Mangaluru: Hemavathi V Heggade, spouse of Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari D Veerendra Heggade, and two others will likely be awarded honorary doctorate levels throughout the fortieth annual convocation of Mangalore College.
P S Yadapadithaya, vice-chancellor, Mangalore College, giving particulars of the fortieth annual convocation to the media on Thursday, stated that the college will confer honorary doctorates on three individuals, and one with physician of science diploma in biochemistry.
Hemavathi is awarded honorary doctorate for schooling and social service; Harikrishna Punaroor for social service and literature and Devdas Kapikad for fantastic arts (Tulu drama/cinema). Dr Shivananda Nayak will likely be awarded a DSc for his work on type-2 diabetes and cardiovascular ailments.
In the course of the ceremony, 153 PhDs (arts-36, science-96, commerce- 18 and education-3) will likely be awarded. Out of the 153 candidates to be conferred doctorates, 16 candidates are overseas nationals. Of the entire candidates, 70 (46%) are ladies candidates, and 83 are males. There will likely be 52 gold medals and 57 money prizes. There are 192 college students who've attained ranks, out of which 69 college students have stood first of their programs. Within the final convocation, solely 9 gold medals have been awarded.
P L Dharma, registrar (analysis), stated that passing share has seen a 4% soar this educational yr. A complete of 37,241 candidates appeared for the examinations, and 27,134 (72.9%) have handed. Within the postgraduate (PG) programs, out of 6,404 candidates who appeared, 5,826 (91%) have handed. For DSc and PhD candidates, gold medalists and first rank holders, and people woh have received money prizes, will obtain their diploma in individual. Different college students who've utilized for a level certificates will obtain their certificates by publish.
Visually impaired pupil stands first
P L Dharma stated that a visually impaired pupil of MA in political science, Anvith, has stood first in his course. He stated that Anvith wrote the examination with the assistance of scribes.
Justice S Abdul Nazeer, Decide, Supreme Courtroom of India, New Delhi, would be the chief visitor, and ship the convocation tackle. Governor of Karnataka and the chancellor of the college, Thawar Chand Gehlot, will preside over the convocation and confer the levels to all of the candidates. Ashwath Narayana C N, minister for greater schooling and pro-chancellor of the college, will likely be current.