Former Vice-Chancellors of the varsity to eminent alumni, a host of guests have been invited to Delhi University’s valedictory ceremony celebrations on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the chief guest at the event, which is part of the varsity’s centenary celebrations. Speaking to The Indian Express, Director of South Campus Shriprakash Singh said, “We have invited former V-Cs and eminent alumni including former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, former Supreme Court Judge Ravindra Bhatt among others.” The event will also feature stalls by top colleges, an exhibition and special broadcasts. The varsity has invited several colleges, based on their National Institutional Ranking Frame-work ranking, to present their “best practices” at the event. Singh told The Indian Express, “Stalls by colleges have been put up in the basement of the Multipurpose Hall (at the Sports Complex). Top colleges such as Hindu, Miranda, Stephen’s will present their best work to the Prime Minister to take a look at.” “Arrangements have also been made in each college for the ceremony to be broadcasted so that all stakeholders of the university can see it,” he added. PM Modi will also virtually lay the foundation stone of three buildings — Faculty of Technology, a computer centre and an academic block — besides releasing a logo book and two coffee table books, university officials had said on Tuesday. For the closing ceremony, an exhibition on the journey of 100 years of the university will be organised in the basement of the Multipurpose Hall. A meeting on advance security liaison was also organised on Tuesday under the chairmanship of V-C Yogesh Singh, said officials. Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan will be the guest of honour at the ceremony. Meanwhile, posters put up by All India Students’ Association cropped up across campus which posed questions on the ‘rise in college fees’ and ‘government cutting education funds’.
