The 38th convocation ceremony of Ranchi University was conducted on March 7 at the convocation hall of the university at its Morabadi campus in the State capital. Governor Santosh Gangwar was the chief guest for the occasion while State Higher and technical Education Minister Suddivya Kumar was the special guest.
As many as 63 gold medals were awarded to students out of which 48 of the recipients were girls and 15 were boys. A total of 14 sponsored gold medals were also distributed. A total of 4410 students from undergraduate, post graduate, PhD, D- Lit, DSC and vocational courses were awarded with their degrees. Out of these 3291 were girls and 1119 were boys.
On Thursday, a syndicate meeting of RU was held under the chairmanship of VC Dr Ajit Kumar Sinha in which the proposed budget from the finance committee for the 38th convocation of the university was approved. The budget for the ceremony was fixed at Rs 56 lakh.
Addressing the gathering, Governor cum Chancellor Santosh Gangwar urged the students to view education as more than just acquiring degrees and emphasised on its role of shaping characters, morality and social responsibility. “Education is not about giving direction to life, knowledge becomes meaningful only when it serves the society,” said Gangwar.
Praising the legacy of RU, Gangwar acknowledged its contribution to the nation referring to the scientists, lawyers, administrators and social workers it has produced and encouraged the students to carry this legacy forward and bring honour to the university, state and country. The Governor also praised the number of female students receiving the gold medal and said, “Women today are breaking stereotypes and excelling in every field and this is a living proof of their confidence and hard work.”
Highlighting the achievements of Ranchi University, the Vice Chancellor Ajit Kumar Sinha said, “RU was started in 1960 with just 10 PG departments, one constituent college and 20 affiliated colleges. Today, there are 30 PG departments, 19 constituent colleges and 67 affiliated colleges. In the coming times, an MoU will be signed with colleges like IIT Chennai, IIT- IIM Dhanbad, BAU, BIT Mesra and other universities of higher education which will focus on the skill development of our students. There are also plans of establishing RU’s own research center.”
Principals of various colleges including Dr Manoj Kumar from Marwari College, Dr BK Sinha from SS Memorial College, Dr Shamshun Nihar from JN College Dhurwa and Dr Supriya from Ranchi Women’s College were present. Deans from various faculties, HOD’s as well as senate and syndicate members were also present on the occasion.