The IXth Convocation of UP Rajarshi Tandon Open University would be held at Pt Madan Mohan Malviya convocation ground of Phaphamau campus on Saturday.
Vice-chancellor Prof M P Dubey said that governor and chancellor of the University Ram Naik would preside over the convocation. The convocation address would be delivered by Indian Space Research Organization’s Professor YS Rajan.
Nearly 12,500 students, who cleared examinations of December 2013 and June 2014 would be awarded degrees and diplomas at the convocation. Besides, 18 brilliant students would be felicitated with gold medals. The Chancellor Gold Medal has been bagged by MSc (Bio-Chemistry) student Brijbhan Yadav of Azamgarh who topped the December 2013-June 2014 examination and scored highest marks (82.08%) among all undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Other recipients of the University Gold Medal for PG course include Yadvendra Saroj, Bechan Chauhan, Vinit Kumar, Seema Kashyap, Sadhana Pandey and Brijbhan Yadav. UG students include Anamika Yadav, Kirti Gupta, Mohammad Wasim Sidhhiqui, Bhawna Sharma, Angad Kumar Yadav and Neha Verma.
Prof Dubey also said that donor gold medals would also be awarded to Kirti Srivastava, Seema Kashyap, Pooja Jaiswal, Kirti Gupta and Richa Tiwari.
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