Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 4: The successful candidates were awarded Medals and Degrees as 17th Convocation of Jammu University was held here today.
In the presence of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who was chief guest on the occasion, and Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, Pro-Chancellor of JU, Governor N N Vohra, Chancellor of the University, awarded 185 Doctorate of Philosophy degrees to the successful candidates of the year 2015 and 2016. The chief guest awarded Gold Medals, Cash Awards and Medals to 59 toppers of various faculties.
Minister of State in PMO, Dr Jitendra Singh; Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh; Speaker J&K Legislative Assembly Kavinder Gupta, Ministers, Advisor to Chief Minister, Prof Amitabh Mattoo; Legislators; Chairman State Accountability Commission, Justice B A Khan; Vice Chanc-ellors of all the Universities in the State; Director IIM Sirmour Prof Neelu Rohmetra, senior officers; faculty members of Jammu University besides scholars and students were present on the occasion.
Addressing the gathering, Arun Jaitley. N N Vohra and Mehbooba Mufti conveyed their best wishes to all the passing out scholars for their future careers and congratulated all those who had won medals and awards. They also appreciated the fact that women were far more in number than men in securing Gold Medals and PhD Degrees.
Earlier, Prof R D Sharma, Vice Chancellor, Jammu University, presented the Vice Chancellor’s Report. He highlighted the achievements of the University since the last Convocation in April 2016 and JU future plan of action.
At the outset, the Academic Procession, led by JU Registrar Dr Meenakshi Kilam and comprising of the chief guest, Chancellor, Pro-Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Members of the University Council, Syndicate and the Academic Council, entered the Hall. Proceedings commenced with the Registrar JU seeking permission of the Chancellor and declaring open the 17th Convocation.
Sachit Mahajan was awarded five Medals for MBBS, including the University Gold Medal. Others candidates, who were awarded Gold Medals, Cash Awards and Medals, created of endowments, included Sonali Thakur and Sunali Sawhney (MSc Physics), Era Mehta (MSc Chemistry), Shakti Kumar (two medals in MSc Geology), Amandeep Kour (MSc Environment Science), Shivali Sharma (Biotechnology), Roma Satti (Food Science and Technology), Ridhima Gupta (Home Science-HD), Gifty Sawhyney (Human Genetics), Rahul Sharma (Remote Sensing and GIS), Sonia Thapa (Bio-Chemistry), Mitika Sambyal (Education), Roohie Shamma Ganaie (Psychology), Priya Sharma (Sociology), Mahak Devi (Mcom), Parveen Kumar (Dogri), Tanveer Ahmad (Kashmiri), Chahukkeshi Jamwal (History), Farhat Shamim Khan (Political Science), Neha Shivgotra (Economics), Sangeeta Randhawa (Economics), Tsewang Nurboo (Buddhist Studies), Chanpreet Kour (Punjabi), Raman Sharma (Sanskrit), Mohd Ahrar (Urdu), Nusrat Jahan (Fellowship in Urdu), Aarti Devi (Hindi), Rajani Dwivedi (English), Jaspreet Kour Sudan (Statistics), Suman Kumar (Geography), Anamika Bharti (Sericulture), Devia Narrania (Mathematics), Jaswinder Singh (IT), Arjun Gupta (MBA), Shubam Gupta (MBA Hospitality & Tourism Management), Pooja Thapar (MCA), Mukteshi Sharma (Music), Shivani Verma (M Lib), Ashna Kumar (MBBS), Swati Sharma (MBBS), Minakshy Sharma (Masters in Education), Sipaj Jain ( B Sc), Sonali Chib (B Com), Ratik Gupta (B Com Hons), Priya Devi (B Com), Himankshi Gupta (BBA), Navneet Kour (BBA HM), Parul Gupta (BCA), Reema Sharma (BPhT), Manu Singh Pawar (BPEd), Sonali Sharma (B Lib), Monika Gupta (BAMS), Ishwin Kaur (BA LLB), Saksham Narainia (BDS), Shailja Kohli (LLM), Disha Gupta (BE) and Manoj Wadhera (MBA).
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