Second Convocation of the University was held on Thursday the 27th September 2012. Chancellor of the University Shri Yadupati Singhania gave away degrees to students of Engineering and Management. The distinctive feature of the Convocation was that Prof. John Christensen, Chancellor, University of Nebraska, USA and Prof.H. Shimada, President, Chiba University of Commerce, Japan were the Guests of Honour. The Board of Management had approved the proposal to award Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Honohs Causa) to Mr. E. Shreedharan and to Ms. Hema Malini, MP for their contribution to society in more than one way.
255 Engineering students and 27 students were awarded degrees. The Chancellor’s Gold Medal was awarded to Nirmal Singh who secured the highest Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) amongst all the programmes of study offered by the University. The Vice Chancellor’s Gold Medals are awarded annually to the students who secure the highest Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) in individual disciplines in all the programmes of study and recipients were Apeksha Jam, Swati Kabra, Deepak Paliwal, Nirmal Singh, Sidhant Yadav, Ansh Khanna and Akash Jam.
Mahendra Khari, International Accountant, UK, Prof. Pavel Makhel & Prof. Pavol Zufan from Chezk Republic, Prof. Hiromitsu Takemi from Japan, Prof. Ulf Hanning from Russia, Prof. Deepak Khazanchi from USA, Ravindra Raj & Prof. Mikael Hillerstorm from Sweden were there to witness and grace the occasion.
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