College holds convocation online to honour students

College holds convocation online to honour students

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:11.06.2020

There were no laughter, no claps, only silence as 453 engineering students received their certificates during a ‘virtual graduation day’ on Wednesday.

The function continued for more than an hour and students sat in front of their computers at homes peering into the screen as their images popped up on screen when their names were read out.

Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology, the college which held virtual graduation day sent an email of scanned copy of graduation certificates to all students. Students and parents were asked to log on at the specific time on a web platform to watch the live event.

“It is entirely a new experience for me. We looked forward to our graduation day where we put on a convocation robe and cap flanked by friends and family. I missed my friends on graduation day,” said Aswathi Muralidharan, one of the two rank holders who received their degrees in person.

But, she said her college organised the virtual graduation day well. “They have collected photographs of all students and used Instagram filters to put graduation day caps to the pictures. It is the new form of graduation,” she added. Another student Muthuvel C said it was a new experience for all students.

“Because of Covid-19, we were not able to conduct an inperson graduation day. So, we thought of holding virtual graduation day. We sent a scanned copy of certificates to all students,” said Thangam Meganathan, chairperson of Rajalakshmi Institutions.

Of 453 students, only seven could not login. More than 600 students and parents watched the event. Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan was the chief guest.

ALL VIRTUAL: Telangana governor Tamilisai Soundararajan (bottom left) and others at the online graduation day of Rajalakshmi Institute of Technology on