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Visvesvaraya Technological University distributes nearly 60,000 degrees at its 22nd convocation organised at the A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Auditorium on the Jnana Sangama campus on Jamboti Road in Belagavi
Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) organised its 22nd convocation in Belagavi on Friday, at the A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Auditorium on its Jnana Sangama campus on Jamboti Road.
Governor and Chancellor of the university Thaawarchand Gehlot, AICTE chairman T.G. Sitharam, Vice-Chancellor S. Vidyashankar and other dignitaries gave away certificates to students of graduate, post-graduate and other courses.
Also, they gave away Doctor of Science honorary doctorates to three eminent industrialists.
The former Vice-Chairman of Toyota Kirloskar Motors late Vikram Kirloskar was given the honoris causa, posthumously. The Kirloskar family hails from Gurlahosur village in Belagavi district.
WABCO India Limited chairman M. Lakshminarayan and Belgaum Ferrocast India Private Limited managing director Sachin B. Sabnis were the other two industrialists who received honorary doctorates.
The university conferred BE and B.Tech degrees to 51,905 students, B.Plan to nine, B.Arch to 1,032, MBA to 4,279, MCA to 2,028, M.Tech to 1,363, M.Arch to 82 and one PG Diploma degrees. VTU awarded over 700 Ph.Ds and two M.Sc Engineering by research and four Integrated Dual degrees to research scholars.
Addressing the students, Mr. Gehlot said that they should be proud of their technical education degrees and build their skills further by continuous training and research.
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