Mangalore University confers honorary doctorates on Harekala Hajabba, Govinda Bhat, Ravish Padumale
Mangaluru: Mangalore University will award honorary doctorates to Akshara Santa Padma Shri awardee Harekala Hajabba, Yakshagana artist late Soorikumeru Govinda Bhat, and dancer Ravish Padumale at its 44th annual convocation, University Vice Chancellor Prof. P.L. Dharma announced at a press conference.
The convocation will be held on March 28 at 11 am at the Mangala Auditorium on the university campus. Governor of Karnataka and Chancellor of the university Thawar Chand Gehlot will preside over the ceremony and confer degrees on graduating students. Higher Education Minister Dr. M.C. Sudhakar will attend, and MP K. Brijesh Chowta will deliver the convocation address.
A total of 162 research students will receive their Ph.D. degrees, including 40 from the Arts Department, 92 from Science and Technology, 25 from Commerce, and 5 from Education. Among them, 74 (45.67%) are women and 88 (54.32%) are men, with 11 international students (10 men, 1 woman).
The university will also present 56 gold medals, 57 cash prizes, and rank certificates to 69 students (50 postgraduate and 19 undergraduate) who secured first ranks among 147 total ranks across various undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Prof. Dharma further specified that the rank holders include 17 from Arts, 40 from Science and Technology, 8 from Commerce, and 4 from Education Department.
Senior university officials present at the press conference included Controller of Examinations Prof. Devendrappa, in-charge Registrar Ganesh Sanjeev, and Finance Officer Panchalinga Swamy.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
