Twenty-first Annual Convocation of VTU is scheduled to be held on Thursday, 10th March 2022, at 11-30 a.m., in the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Auditorium of VTU, “Jnana Sangama”, Belagavi.
Ceremony will be held in two sessions, First Session: 11-30 a.m. to 1-30 p.m : Degree Awarding Ceremony : Degree will be awarded to all the Gold Medalists and First Rank Holders in the Under Graduate and Post Graduate Programmes of the academic year 2020-2021. Second Session: 4-00 p.m. to 5-30 p.m : Ph.D. Degree Certificates will be issued to the eligible candidates of the academic year 2020-2021.
Governor Thawarchand Gelhot will inaugurate the VTU’s 21st annual convocation. Vice-chancellor Karisiddappa said that higher education minister Ashwath Narayan will be present and Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla will deliver the convocation speech.
On this day, 57,498 BE/BTech, 902 B.Arch, 4,362 MBA, 1,387 MTech and 33 PG diploma degrees and 575 PhD will be awarded. Honorary doctorate will be conferred on three eminent personalities — Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder of Infosys and chairman of Axilor Ventures, Krishna Ella, chairman and MD of Bharath Biotech, and Rohini Godbole, professor, IISc. tnn