IIT Roorkee Convocation 2026: An Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee student, Aashi Jain, was honoured with the President of India Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal for her contribution to social service at the IIT Roorkee Convocation 2026.
Jain’s recognition was among the major honours announced during the ceremony. The award recognised excellence in social service among graduating undergraduate and postgraduate students. “It is an award that measures something different from marks alone. It acknowledges a student who has used whatever capability they have to give back to the people around them, and Aashi sees that as the point of it: giving back to society is what makes the world a better place to live in. The first day of the convocation was attended by National Security Advisor Ajit Kumar Doval as the chief guest. General N S Raja Subramani, Chief of Defence Staff and Secretary, Department of Military Affairs, was the guest of honour. Former Solicitor General of India Harish Salve, who is also the Chairman of IIT Roorkee’s Board of Governors, presided over the ceremony. Srivaradan Balaji, a student of BS-MS Chemical Sciences, received the President’s Gold Medal for securing the highest CGPA among undergraduate students admitted through JEE (Advanced). Navneet Kumar was awarded the Director’s Gold Medal, while Roopam Taneja and Sukrit Jindal received the Institute Silver and Bronze Medals, respectively.
The medal was presented to Jain, a BTech Mechanical Engineering student, during the undergraduate session of IIT Roorkee’s two-day convocation, which began on September 19.
