A number of 5,235 students will get their degrees in the 7th convocation of VBU sheduled to be held on January 9. President Dr Pranab Mukherjee will be the chief guest of this ceremony and will deliver the convocation speech. He will give the degrees to 22 toppers and gold medalists during his one hour long short stay here.
This was informed by VC Prof Gurdeep Singh. He said that this time the university is going to felecitate former union minister Yashwant Sinha with the honor of D lit degree.
Among the 5235 applicants 53 will get Ph.D, 1539 postgraduate, 3643 under graduates, 3 best graduates and 71 Gold Medalists are included.
The ceremony will go on after the departure of the Chief Guest and other distinguished guest including CM Raghubar Das, MoS Jayant Sinha, chancellor Draupadi Murmu and education minister Neera Yadav and every applicant will get their degrees, he added.
Singh said that the President of India will arrive and 3 pm and depart from the program at 4 pm. During this time he will lead the procession of educationist and than award the degree to the students. Guardians and children will not be allowed in the convocation hall.
Everyone in the university is working hard for the success of the program. University administration has constituted committees for different work. More than 100 teachers have been made members of these committees.