Mangalore, Feb 21: Dr. Kadri Gopalnath, veteran saxophone artiste, A B Subbaiah, renowned hockey player from Coorg and Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambhara, litterateur, will be conferred with honorary doctorates at the 31st Convocation of Mangalore University on February 23.
Addressing a news conference in Mangalore on Thursday, Prof. T C Shivashankara Murthy, Vice-Chancellor, Mangalore University, said that about 15-16 names came up before the University for Honorary Doctorate Selection but the names of the three dignitaries has been shortlisted.
The University will also award 84 Doctor of Philosophy degrees (Arts – 15, Science – 59, Commerce – 8, Education – 2) and 7 Master of Philosophy degrees (Science – 6, Commerce – 1) as well. There will be 36 gold medals and 55 cash prizes. In total, there are 60 ranks (PG- 44, UG- 16, Arts – 12, Science and Technology – 30, Commerce – 10, Law – 1, Education – 4 and PG Diploma -3), Mr. Murthy said.
Out of 30,384 candiates who appeared for the examinations, 18,969 (62.43%) passed. In PG courses, out of 3,815 candidates appeared out of which 3,391 (88.88%) passed. In the UG section, 26,455 students appeared out of which 15,469 (58.47%) passed. Out of 23 PG Diploma candidates, 18 (78.26%) of them have passed.
With regard to the gender-wise composition of total number of candidates passed, out of 18,969, 6,721 (35.44%) were boys and the girls represented 12,248 (64.56%), the Vice Chancellor said.
'MCMS students to get degrees'
The Vice-Chancellor said on the occasion that batches of students who did not receive their degrees owing to the conflict of the recognition of Master of Communication and Media Studies (MCMS) course, will be given their degrees this time.
“As a special case, the list of students of earlier batches who did not get their MCMS degrees will be approved and their convocation certificates would be sent to their colleges”, Mr. Murthy said.
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