Lasting bond with students? This NIT puts a ring on it

One’s alma mater forever stays close to the heart and the ties and friendships that are forged in college often last a lifetime.

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But students of the National Institute of Technology at Surathkal in Karnataka take the relationship one step further: they go ahead and “marry” their college when it’s time to move out of its portals. That is thanks to a unique ceremony it has of holding a “ring ceremony” to bid adieu to outgoing students, complete with a silver ring and an oath.