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Students should accept new changes and move ahead in life: Koshiyari
The Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) held its 118th convocation ceremony online on Tuesday
The Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) held its 118th convocation ceremony online on Tuesday. Former Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan delivered the convocation address as the chief guest and special guest Uday Samant, Maharashtra higher and technical education minister was also present. This is the first convocation which was held this year by the SPPU, usually there are two convocation progammes which are held during a year.
Maharashtra state governor and chancellor of SPPU also spoke at the ceremony.
Koshiyari said, “It was a big challenge to conduct online examinations during these tough times in the Covid pandemic and Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) accepted it and successfully achieved a better outcome. Like the university, all students should also accept these new changes in our lives and keep moving forward in lives.”
Vedant Mundada received the gold medal in the name of former President of India Dr Deendayal Sharma. He even received the best student award for the year 2019-20.
A total of 1,61,591 students graduated and post graduated from various departments of SPPU in the academic year 2019-20 and were given the graduation certificates even before the ceremony was held. Of these, 465 students received their Ph.D degrees from the university.
Talking on this occasion Mahajan said, “After completing graduation, we think of job opportunities with a good package, but at the same time we should also think about giving back to the society we belong. We should always keep our sensitivity towards society which will make us a better human being,”
Samant said, “The online examinations held by the SPPU is very much appreciated and other universities should learn from them. Also, the university is ahead into merging the new education policy in its academics and overall operations. I am proud of the NSS students who have voluntarily worked hard during the Covid pandemic.”
In the beginning of the programme, vice chancellor Prof Nitin Karmalkar gave a brief introduction about SPPU’s various works carried out in the last one year.
