The high-point of the event was the inauguration of a new centre for Tibetan studies by Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama on the campus. The university conferred him with the degree of Doctor of Letters (honoris causa) in recognition of his stellar contribution to world peace and development.

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As many as 23,780 bachelor's degree, 12,482 master's degree, three PhD, 29,269 diploma and 46,364 certificates were given out during the ceremony. Besides, 28 gold medals were awarded to students from Delhi.

The university also conferred degrees, diploma and associate degrees to more than 53,000 army personnel for programmes offered through the army community college.

"When you talk about Tibetan studies, all the important subject matter has been taken from Indian traditions. Historically, due to Buddhism spreading in Tibet, we share a guru-disciple relationship. It is all your treasure which we studied and followed in our lives. Now is the time to return to the original source. The establishment of the centre can show the usefulness of the study of inner-science," said the spiritual leader.

Minister of state for human resource development D Purandeswari and minister of state for external affairs E Ahamed were chief guests on the occasion. They gave away gold medals to the meritorious performers. Ujwol Sreshtha, an international student, received professor G Ram Reddy memorial gold medal for securing highest marks in sociology in post-graduation.

Sini K Nair, after completing MCA, received the Commonwealth Education Media Centre for Asia award of Rs 10,000 for being the best female student in a technology related degree course.

Source: [TOI]