
30 NC Saxena Gold Medal For having maximum marks in the subject related to the Bridge Engineering in Civil amongst the graduating students of B.Tech./M.Tech. Civil. If the student has studied more than one course related to Bridge Engineering, then average marks will be considered. Collected from concerned department
31 Shri. Bishwanath Bhattacharya Memorial Award For the best dissertation/thesis work amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. and Dual Degree programmes of the Department of Electrical Engineering. Collected from concerned department
32 Late Smt. Kamla Devi Award in Paper Technology For Overall Performance (Min CGPA- 8.5, Sports/Extra Curricular Activities, Leadership Quality/Team person, Innovation) amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. Pulp and Paper Engineering. Collected from concerned department
33 Late Smt. Sneh Lata Gupta Award in Polymer and Process Engineering For Overall Performance (Min CGPA- 8.5, Sports/Extra Curricular Activities, Leadership Quality/Team person, Innovation) amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. Polymer Science and Engineering. Collected from concerned department
34 A K Goel Hydropower Award For the best masters dissertation in Hydropower subject amongst the graduating students of Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy. The student is not receiving any award of a similar nature. Collected from concerned department
35 Electrosteel Award Cash Prize For the best dissertation amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. Renewable and Hydro Energy. Collected from concerned department
36 Electrosteel Award Cash Prize For the best dissertation amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. Environmental Management of Rivers and Lakes. Collected from concerned department
37 Br. C. Selvam and Mrs. X. Espirith Selvam Award For the project work related to betterment of rural India or the design/construction of buildings for an NGO amongst the graduating students of M.Arch. or M.U.R.P. programme of the Department of Architecture and Planning. The minimum CGPA requirement is 8.0. Collected from concerned department
38 Kathpalia Award for Environment For the best dissertation in the area of environmental aspects amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. programmes of Department of Water Resources Development and Management. Collected from concerned department
39 Late Shri Sohan Lal Award in Chemical Engineering For Overall Performance (Min CGPA- 8.5, Sports/Extra Curricular Activities, Leadership Quality/Team person, Innovation) amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. Chemical Engineering. Collected from concerned department
40 Manorama & Shashi Budhiraja Foundation Award To promote research that investigates practical applications in the field of rural development for the underprivileged in India amongst the graduating Master's students.
41 Hari Vaish Gomti Devi Award for Research in Environment For significant contribution towards research in Waste Management and Environment Protection amongst the graduating students of PG/Ph.D.programmes.
42 Hari Vaish Gomti Devi Award for Research in Water Management For significant contribution towards research in Water Management and its Conservation amongst the graduating students of PG/Ph.D.programmes.
43 Service Oriented Natural Science Innovation and Application (SONIA) Excellence Award Two awards will be given for significant contribution for the development of rural India either in the form of a final year project or part of any other initiative at IIT Roorkee amongst the graduating students of M.B.A., B.Arch., M.Arch., M.U.R.P., M.Sc. Economics and Integrated M.B.A. programmes.
44 Rural India Technology based Upliftment (RITU) Excellence Award Two awards will be given for significant contribution for the development of rural India either in the form of a final year project or part of any other initiative at IIT Roorkee amongst the graduating students of B.Tech., Int. M.Sc., M.Sc., M.Tech. and dual degree programmes.
45 Rural India Technology based Upliftment (RITU) Excellence Award Two awards will be given for significant contribution for the development of rural India either in the form of a final year project or part of any other initiative at IIT Roorkee amongst the graduating students of B.Tech., Int. M.Sc., M.Sc., M.Tech. and dual degree programmes.