Dhoti-Kurta clad IIT BHU Engineers
The first convocation of IIT-BHU, held on Wednesday, may set a trend for such functions in the future. Doing away with the colonial black gown and hat, the new technocrat boys were in white dhoti-kurta or pyjama-kurta and girls in white sari or salwar-kurta, when they appeared before former President APJ Abdul Kalam to receive their degrees.