Vadodara/ Anand: At a time when majority of universities in the state are organising their convocation ceremonies online, Vallabh Vidyanagar based Sardar Patel University (SPU) organised its 63rd annual convocation the traditional way on Tuesday. A total of 108 received 119 gold medals during the convocation ceremony that was held in the forecourt of humanities and social sciences building. “Motto of education should be holistic development of students to turn them into able citizens that can contribute towards nation development,” said Gujarat governor Acharya Devvrat, chancellor of the state university, who had joined the function virtually.
“Your degree will be with you, but most importantly, the knowledge and the values which you learned so far will keep guiding you wherever destiny will be taking you,” said Dr Shekhar Mande, director-general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi who as chief guest delivered the convocation address.
During the ceremony, a compilation of 43 articles and research papers titled ‘Covid-19 impact: multidisciplinary academic perspective’ was also released while industrialist Devang Patel donated a cheque worth Rs 50 lakh. With 17,862 degrees being conferred on Tuesday, the total number of degrees that SPU has awarded since its inception has reached 3,25,528.