IGNOU 38th Convocation: 11292 students from Jammu region declared successful
Dr Jitendra hails NEP 2020 for accommodating aptitudes
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh, hailed the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 for accommodating aptitudes in our education system and affirmed that the ‘Open University Culture’ will receive a significant boost from the NEP 2020 at the 38th Convocation of IGNOU Regional Centre Jammu on Wednesday.
Under the Jammu region, a huge number of 11292 students were declared successful and eligible to receive Diplomas and Degree Certificates in the 38th Convocation function at Jammu which included 4987 learners of Master Degree programmes, 5852 learners of Bachelor Degree programmes, 328 learners of Diploma/Post Graduate Diploma programmes and 125 learners of Certificate/Post Graduate Certificate programmes.
Dr. Zabeer Ahmed, Director CSIR-Indian Institution of Integrative Medicine was the Guest of Honour and conferred Degrees upon the Awardees.
The Convocation ceremony started with the lighting of traditional lamp by the dignitaries and Saraswati Vandana by the students of Central Sanskrit University. Alka Sharma compered the ceremony.
Those who had registered and given their consent to receive Diploma/Degree through post would be sent their respective Degree/Diploma/Certificate through Speed Post after the Convocation ceremony.
As per the details provided by IGNOU authorities, as many as 300 qualified students had submitted the requisite fee and consent to receive their respective Degree/Diploma certificates in person out of which 166 students were given Degree certificates in the Convocation function at Jammu
Dr. Jitendra in his virtual address congratulated the Awardees and lauded the efforts of Regional Centre Jammu in reaching out to the far off corners of the region with the beacon of light in the form of education.
Dr. Jitendra interacted with the participants and congratulated them.
The distinguished Alumni of IGNOU were Shantmanu, Financial Commissioner, (Additional Chief Secretary) Higher Education Department, Dr. Arvind Kawrani, Commissioner, Relief and Rehabilitation (Migrants) Govt. of J&K, Dr. J N Baliya, Professor, Department of Education, Central University of Jammu, Albeena Malik, Dy. SP, J&K Police and Balwant Singh Mankotia, MLA Chenani. Neha Jalali, Director Press Information Bureau, Jammu was felicitated on the occasion as Special Guest for her support in taking the mandate of IGNOU forward to the masses.
Dr. Zaber Ali, Guest of Honour on the occasion at Jammu, termed the 38th Convocation of IGNOU as an occasion of Celebration of IGNOU’s achievements which is popularly known 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.
Regional Director, Dr. Sandeep Gupta, presented the Regional Centre Report. In his report Dr. Gupta presented the statistics of achievements of the Regional Centre Jammu. Dr. Gupta informed that from the year 2020 till 2024 in the eight admission cycles, RC Jammu has freshly enrolled and re-registered around 2 lakh 22 thousand learners in the region.
Dr. Gupta in his report highlighted that IGNOU has been working hard for the past 40 years to accomplish its mission of equality, inclusivity, quality, accessibility and affordability in higher education which is also the mandate for National Education Policy 2020.
Regional Centre officials comprising of Dr. Asha Upadhyay, Dr. Vikram Singh and Dara Singh were present on the occasion. S. Tejinder Pal Singh, Deputy Registrar of the Regional Centre, presented the vote of thanks.
