For the first time ever, Ranchi University (RU) will award Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Master of Surgery (MS) degrees in its 28th Convocation
ceremony scheduled on Monday. As about 92 students are to get this degrees but none have applied for the mentioned degree certificates.
The upcoming convocation involves the pass-out students of 2012 session. Out of 22,999 pass-outs including vocational graduates, post graduates, M.Phil, D.litt and Doctorates 1,802 students will be awarded their degrees on this occasion.
Relating this low percentage of applicants, Dean of Student Welfare SC Gupta said, “We do not know why the percentage is comparatively low this time. Infact, it is strange that none of the MD/MD students have applied for their degrees here.”
According to the university sources, arrangement to send degrees to the remaining students through post after the ceremony has already been decided. Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde as Chief Guest will felicitate Gold Medals to 36 toppers among the mentioned above courses.
The gold medal list includes Best graduates in Humanities, Commerce, law, Education, Engineering, Medicine and Science. It also includes post graduate toppers of English, Geography, Philosophy, Urdu, History, Psychology, Geology, Sanskrit, Economics, Anthropology, Tribal and Regional languages, Hindi, Home Science, Botany, Chemistry, Maths, Zoology, Bengali, Political Science and Sociology along with overall toppers in Graduation and Post Graduation.
As per RU Registrar office staffs Shinde will reach the state capital on Monday at 9am and will attend the convocation ceremony at the RU convocation hall Morhabadi from 11am to 1pm. “The minister will initially present his speech and then distribute medals to the toppers,” said the staffs.
Adding more, they said, “Regarding the strict security provisions of the Chief Guest, we have already sent letters to district administration authorities like Deputy Commissioner. Besides Shinde, Governor Syed Ahmed, Chief Minister Hemant Soren, State Human Resources Development Minister Geetashree Oraon have also confirmed their presence,” official sources of the university maintained.
On Friday, senate members of this university began the dress rehearsal for this grand event. As many as 95 senate members are to be present in this ceremony planned in university’s convocation hall at Morhabadi. The 1802 degree holders expected to be here have been instructed to take their seats by 10am sharp.