A total of 152 students would receive their degrees at the 2nd Convocation of the National law University Odisha here on Saturday in the presence of President Pranab Mukherjee.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, university Vice-Chancellor Prof Srikrishna Deva Rao said 109 students would get llB degree while 42 would get llM degree. “We have decided to award PhD to a scholar, whose viva voce would be held on Thursday,” Prof Rao said, adding that the university had awarded PhD to three scholars last year. This would be the first visit of any President of India to attend any function of the law University here, which was set up in 2008 offering five-year integrated courses on BA llB, BBA llB, two-year llM and PhD programmes.
While President Mukherjee would deliver the convocation address, the function would be attended among others by Governor SC Jamir, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Supreme Court Judge Dipak Misra and Chief Justice of Odisha High Court DH Waghela, who is also Chancellor of the university.