BHUBANESWAR: Sri Sri University hosted their sixth convocation ceremony here Thursday. The concourse was graced by Naba Kishore Das, Minister, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of Odisha as the chief guest of the event.
K K Aggarwal, Chairman, National Board of Accreditation, graced the event as the Guest of Honour. Addressing from Mongolia, the Founder and lifetime President of SSU, Sri SriRavishankarji said, “Once upon a time, India was leading as a centre of academic excellence and we have to revive our tradition.”
He emphasised the need for an international study on mediation and conflict resolution which is the need of the hour. He added that the ones who are ahead of time are creators, whereas, the ones who are on time are managers. He encouraged a spirit of entrepreneurship amongst the students.
Minister Naba Kisore Das said, “As students start their career with the blessings of Guruji, you are lucky to get that opportunity as the students of this university. And what I have learned from Guruji is that love is the most important thing in this universe.”
President of the university, Rajita Kulkarni said, “It’s not about staying in course with time but staying ahead of time. So make a vision of life and have the ultimate grit in your stomach to see through it.”
A total of 354 students, including 152 postgraduates and 202 undergraduates received their degree certificates on this auspicious day of convocation; 16 other students received gold medals for outstanding academic performance under various specializations of 16 different courses.
Four persons were awarded with Honorary Doctorate Honoris Causa Degree. They were Parmeshwar Nath Mishra, Jurist, renowned lawyer of RamajamabhoomiBabri Masjid Case, D.K. Hari, researcher and author on Bharat Gyan, D.K. Hema Hari, researcher and author and Shri Shriram Murlidhar Chauthaiwala, Vedic Mathematician.
This annual mega event was witnessed by 1500 Students, teachers, non-teaching faculty members both live on campus as well as on online platforms.
