Doing away with the western convocation robes, the outgoing batch of Jamshedpur Women’s College wore especially designed Khadi dress at its graduation ceremony held at Tata Auditorium on Saturday.
Students wore new khadi gowns in cream, red and blue. It has been designed by students of National Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi. Ninety-eight toppers were felicitated with gold medals.
Principal Purnima Kumar said they had a dream to re-introduce khadi. “Degree holders in a black gown and cape are an enduring symbol of academic success, especially for girls. That’s been a symbol of emancipation for many women through the generations. That’s why we have kept the cape with gown, though the fabric and colours are different,” said Kumar.
Last year, Kolhan University broke the tradition of the quintessential black gown and cape and instead used traditional outfits accompanied by Jaipuri pagdis and Santhali stoles.
Students should focus on research work and acquiring degree should not be the only aim of academic life. Jharkhand Governor cum chancellor of universities, Droupadi Murmu said this during second Graduation Day of Jamshedpur Women’s College (JWC) .
Altogether 98 students got gold medal while altogether 4003 graduate (2013 and 2014 pass out) and post graduate (2014 and 2015 pass out) got certificate on the occasion. Students, wearing fusion of Indo-western designed Khadi gown and hat, received medal from the governor.
The autonomous college had adopted the new gown for the first time as students had been demanding to ban over the British period black gown on an auspicious occasion of their academic life. The college administration adopted Khadi gown, spreading the patriotic feeling and Kolhan University is likely to follow it in it’s upcoming convocation.
Addressing to the students, governor said that teachers should act as mother while teaching student in colleges. The young generation should inculcate moral character within themselves during the whole academic life, she added. They should prove inner skill and try to achieve excellence in each respective field, she added.
“Sky should be limit for each student in academic and post academic life. They should try to be role model in the society. Girl student should come up with examples that orthodox people should get change their approach towards women”, Murmu said.
Rashmi Dubey of BSc 2013 and Sonali Roy of BSc 2014 declared as over all best graduate students in their respective session. Pinky Mahawar of Msc 2014 and Ruhi of Msc 2015 got Dr Anju Priya Akhouri Award on the Day.
Vice chancellor of Kolhan University Shukla Mahanty said that the college is looking for world class quality education to women, once is starts functioning as first women’s university in the region including Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal.