NEW DELHI: Women students of Delhi University walked away with around 75% of the medals and prizes for academic excellence at its 89th convocation held on Saturday. Women's colleges alone bagged 39 gold medals, led by Lady Shri Ram College with eight medals. Overall, Hindu continues to dominate the list with 17 medals, followed by Hansraj College with 14 medals and Maulana Azad Medical College with 11.
This year, DU awarded 194 students from several colleges, departments and faculties with gold medals for demonstrating academic excellence in various subjects. Last year, 139 students were awarded. MBBS student Parul Gupta bagged seven medals, followed by BSc (H) (mathematics) student Anshika Mittal of Hansraj College, BA (H) (economics) student Mira Sethi of LSR, MSc (chemistry) student Samiksha Jain of Hindu College and MCom student Shilpa Maggo of Janki Devi Memorial College with four medals each. In all, women students bagged 143 medals.
Campus colleges, too, presented a bright show, bagging 65 gold medals. DU also conferred PhD degree to 414 scholars this year, up by 33 from last year.
Sam Pitroda, adviser to the Prime Minister on public information infrastructure and innovations, was the chief guest. Delivering the convocation address, Pitroda spoke about his journey from a small village in Odisha to lead the telecommunication reforms in the country. He also stressed the need to reform the education sector, adding that this is his primary aim now. "Education is key to leapfrog the country to the next level. We have to keep in mind the disparity and different demography. Challenges we face today is in reforms. Every educational institution has become obsolete and a complete overhaul of the system is needed," he said.
This year, DU awarded 194 students from several colleges, departments and faculties with gold medals for demonstrating academic excellence in various subjects. Last year, 139 students were awarded. MBBS student Parul Gupta bagged seven medals, followed by BSc (H) (mathematics) student Anshika Mittal of Hansraj College, BA (H) (economics) student Mira Sethi of LSR, MSc (chemistry) student Samiksha Jain of Hindu College and MCom student Shilpa Maggo of Janki Devi Memorial College with four medals each. In all, women students bagged 143 medals.
Campus colleges, too, presented a bright show, bagging 65 gold medals. DU also conferred PhD degree to 414 scholars this year, up by 33 from last year.
Sam Pitroda, adviser to the Prime Minister on public information infrastructure and innovations, was the chief guest. Delivering the convocation address, Pitroda spoke about his journey from a small village in Odisha to lead the telecommunication reforms in the country. He also stressed the need to reform the education sector, adding that this is his primary aim now. "Education is key to leapfrog the country to the next level. We have to keep in mind the disparity and different demography. Challenges we face today is in reforms. Every educational institution has become obsolete and a complete overhaul of the system is needed," he said.
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