The stage is all set for 29th Ranchi University (RU) convocation where 19,978 students including all the gold medalists will be felicitated by Governor Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday. For the first time gold medals will also be distributed among the toppers of various professional courses. Students of 2013 batch will be presented certificates in the convocation ceremony.
The guest lists have been finalized by university officials and concerned officials are busy in giving final touch to the ongoing preparations. CM Raghubar Das will be present as the Guest of Honour; HRD Minister Neera Yadav will be present as the Distinguished Guest whereas Governor, Droupadi Murmu will preside and address the 29th convocation. Members of Syndicate and Senate along with former Vice-chancellors of RU and other dignitaries will attend the convocation.
Citing details about the preparation, RU Vice-Chancellor, Ramesh Kumar Pandey, informed, “Every thing has been finalized for the convocation. So far we have distributed 1,407 gowns among the students. But we have been approached for 100 more gowns but as the seats have been allotted to the respective candidates, we are trying to adjust all these students too.”
“Various committees have been formed for the convocation ceremony. This year, the university has formed various committees to keep the track of an entire event. Organizing committee, core committee, advisory board, finance committee, media incharge and dais management, volunteers cum discipline committee, refreshment committee have been constituted,” added Pandey.
The programme is scheduled to start at 10 AM and will continue till 11:50 AM at Convocation Mandap, Morabadi Campus. Students from the 15 constituent colleges under RU will be felicitated at 29th convocation ceremony.
Moreover, the 29th convocation of the university, which was scheduled to be held in September 2014, was postponed to November 2014 without any notification of a fresh date and finally after much await it will be held on Wednesday.Two former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Azad and Pratibha Singh Patil including several other Union Ministers like Sushil Kumar Shinde, Arjun Singh, Dr M M Pallam Raju, Shivraj Patil, former lok Sabha Speaker Meera Kumar and Padma Bhushan recipient Bikash Sinha have graced the convocation as the chief guests.