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

51th Convocation: 7th November, 2020

Shri Narendra Modi

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

51th Convocation: 7th November, 2020

Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’

Shri Sanjay Dhotre