Six state universities to hold convocations from Jan 22 to Feb 5, ETEducation
Chennai: After getting the governor’s nod to conduct convocations, six state universities — University of Madras, Anna University, Tamil Nadu Teacher Education University, Annamalai University, Periyar University and Bharathidasan University — will hold convocations from Jan 22 to Feb 5. More than five lakh students who passed out in the past two years (2024 and 2025) will get their degrees.Due to the ongoing tussle between governor R N Ravi and state govt on including UGC’s nominee in V-C search committees, 14 out of 22 state universities are functioning without vice-chancellors. This has delayed convocation at state universities for one to two years .
University of Madras will hold its convocation at Senate House on Jan 22, with scientist A Sivathanu Pillai as chief guest. “More than 1.8lakh students who passed in 2024 and 2025 will get their degrees. About 1,300 students, including PhD scholars, rank holders and medal winners, will get their degrees and medals in person,” said Rita John, registrar of the university.
“Tamil Nadu Teacher Education University will hold its convocation for two batches, where more than one lakh BEd graduates will get their degrees on Jan 30,” higher education secretary P Shankar told TOI.
Bharathidasan University in Trichy is also holding its convocation after nearly a year, on Jan 28, for 90,000 students from two batches, said R Kalidasan, the university registrar.
Anna University will hold its convocation on Feb 4, awarding degrees to 1.5 lakh engineering graduates. Annamalai University’s convocation is scheduled for Feb 2, and Periyar University in Salem will hold its convocation on Feb 5, where around 48,000 candidates will get their degrees.
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