The convocation was held at Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Maha Vidyalaya , Kancheepuram on Sunday. While Union Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Pon. Radhakrishnan at his convocation address said the centres to be set up at the IIT-Madras, Delhi, Bombay and Kharagpur and at the CMTI would have design, manufacture, assembly and testing infrastructure and laboratories, to be manned by system development engineers and scientists. These centres might help to develop new technology and sub- or total systems and even demonstrate a limited series of production themes to bring the products to the level of commercial worthiness.
Medals and degree certificates were awarded to the students at the convocation, held in the presence of Kanchi Kamkoti Peetathipathi Jayendra Saraswathi and chaired by Chancellor S. Jayarama Reddy.