7,000 students graduated from Pokhara University

A total of 6,999 students graduated from Pokhara University on its 18th Convocation Ceremony organized at the central office of the university at Dhungepatan of Pokhara on Monday.

Prime Minister and Chancellor of Pokhara University, Pushpa Kamal Dahal conferred the degrees to the graduated students.

The PU has honored a student with the Chancellor Medal for Ph.D. submission from the Faculty of Management, the Chancellor Medal to 11 students for securing the highest marks from different streams in the Masters Level, and a student from Vice-Chancellor Medal for securing the highest marks in the Bachelors Level in this year.

Likewise, 572 students from different streams were honored with the title of Dean List.

The PU has also honored a student with the Laxmi Gold Medal, 2079 for getting the highest marks in the MBA Programme from a constituent college of the university.

Likewise, a student was given away the Asim Gold Medal, 2079 for securing the highest marks in the BCA Programme from the Faculty of Science and Technology.

The University is running 64 different programs of Bachelor, Master, MPhil, and Ph.D. from 66 colleges, the Vice Chancellor of PU Prof Dr. Prem Narayan Aryal said.

In the year 2079, more than 37,600 students are studying in PU-affiliated and constituent colleges.

Addressing the Convocation Ceremony, the Chancellor of the PU and Prime Minister Dahal expressed confidence that the PU will produce needed human resources for the country’s political, economic, social, and academic transformation.

The PM has asked the university to focus on producing competitive and research-oriented human resources.

Likewise, Prof Dr. Uma Bhardwaj of India’s Noida International University (NIU) emphasized producing high-level human resources that could compete in the global market through quality education.

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