Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani is set to take part in the convocation ceremony at two most prestigious educational institutions in the State — Ranchi University and Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad on January 8. The Union Minister will be presenting the gold medals to the toppers of both the institutions here. It is the first time that the HRD Minister is visiting two educational institutions a day. This is the 29th Convocation Ceremony of Ranchi University and is gearing up to present gold medals to 37 meritorious students of the university here for which the list has already been prepared by the university staff.
“The Chancellor’s office had requested the Union Minister to come and attend the event at our 29th Convocation Ceremony here to which she gave her consent soon after. Though, her presence is confirmed. We are waiting for our Vice-chancellor to come back from his Delhi trip to discuss on the day’s programme better,” said Dr M Raziuddin, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Ranchi University.
Meanwhile, Dr Raziuddin also informed that Dr Ramesh Kumar Pandey, the Vice-Chancellor has already directed the university officials to prepare for the big day. “Dr Pandey has asked the university staff to prepare the degrees that will be handed out to the students on the convocation day. He has also asked the staff to prepare the flow of events on the same day in order to welcome the HRD Minister well and also make the day special for the toppers of our university here,” added Dr Raziuddin.
Moreover, according to the University Grants Commission (UGC), after the post-graduate students are awarded the degree at the convocation ceremony of universities, colleges can organise the graduate ceremony. Hence, soon after the convocation ceremony at the Ranchi University, colleges can start their preparations to award the degrees to the graduates.