<span style="color: #222222;">Youth should play a pivotal role in bridging gap between manpower resources and research arena said Vice President M.Venkiah Naidu, here today at Visakhapatnam.<br />''<br />''Delivering the keynote address at Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy's first  Convocation, the Vice President said that the students of the IIPE should shoulder responsibility to step into innovations and find alternative solutions to renewable energy.<br />''<br />''Vice President appealed to students to take up research problems and strive hard for Self Reliant India, ''Atma Nirbhar Bharat."<br />''<br />''Venkaiah Naidu appreciated the role of  IIPE is commendable in promoting research in alternative energy sources and untiring efforts of the administration, faculty, and students.  Students should strive for excellence and be dedicative, he added.<br />''<br />''A stable, prosperous, and happy nation is possible through new innovations, governance, and consorted efforts, he opined. Around 70 students are awarded Ph.D. degrees and 6 received gold medals for the years 2020 and 2021. Union Minister for petroleum and energy,  T.Rameshwar. Director IIPE, VSRK Prasad, Registrar B.MuraliKrishna, and others also participated in the Convocation.</span><br />