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CONVOCATION -RU (with picture)
Stage is set to hold RU convocation on Saturday
RAJSHAHI, Nov 28, 2019 (BSS) – Brisk preparations are afoot to hold eleventh
convocation -2019 of Rajshahi University (RU on Saturday .
President and RU Chancellor M Abdul Hamid is scheduled to preside over the
convocation while Vice-chancellor of Vidyasagar University in West Bengal of
India Professor Ranjan Chakrabarty will attend it as convocation speaker
Education minister Dr Dipu Moni will attend as special guest on the
occasion, to be held at RU’s Sheikh Kamal Stadium at 3.30 pm.
RU Vice-chancellor Prof Abdus Sobhan disclosed this while addressing a pre-
convocation press conference at Senate Building of the university today.
He said a total of 3,432 graduates registered their names in the
convocation. Of them, 666 are from 10 departments under arts faculty, 89 from
law department under law faculty, 377 from eight departments under science
faculty, 505 from four departments under business studies faculty, 582 from
nine departments under social science faculty, 310 from six departments under
life and earth science faculty, 85 from four departments under agriculture
faculty, 135 from five departments under engineering faculty and 43 from two
departments under fine arts faculty.
Six other graduates have also registered their names for post-graduation, M.
Phil and PhD degrees while 511 for MBBS and 123 for BDS degrees in the
convocation.
Prof Sobhan also told the journalists that some 16 sub-committees are working
relentlessly to complete the convocation successfully and preparations to
this end have already been completed.
Pro-vice-chancellors Prof Ananda Kumar Shaha and Prof Chowdhury Jakaria,
were among others, also spoke on the occasion .
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