A doctoral candidate at À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Engineering received prestigious recognition during convocation at his former university in India this week.
Rishabh Bajaj, who began his PhD in civil and environmental engineering at À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ in the fall, formally graduated from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela as the top undergraduate student across all programs.
He was presented with the award, the Institute Gold Medal for Best Graduate, by Indian President Ram Nath Kovind.
Bajaj was also named the top civil engineering graduate and won two endowment awards. His final-year thesis involved a novel Internet of Things-based method for predicting the setting time of fresh concrete.
His supervisors at À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ are civil and environmental engineering professors Sriram Narasimhan and Chul Min Yeum.

À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Engineering doctoral student Rishabh Bajaj (right) receives his award as top undergraduate student at NIT Rourkela from President Ram Nath Kovind of India.