New Delhi: The Annual Convocation of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) was held in which the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee was the Chief Guest and Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister for Human Resource Development was the Guest of Honour on this occasion.
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee arrived at 12.30 PM and joined the members of the Academic Procession for the Convocation photograph along with the Hon’ble Minister for Human Resource Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani.
Prior to this, the Vice-Chancellor, JMI read out his report which were simultaneously displayed on two giant screens which had been put up on two sides of the stadium for the benefit of the audience. This allowed the audience to understand the Vice-Chancellor’s remarks about the present, as well as future plans for Jamia with clarity and precision.
The Minister of HRD, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani congratulated the graduating and medal winning students heartily even as she expressed her joy at being present on this felicitous occasion. For almost every discipline for which degrees were awarded in Jamia, the Minister had a prayer which blessed the students in a unique and pertinent manner.
The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee delivered the Convocation Address. The President reminded the students of Jamia’s glorious past and recounted the names of Maulana Mohammad Ali Jahuar, Dr. Zakir Husain and other illustrious founding fathers of Jamia Millia Islamia before proceeding to further outline his thoughts on the occasion. While he felicitated the students and staff of Jamia for their Convocation Day and appreciated the high standards that Jamia stood for, he also pointed out that none of the Indian universities have yet made it to the ranking order of world universities.
After the Registrar, Prof. Shahid Ashraf had sought and being given the permission to declare the Convocation closed, the programme ended with the National Anthem played by the President’s Band.
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