Universities must hold convocation ceremony every year: HRD Ministry
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The Ministry of Human Resource Development has written to all universities mandating them to hold convocation every year after few universities were found skipping the event. "Convocation ceremonies must be held regularly and degrees awarded annually as the event carries a huge significance for graduating students and is a moment of pride for their families," a senior HRD Ministry official said. Here's more.
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Universities are supposed to conduct convocation ceremonies: Official
"It was found that some universities were not doing the (convocation) exercise regularly due to either financial or time constraints. They are supposed to do it every year," the official added. MHRD asked all universities to send details of the last convocation held by them.
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JNU among the universities that skipped convocation ceremony
West Bengal's Visva Bharati University held its convocation in May this year after a gap of five years. The Central University of Tripura had held its convocation after four years in 2018 where they awarded degrees to all scholars from the last four years. Forty-six years after its first and only convocation, Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) held its second convocation this year.