The IIS University holds its 10th Convocation on Wednesday
2870 students were awarded degrees on the day
Be confident, no matter which field you choose, you will be empowered and enlightened women of India who will lead in the future
Work hard, Dream Big, Make Commitments to yourself, and Do Justice to the Education you have received
Om Birla
12th April 2023, Jaipur: The IIS University hosted its tenth convocation on Wednesday at the APJ Abdul Kalam Auditorium, Shipra Path Mansarovar, Jaipur. The Chancellor of the University Dr Ashok Gupta presided over the ceremony, while Sh. Om Birla, Honorable Speaker, Lok Sabha was the Chief Guest.
On occasion, Shri Virendra Prakash Sharma, CEO P.T. Mitra Adi Perkasa, Jakarta, Indonesia and Dr Mahesh Kotbagi, Director Rotary International were conferred on D.Litt. (Honoris Causa). In all 2870 students were conferred on their degrees inclusive of 117 PhD, 722 Post Graduations, and 2031 Under Graduation programmes. Also, 99 Gold Medals, 18 Plaques, 30 Endowment Awards and 499 Merit Certificates were awarded to meritorious Graduands.
Chancellor, of the University Dr Ashok Gupta declared the convocation open and welcomed the Chief Guest, dignitaries, guests and graduands present in the convocation hall. Later, he delivered the welcome speech and apprised the audience with the highlights of IIS University. In the welcome speech, Dr Gupta talked about the meaningful journey which began in 1995 as the International College for Girls and within a short span of time it crossed many significant milestones in its endeavours towards excellence in higher education when it was conferred the status of Deemed to be university in 2009. The goal has widened to provide a context that emancipates the intellect and develops critical as well as creative thinking. He encouraged the graduates to associate and interact with people who come from different backgrounds which will in turn help them to develop a clear understanding of the complexity and richness of the essential human experience.
The Chief Guest on occasion, Honorable Speaker, Loksabha, Sh Om Birla while delivering the convocation address, outlined the vision of India's New Education System and stimulated and energized all to work towards the revolutionary goals of NEP 2020. He
congratulated the graduands and said, “Be confident, no matter which field you choose, you will be empowered and enlightened women of India who will lead in the future.” Continuing on the path of excellence he further advised the graduands in spite of living in the age of Chat GPT and Instagram they should not follow shortcuts in life as success does not come to them, they have to grab it. He also inspired the students to work hard, dream big, make commitments to themselves, and do justice to the education they have received.
On this occasion, Chancellor Dr. Ashok Gupta administered the oath to all the graduands. Vote of thanks was delivered by Rectar & Registrar Dr. Raakhi Gupta. While congratulating the graduands she said all are unique and have talents and abilities. They should believe in themselves and be humble to work hard. Apart from this, scholars also received endowment awards for their excellence in academic activities out of which
- Shachi Vijay, Gaganpreet Kaur, Samridhi Jain bagged Shiv Saraswati Memorial Gold Medal,
- Sapna Isswani and Kareena Datta received Dr. Shanta Narendra Bhanawat Memorial Gold Medal,
- Ria Pritam awarded with K.M. Sahai Memorial Gold Medal,
- Radhika Tiwari received OP Bansal Memorial Gold Medal Award,
- Tanu Mundra got Pawan Bansal Memorial Gold Medal,
- Sangita Debbarna and Manila Jain bagged Radhey Shyam Badhalia Memorial Gold Medal,
- Aastha Saxena got Ram Pyari-Surji Memorial Gold Medal and J.P. Gupta Memorial Gold Medal,
- Prem Chand Bakshi Memorial Gold Medal was received by Gargi Salotri and Prof. Volker Heine F.R.S Gold Medal and Hukam
Kaur-Nand Ram Memorial Gold Medal was received by Riddhi Khandelwal.
Dr Ruchi Goswami (9783307200)
Associate Professor
Dept of JMC
IIS University
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