The Governor, who is also the chancellor of state universities, changed his programme and later handed over the degrees and medals to all eligible students.
DAVV students create ruckus over not receiving degrees from Governor
A group of students from the Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) created ruckus after they did not get their degrees personally from the Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangu Bhai Patel because of time constraints during the convocation ceremony. As per reports, following the ruckus, the Governor, who is also the chancellor of state universities, changed his programme and later handed over the degrees and medals to all eligible students.
Madhya Pradesh higher education minister Mohan Yadav, who attended the ceremony, later informed the reporters, “There is a time limit in a programme of the Governor. The number of students who were supposed to get their degrees was on a higher side.” Yadav said on his request, Patel agreed to stay back for the programme beyond his original schedule and complete the degree and medal presentation formalities.
DAVV Convocation: Details
While speaking on the same, an official of the DAVV said during the convocation ceremony 148 research scholars were supposed to be given PhD degrees and a total of 113 graduate and undergraduate students were to get gold medals for academic excellence. The Governor had given 90 minutes for the convocation during which 50 PhD scholars and 50 meritorious students were supposed to get their degrees and medals, respectively, he said.
The rest were to get their degrees and medals from the vice-chancellor, the official said. However, during the ruckus, a woman research scholar was spotted crying and saying she had come all the way from Mumbai to receive her degree from the Governor but was not called on the dais.
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