Belagavi: A BE civil engineering student from Belagavi, has secured first rank and created a record by bagging 13 gold medals and scoring highest marks across all engineering branches under Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) in Karnataka.
The civil engineering student – Ahad Tarade, also got highest aggregate marks in all the eight semesters.
VTU vice-chancellor Dr H. Maheshappa said Ahad Tarade had scored 93.28 per cent marks and among the 13 gold medals, he will be getting Nijagunappa Gurulingappa Hakkapakki Gold Medal, S.G. Balekundri Gold Medal, Murthy’s Medal of Excellence, R.N. Shetty Gold Medal and VTU Gold Medal. A.S. Abhilash from Bangalore Institute of Technology (BIT), who scored first rank in B.E Electrical and Electronics Engineering branch, has secured seven gold medals.
K.R. Sathyajit, a Computer Science student from RNS Institute of Technology Bangalore and Vidyasagar R., an Electronics and Communication student from Reva Institute of Technology Bangalore secured five gold medals each.
The medals will be presented at the VTU’s 14th convocation to be held on May 9 in Belagavi. Union Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu will be delivering the convocation address, while Governor Vajubhai Vala will preside and Higher Education Minister R.V. Deshpande will be the guest.
