Marwari College, Ranchi became the first constituent college of Jharkhand on Wednesday to host its Graduation Ceremony. As many as 780 students including graduates and post graduates who graduated in 2012 received their degrees in this historic function conducted at Ranchi University’s (RU) Convocation Hall in Morhabadi.
Human Resources Development Minister Geetashree Oraon was the Chief Guest here and Additional Accountant General (AAG) Ajit Kumar was the Guest of Honour. Both the speakers stressed on self-concentration in order to achieve career centric goals and devoting time for social welfare while addressing the students.
Overall 28 toppers were awarded Gold Medals. Senur Singhal, the topper of Bachelors of Arts (BA Honours) in Fashion Designing was the overall topper in the graduate level. She had secured 84.25 per cent marks.
Interestingly, Senur is aspiring to pursue Doctorate in Fashion Designing from london before making a career in this vocational course. BA Home Science Honours Topper Asrita Kujur marked a unique achievement with her degree as she hails from a Below Poverty line family. “My father is an electrician and my mother is a manual labourer. It is hard for our family to manage the basic necessities but my parents have never let this crisis be an obstacle in my studies. As a result today I am pursuing my masters in home science from RU due to their cooperation,” she said.
On the other hand, Fatma Anwari, topper of Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics (CND) Honours despite scoring 75. 81 percent is facing difficulties for a suitable job within Jharkhand. Sharing her woes, she said, “I belong to minority category and have done graduation in a subject which has a bright career in the field of health management. Unfortunately, there are rare posts created in government and private sectors for youngsters like me in our native state.”
BA in Bengali Honours topper Jatin Mahato has grabbed a constable rank job in West Bengal Police. “I am completely satisfied with my life,” he said.
Apart from the HRD minister and Additional AG, RU Vice Chancellor lN Bhagat, Registrar Amar Kumar Choudhary and Marwari College Principal Ranjit Singh were present on the occasion. Few of the female students received degrees holding their babies.