President of HKE Society and PDA College chairman Shashil G. Namoshi addressing a press conference in Kalaburagi on Thursday.
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The 14th graduation day of Poojya Doddappa Appa College of Engineering, Kalaburagi, will be held at the College Auditorium (Student Activity Centre) on the college campus here on Saturday.HKE Society president and PDA College chairman Shashil G. Namoshi told a press conference here on Thursday that 729 students, 690 undergraduates and 39 postgraduates, will receive their degrees awarded by Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi.35 gold medalsA total of 35 gold medals will be shared among 19 students this year.Computer Science and Engineering student Abdulla Danish has secured seven gold medals, the highest, followed by Electrical and Electronics Engineering student Prajwal G. Shastri with six.Abhishek of Civil Engineering, Talha Sufiyan of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Talha Aman Ali of Mechanical Engineering and Sagar of Information Science and Engineering have secured two gold medals each.Thirteen other graduates from different departments have secured one gold medal each.The first batches of students from the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI&ML) and Computer Science and Design (CSD) programmes will also graduate this year.Entrepreneur and PDA alumna Ira Agarwal of Haryana has sponsored the gold medal for the AI&ML programme, while the college has sponsored the CSD gold medal.As many as 450 students have registered for the graduation day ceremony so far, with more registrations expected.Minister for Minor Irrigation, Science and Technology Ajay Dharam Singh will deliver the keynote address at the graduation day.Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board secretary Nalini Atul will be the chief guest, while PDA alumnus and Summit Consulting CEO Sandeep Sharma of Bengaluru will be the guest of honour.Focus on techMr. Namoshi said that the college has strengthened its focus on emerging technologies, research and industry engagement.Its refurbished Training and Placement Cell now has a centralised training centre with 100 computers and interview facilities.More than 400 students have benefited from training programmes. The college has also introduced programmes in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science and expanded intake in some engineering branches.The AICTE-sponsored Idea Lab, with more than 100 research instruments, is being used to promote innovation and research among students and faculty.The college has received the NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning) Contender Award from IIT Madras for participation in NPTEL online courses.HKE Society vice-president Raja B. Bhimalli, secretary Udaykumar S. Chincholi and members of the Governing Council were present. Published - August 28, 2026 08:50 pm IST
