Over one lakh students receive diplomas, maximum degrees conferred on students from the Arts stream.
Over one lakh students received their degrees and diplomas at the annual convocation ceremony of the Mumbai University in the Fort campus on Saturday. K Shankarnarayanan, the governor of Mahrashtra and chancellor of the University presided over the Convocation ceremony and Dr Madhavan Nair, Former Chairman (ISRO) delivered the convocation address.
In his convocation address, Nair drew attention to the need for upgrading the quality of education by revamping the syllabus and infrastructure in colleges. “While there is a spurt in the number of colleges, the quality of education imparted is not very encouraging. There is an urgent need to relook at the syllabi, quality of teaching professionals and the infrastructure in the colleges and the universities. A shift from the current examination-oriented method of teaching to inculcate inquisitiveness and innovativeness amongst students is the need of the hour,” he said.
The university conferred approximately 1,35,000 degrees and diplomas including 1,9856 post graduate degrees, 1,07,600 under-graduates students and 250 Ph.D. students. Maximum number of degrees were conferred on students from arts stream — 33, 994. Science stream receved the second highest number of degrees —1,5395 followed by 1,3389 from technology and 2,480 from Law Faculty, 80 from Medical Faculty, 65872 from Commerce Faculty and 300 from Faculty of Fine Arts. 60 medals has been awarded by the dignatries.
Dr Manohar Joshi, former Speaker of Lok Sabha and former chief minister and Dr Amarjit Singh Manhas, chairman, MHADA and Member of Higher Education Council have received their PhD degrees in the faculty of Arts and also one of the Mumbai’s Dubbawala Mr Bijaykumar Maharana, got the Ph D degree in Yoga.
For the first time, the convocation was streamed live on the university website.
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