STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) organized its 36th Convocation at 33 Regional Centres across the Country concurrently including the Regional Centre Jammu.
As many as 2,79,917 students were declared qualified to be presented with the degree/diploma/certificate in the convocation functions at IGNOU Headquarters and 33 Regional Centres across the country. This included 108 doctorate Degrees as well.
All those students who had successfully completed their respective programmes of study in the Term-End Examinations held in December 2021 and June 2022 were eligible to receive their Degree/Diploma certificates in the 36th Convocation ceremony.
Droupadi Murmu, President of India, was the Chief Guest on the occasion and delivered the convocation address at the New Delhi Headquarters of IGNOU. Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India was the Guest of Honour.
The Convocation function of Jammu Regional Centre was held in the Convention Centre, Near Circuit House, Jammu. Padmashree Dr. Ravindra Kumar Sinha, Vice Chancellor, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra was the Chief Guest.
A total of 10,506 students from Regional Centre Jammu have been declared successful and eligible to receive Diplomas and Degree Certificates in the 36th Convocation function at Jammu which includes 4536 students of Master Degree programmes, 5230 students of Bachelor Degree programmes, 469 students of Diploma/Post Graduate Diploma programmes and 271 students of Certificate/Post Graduate Certificate programmes.
However, around 115 students who had given their consent to attend the Convocation received their Degree/Diploma certificates in person during the convocation function here at Jammu.
Prof. Sinha termed the 36th Convocation of IGNOU as an occasion of Celebration of IGNOU’s achievements which is referred to as the People’s University accessible to all those far and wide who otherwise would have lost the opportunity to gain access to higher education, improve upon their qualification and increase the chances of employment.
Prof. R.K. Sinha in his Convocation address urged the awardees that they have to translate their educational achievements to benefit the world and that they all have a collective responsibility to work for the progress of the society and the country as a whole.
Regional Director I/C, Dr. Sandeep Gupta said that IGNOU today is the largest Open University in the World and is widely acknowledged as a system leader offering a variety of academic, vocational, professional, liberal arts and skill based programmes.
The Regional Director announced that one of the learners of Regional Centre Jammu namely Vishnu Sharma of Master in Public Administration (MPA) programme has earned the Gold Medal for his meritorious performance across the Country.
Tejinder Pal Singh, Deputy Registrar of the Regional Centre, presented the vote of thanks.