Kadri Gopalnath, AB Subbaiah, Kambara to get Hon. Doctorates of Mangalore University

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Feb 21, 2013 : Prof. T C Shivashankara Murthy, Vice-Chancellor of Mangalore University has said that the University will confer honorary doctorates on three achievers on the 31st Convocation of the University on February 23, Saturday.

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Speaking at the press meet held at University College, he said that the university had received 15-16 names for the honour, out of which 3 names of dignitaries including veteran saxophone artiste Dr. Kadri Gopalnath, hockey player A B Subbaiah and Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambara have been shortlisted.

The VC said that the University will also confer Ph.D degrees to 84 persons including 15 from Arts, 59 from Science, 8 from Commerce and 2 from Education. It will also honour 7 Master of Philosophy degree holders including 6 from science and 1 from Commerce.

He also said that 36 gold medals and 55 cash prizes will be presented to meritorious students during the convocation.Out of total 60 ranks, 44 are from PG, UG- 16, Arts -12, Science and Technology - 30, Commerce - 10, Law - 1, Education – 4 and PG Diploma -3.

A total of 30,384 candidates appeared for the examinations out of which 18,969 (62.43%) have passed. In PG courses, 3,391 (88.88%) have passed out of the total 3,815. In the UG level 15,469 (58.47%) students have passed out of 26,455.

In PG Diploma, 18 (78.26%) have passed out of the total 23 who appeared for the examinations, the VC said.

Speaking on MCMS courses, he said that the University has approved to give degree to the students of Master of Communication and Media Studies (MCMS) courses of earlier batches and send the convocation certificates to their respective colleges.

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