“The President will hand over degrees to a total of 1,114 successful students, of whom 612 will be physically present to receive their degrees — 417 graduates, 149 postgraduates and 46 PhD researchers. NIT Jamshedpur will also confer an honorary Doctor of Literature (D-Litt) degree on Swami Govind Dev Giri Ji Maharaj, treasurer of the Sri Ramjanmabhoomi Tirth Kshetra Trust (RJTKT), and a Doctor of Philosophy (D-Phil) degree on Rabindra Kumar Behera, founder of the RSB Group of Companies,” Gautam Sutradhar, director of NIT Jamshedpur, told a press conference at the Adityapur campus on Friday.