Marking the 54th Foundation Day on Saturday, Ranchi University (RU) will felicitate young State female hockey player Bigan Soy who created a historic bronze win against England at 2013 Hockey Junior World Cup in Germany. CSIR NET June 2013 Mathematical Science India Topper Abhimanyu Kumar hailing from the state will also be honoured on the occasion.
Speaking on the details, RU Dean of Student’s Welfare SC Gupta on Friday said, “We had conducted extempore speeches and essay writing in the 15 constituent colleges and 22 Post Graduate departments in order to involve students for the celebrations. The top three winners of these competitions apart from Bigan Soy and Abhimanyu will be felicitated by Chief Minister Hemant Soren, HRD Minister Geetashree Oraon and OSD (Judicial) to Governor Nalin Kumar at Aryabhatta Auditorium.”
“Professor Chakraborty from IIM-Calcutta will also be attending the programme,” Gupta added.
On the other hand, RU for the first time ever is hosting an International Conference on Finance and Business Management (ICFBM) wherein only one foreign professor named Krishna Veni from Botho University could be invited for a physical presence. “We have received around 170 papers from different universities of foreign nations,” MC Mehta, organising secretary of the IX ICFBM said.