As many as 22 alumni will be felicitated with gold medals during the second convocation of Kushabhau Thakre University of Journalism & Mass Communication (KTUJM) on April 16. The ceremony coincides with the 11th foundation day of the premiere journalism university of Chhattisgarh.
The university notified the convocation notification last month and invites application of participation form alumni of the university passed in 2013, 2014 and 2015. Chancellor of the University and Chhattisgarh Governor Balramji Das Tandon will preside over the convocation ceremony.
Vice Chancellor Dr MS Parmar met the Governor on Friday to invite him for the convocation.
Notably, the university will honour Doctorate, Master of Philosophy, Post Graduate, Under Graduate degrees with 22 Gold medals to the toppers of all courses.
Alumni from all six departments of the university will be awarded three gold medals each. Alumni of affiliated colleges will be awarded four gold medals. Three gold medals, one from each batch of Electronic Media Department is to be awarded at the convocation. Alumni of this department are associated with various media and educational institutions.
Gold medallist of MSc (Electronic Media) 2013 batch Nitesh Srivastava is now working as a web journalist in a New Delhi based news portal. 2014 batch MSc (Electronic Media) gold medalist Bichitrananda Panda is working as an Asst. Professor (Adhoc) at St Thomas College, Bhilai. Amit Kumar Chauhan a 2015 batch gold medallist of MSc (Electronic Media) is currently pursuing M.Phil (Media Studies) in the same department.
Meanwhile, 2014 batch M.Phil (Media Studies) gold medalist Sanjay Khandelwal will also be felicitated here.
Interestingly, the Mass Communication Department of the university will mark a record here by honouring the first two doctorate degrees, said sources.