All that glitters is gold at Anna varsity
Toppers to Get 10g Medals Of Yellow Metal
Ram.Sundaram@timesgroup.com
Chennai:21.12.2018
Toppers at this year’s Anna University convocation will be presented medals made from 10g of gold, which costs ₹32,000 each, and not the gold-plated discs distributed till last year. Sixty-six students will be receive the medals of real gold at the convocation scheduled for Saturday.
M K Surappa, vice chancellor of the university, said, “The gold medals are presented as a recognition of the students’ efforts.”
The students are selected based on their overall academic performance in eight semesters and excellence in other disciplines including sports. Of the 66 medalists, 35 were from the four university departments and others were from non-autonomous affiliated colleges across Tamil Nadu.
Chennai students dominated the medal list securing 48 of the 66 ranks. Students from College Of Engineering, Guindy will be receiving the most number of medals
(15) followed by Alagappa College of Technology (9).
Till last year, students were presented with medals that contained 2g to 3g of gold plated on silver, which cost about ₹3,000 each.
A total of 1.5 lakh students will be receiving their degrees on Saturday at the ceremony, which will be presided over by K Vijayraghavan, principal scientific advisor to the Government of India, at Vivekananda Auditorium in CEG.
This is the second convocation ceremony organised by Anna University in 2018. Last year, the degree awarding programme was put on hold as the VC post was vacant.
Besides this, 1,077 candidates will also be receiving their doctorates from Banwarilal Purohit, Tamil Nadu governor and chancellor of the university. Earlier this year, 1,304 were awarded PhDs.
The VC's report will discuss plans to develop the Centre for Aerospace Research in a full-fledged manner. KP Anbalagan, state higher education minister, is expected to present the special address.
Toppers to Get 10g Medals Of Yellow Metal
Ram.Sundaram@timesgroup.com
Chennai:21.12.2018
Toppers at this year’s Anna University convocation will be presented medals made from 10g of gold, which costs ₹32,000 each, and not the gold-plated discs distributed till last year. Sixty-six students will be receive the medals of real gold at the convocation scheduled for Saturday.
M K Surappa, vice chancellor of the university, said, “The gold medals are presented as a recognition of the students’ efforts.”
The students are selected based on their overall academic performance in eight semesters and excellence in other disciplines including sports. Of the 66 medalists, 35 were from the four university departments and others were from non-autonomous affiliated colleges across Tamil Nadu.
Chennai students dominated the medal list securing 48 of the 66 ranks. Students from College Of Engineering, Guindy will be receiving the most number of medals
(15) followed by Alagappa College of Technology (9).
Till last year, students were presented with medals that contained 2g to 3g of gold plated on silver, which cost about ₹3,000 each.
A total of 1.5 lakh students will be receiving their degrees on Saturday at the ceremony, which will be presided over by K Vijayraghavan, principal scientific advisor to the Government of India, at Vivekananda Auditorium in CEG.
This is the second convocation ceremony organised by Anna University in 2018. Last year, the degree awarding programme was put on hold as the VC post was vacant.
Besides this, 1,077 candidates will also be receiving their doctorates from Banwarilal Purohit, Tamil Nadu governor and chancellor of the university. Earlier this year, 1,304 were awarded PhDs.
The VC's report will discuss plans to develop the Centre for Aerospace Research in a full-fledged manner. KP Anbalagan, state higher education minister, is expected to present the special address.
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