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Guwahati, September 15 (MExN): Assam down town University (AdtU) hosted its 8th Convocation Ceremony on the virtual platform on September 15.
This year a total of 944 students and research scholars have been awarded degrees, out of which 724 are Graduates, 213 Post Graduates, and 7 PhD achievers. AdtU conferred honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) to Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, former Chief Minister of Assam and notable Social Activist and Padma Hazarika, an eminent social activist and entrepreneur of Assam.
The programme started with felicitation of the chief guest, Governor of Assam, Jagdish Mukhi by the AdtU Registrar, Ashim Barman. The Governor declared the Convocation open, followed by a welcome address by AdtU Chancellor, Dr NN Dutta. Vice Chancellor (Dr) NC Talukdar also presented his address, stated a press release received here.
Dean of Studies, Prof Bandana Dutta, presented the PhD Degrees to the seven research scholars. The Deans of the various faculty of study presented the names of the candidates under their respective undergraduate and postgraduate programmes who have qualified for the conferment of Bachelors and Masters Degrees.
The Governor awarded the students their respective degrees. The students who had qualified for the award of the Doctorate of Philosophy, Masters’ Degree and Bachelors’ degree in different faculties of studies and disciplines but were unable to attend the Convocation were presented by the Controller of Examination, Dr Joydeep Goswami and their degrees were awarded in absentia by the Governor.
Jyotismita Sarma (BSc Microbiology) and Jutima Baruah (MSc Microbiology) bagged the Gold Medal for the Best Graduate and Best Post Graduate of the session 2021 respectively. Award of appreciation for the Best Placement Achiever of the year was presented to Debapriya Paul (MBA).
