The 15th Convocation Ceremony of Symbiosis International (Deemed University) was held on 23rd October, 2018 at the University's main campus at Lavale, Pune. Shri Ram Nath Kovind, the Hon'ble President of India was the Chief Guest for the Convocation. Shri C Vidyasagar Rao, the Hon'ble Governor of Maharashtra, and Shri Vinod Tawde, the Hon'ble Minister of Higher & Technical Education, Govt. of Maharashtra were amongst the other distinguished dignitaries who attended the function. This year 5939 students received their degrees and diplomas. 329 foreign students from Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Bhutan, Canada, CONGO, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal, Nigeria, Oman, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, UAE, Uganda, Yemen, UK and USA were amongst the students who received their degrees and diplomas. Gold medals were awarded to deserving students like the Chancellor's Gold Medal for the Best Outgoing Student in Postgraduate Programme, in Undergraduate Programme, Best Outgoing International Student in Post Graduate Programme and in under Graduate Programme. The Late Jayatee Deshmukh Award, to the best Outgoing Girl Student, the Nani A. Palkhivala Gold Medal to the Topper In LL.M. Examination, the Late Chetan Dattaji Gaikwad Gold Medal to the Topper In B.Tech. (Civil), Late Satpal Malhotra Gold Medal of Excellence in Business Management and Late Shri Dajikaka Gadgil Gold Medal to the topper in MBA (IB) Programme. The 'Prof. Dr. S.B. Mujumdar Award for Outstanding Foreign Student of the year' was awarded to Mr. Wasswa Hassan from Uganda.
