Previous Convocations : Chief Guest

1st Convocation: 3rd November, 1966

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

2nd Convocation: 16th Novembr, 1968

Smt. Indira Gandhi

3rd Convocation: 27th October, 1969

Shri V.V. Giri

4th Convocation: 16th November, 1970

Dr. V.K.R.V. Rao

5th Convocation: 26th November, 1971

Shri Sidhartha Shankar Ray

6th Convocation: 6th December, 1975

Prof. S. Nurul Hassan

7th Convocation: 11th January, 1977

Shri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

8th Convocation: 19th April, 1978

Shri Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

9th Convocation: 9th December, 1978

Shri Morarji Desai

10th Convocation: 9th December, 1979

Justice H.R. Khanna

11th Convocation: 6th December, 1980

Prof. S. Nurul Hassan

12th Convocation: 4th December, 1981

Dr. M.S. Swaminathan

13th Convocation: 7th January, 1983

Shri Zail Singh

14th Convocation: 20th January, 1984

Smt. Sheila Kaul

15th Convocation: 8th December, 1984

Shri R. Venkataraman

16th Convocation: 19th December, 1985

Shri Rajiv Gandhi

17th Convocation: 29th December, 1986

Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao

18th Convocation: 21st January, 1988

Shri K.C. Pant

19th Convocation: 4th February, 1989

Prof. M.G.K. Menon

20th Convocation: 18th August, 1989

Shri Sam Pitroda

21st Convocation: 27th July, 1990

Shri Nanubhai Amin

22nd Convocation: 26th July, 1991

Dr. Raja Ramanna

23rd Convocation: 24th July, 1992

Dr. S.Z. Kasim

24th Convocation: 23rd July, 1993

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

25th Convocation: 13th August, 1994

Dr. K.R. Narayanan

26th Convocation: 12th August, 1995

Dr. Manmohan Singh

27th Convocation: 9th August, 1996

Shri s.r. Bommai

28th Convocation: 9th August, 1997

Prof. Y.K. Alagh

29th Convocation: 8th August, 1998

Shri Keshub Mahindra

30th Convocation: 14th August, 1999

Dr. R.A. Mashelkar

31st Convocation: 12th August, 2000

Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi

32nd Convocation: 11th August, 2001

Shri N.R. Narayana Murthy

33rd Convocation: 10th August, 2002

Dr. R. Chidambaram

34th Convocation: 9th August, 2003

Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat

35th Convocation: 14th August, 2004

Shri Rajat Gupta

36th Convocation: 13th August, 2005

Dr. Kiran Mazumdar - Shaw

37th Convocation: 12th August, 2006

Shri Azim Premji

38th Convocation: 11th August, 2007

Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia

39th Convocation: 9th August, 2008

Dr. R.K. Pachauri

40th Convocation: 8th August, 2009

Shri Kapil Sibal

40th Convocation: 9th August, 2009

Dr. G. Madhavan Nair

41st Convocation: 7th August, 2010

Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansar

41st Convocation: 8th August, 2010

Prof. Goverdhan Mehta

42nd Convocation: 13th August, 2011

Dr. K. Kasturirangan

42nd Convocation: 14th August, 2011

Shri M.S. Banga

43rd Convocation: 28th October, 2012

Shri S. Ramadorai

44th Convocation: 9th November, 2013

Shri Pranab Mukherjee

45th Convocation: 1st November, 2014

Prof. George F. Smoot

46th Convocation: 31st October, 2015

Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan

47th Convocation: 6th November, 2016

Prof. C.N.R. Rao

48th Convocation: 4th November, 2017

Shri. Ram Nath Kovind

49th Convocation: 3rd November, 2018

Ms. Anu Aga

50th Convocation: 2nd November, 2019

Dr. K. Sivan

49th Convocation: 3rd November, 2018

Prof. Rama Govindarajan

Mrs. Rashmi Nagabhushan

Ms. Mansi Madan Tripathy

Dr. Swati Basu, Mr. Sanjay Chatrath

Prof. Pankaj Jalote

Dr. Venkata N. Padmanabhan

Prof. K.R. Parthasarthy

50th Convocation: 2nd November, 2019

Mr. Raghu Hari Dalmia, Dr. Seema Vinayak

Mr. Sunil Bhaskaran, Mr. M.S. Unnikrishnan

Mr. Thomas Varghese, Dr. Ashvini Kumar

Dr. Manish Gupta, Prof. Ritabrata Munshi