UoP awards degrees to 69,940

In his convocation address,UoP Vice-Chancellor RK Shevgaonkar said,“From this convocation,the degrees awarded to the students will be uploaded on the website of the university with a 2D security barcode system. With this system,verification of certificates will be easy. Employers and foreign universities will be able to verify the certificates electronically.” Also,a new integrated post graduate programme on technology will be started from the next academic year. The university had taken special initiatives for promoting a research culture at the varsity.

“About 280 projects worth several crores were funded by the university under this scheme. We have also taken the unique initiative of introducing a compulsory course on human rights for all students,irrespective of their degrees and discipline,” he added.

Governor and Chancellor K Sankaranarayanan was present.

This year,69,940 degrees were awarded in 13 different courses,including law,education,management,pharmacy,arts,mental moral,engineering,commerce,science,medicine,ayurveda,homoeopathy and physical education.

As many as 67 students received gold medals. Also,300 students were awarded PhDs. While the maximum number of graduates were from the commerce stream with 18,845 degrees awarded,only 6 students received degrees in the homoeopathy course.