Mangaluru: The 42nd annual convocation program of Mangalore University will be held on June 15 Saturday here at the Mangala auditorium in the universities campus in Mangalore.
Professor Sachin Chaturvedi director general of research and information system for developing countries New Delhi will be the chief guest of the event.
During the event the university will award on the doctorate to Dubai-based prominent NRI Businessman and Philanthropist Dr. Ronald Colaco, Founder Presidet of MRG Group Prakash Shetty, and Founder President of Thumbay Group Dr. Thumbay Moideen, the university announced in a press conference on Friday.
During the convocation Mangalore University will award 155 Doctor of Philosophy degrees (Arts 51, Science 73, Commerce 26 and Education 05). Out of 155 P6D candidates, 60(38.70%) are women candidates and 95 161.29%) are men candidates, in this 18 men and 04 female are foreign nationals. There are 58 Gold Medals and 57 Cash Prizes Two Gold medals have been converted into cash prizes. There are 168 Ranks, out of which 72 students are 1" rank holders (P.G-52 & UG-20: Arts- 31; Science & Technology-75 Commerce 41; Education 211.
Governor of Karnataka and the Chancellor of the University His Excellency Sri Thawar Chand Gehlot will preside and confer the degrees to all the candidates. Dr. M.C. Sudhakar, Minister for Higher Education, Government of Karnataka and the Pro-Chancellor of the University will be participate and grace the occasion.
Out of 3,094 PG. students who have passed, 839 (27.10%) are boys and 2,255 (72.90%) are girls. Similarly at the U.G. level, out of 18,225 candidates who passed, 6,639 (36.50%) are boys and the remaining 11,586 (63.60%) are girls. With regard to the gender composition, out of 21,319 total number of candidates who passed, 8,097 (38.00%) are boys (Pass percentage of boys 65.20%) and 13,841 (65.00%) are girls (Pass percentage of girls 81.30%).
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Jamshedpur (PTI): One person was arrested on the charge of raping a 30-year-old woman with speech impairment in Jamshedpur, a police officer said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred in the Azadnagar police station area of the city, and a case in this regard was registered based on the statement of the victim's brother on Monday.
The victim had gone to fetch water from the premises of a company on Monday evening. When she did not return even after a considerable time, family members went out in search of her and caught the accused red-handed, police said.
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The accused was a caretaker of the company.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (Patamda) Bachandeo Kujjur said due to scarcity of water in the area, the victim used to fetch water from the premises of the company.
