The Central University of Jharkhand (CUJ) will hold its first convocation from its Chiri Manatu campus on February 28. President Ram Nath Kovind will be the chief guest at the first convocation. Students from five year integrated session, post graduate, M.Tech and PHD students will be awarded degree and certificates at the first convocation.
In 2009, the then President Pratibha Devisingh Patil gave assent to the Central Universities Act, 2009 that envisages establishing and incorporating universities for teaching and research in the various states. Based on this act, the Central University of Jharkhand came into being under this Act on March 1, 2009.
The President, who is on two day visit to Jharkhand will reach Ranchi in the evening. From Birsa Munda International Airport he will go to CUJ campus at Chiri Manatu in Helicopter at 4.40 pm. The Governor will stay at campus for around one hour. At 5.30 pm after attending the convocation he will reach Raj Bhavan, where he will have the night stay.
Meanwhile, the CUJ administration has made elaborate arrangement for convocation. A senior faculty member requesting anonymity said, “Passing out students from the batch 2014, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 will receive the degree at the convocation. The students included from five year integrated batches, post two year post graduate, PHd, M.Tech and others.”
The CUJ unlike other Central Universities in 2009 started its academic session from five year integrated session, but after running the course for few years it switched the session to two years post graduate session. A faculty member requesting anonymity said, “The CUJ presently is not offering any five year integrated session due to space crunch.”
Moreover, the CUJ is going to host its first convocation in 10 years. The university administration on earlier occasion had tried to hold the convocation but every time the plan was differed due to technical or administrative hiccups. Delay in completion of university campus, varsity running with ad-hoc VCs and other factor were main reason behind delay in holding the convocation.
The President, apart from attending the convocation will also participate at the function at Bishunpur, Lohardaga. He will visit Bishunpur next day on February 29. On February 29 he will fly for Bishunpur in the morning and will reach Vikas Bharti campus at 10.20 am. He will stay at Vikas Bharti campus at 11.20 where he will participate at tribal centre.
From Bishunpur, the president will reach Rnachi and will fly to Deoghar where he will perform puja at Baba Baidyanath temple. From Deoghar he will fly to Delhi in the evening.