VTU to confer honourary doctorates on ISRO chairman, two others
Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot will present these honoris casa Doctor of Science degrees at the Convocation-1 at the university campus in Belagavi on July 4. He will also award undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD degrees, as well as research degrees and integrated dual degrees to students.
Ajay Kumar Sood, Padmashri awardee and Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India will be the chief guest and deliver the convocation address. Minister for Higher Education M.C. Sudhakar will be present.
Over 60,600 degrees, including B.Tech, B.Plan, B.Arch, BSc Honours, research, PhD and integrated dual degrees will be presented. Vice-Chancellor S. Vidyashankar, Registrar (Evaluation) T.N. Sreenivasa and other officers were present at the press conference.
'VTU has taken several initiatives like facilitating research and teaching collaborations and faculty and student exchange with high-quality foreign HEIs, to promote Karnataka as a global study destination and internationalisation of education. It is set to help our students who wish to go to abroad for higher studies by announcing calendar of events in line with the International Academic Calendar so that our students will not face any hurdles and difficulties in admissions process at foreign universities,' Mr. Vidyashankar told reporters in Belagavi on Tuesday (July 1).
'In view of the above and also to avoid delay in award of degree certificates to graduates as many companies and public sector entities are instructing to submit degree certificates at the time of joining, University is planned to conduct two convocations in a year since 2023,'' he added.
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