Fourteen students from Nagaland receive degrees
Guwahati, September 10 (MExN): Assam Don Bosco University held its Fifth Convocation at its Azara campus on September 10 during which the university conferred degrees to 648 students. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal was present on the occasion as Chief Guest.
According to a press release, out of the 648 who received their degrees on Saturday, 172 received the degree of Bachelor of Technology, 31 Master of Technology, 54 Master of Social Work, 23 Master of Computer Applications, 37 Master of Business Administration, 10 MA in Psychological Counseling, 9 MA in Human Rights, 11 MA in Mass Communication, 11 MA in Education and 16 students received M.Sc. in Physics.
A total of 267 students from around 37 countries graduated in various disciplines through Don Bosco Global centre of Online and Distance Education. Doctoral degrees were conferred to 7 scholars.
Many from the North East were among those who received degrees for the campus programmes – 231 from Assam, 72 from Meghalaya, 15 from Manipur, 14 from Nagaland, 13 from Arunachal Pradesh, 5 from Tripura, and 5 from Mizoram. Gold Medals under various categories were awarded to 13 outstanding graduates with the highest Cumulative Grade Point Average in each program.
Presenting the annual report, Vice Chancellor Dr. (Fr.) Stephen Mavely reiterated the significant milestone achieved by the university in inaugurating a new academic session at Tapesia Gardens for five Departments of the School of Social Sciences and three departments of the School of Life Sciences.
