Hyderabad, Feb 23 (UNI) Governor Rameshwar Thakur would preside over the tenth convocation of the Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University to be held here on February 26.
University Vice-Chancellor A Manjulatha told newspersons that former Supreme Court Judge Justice M Jagannadham would be the chief guest on the occasion.
As many as 1000 students would receive degree certificates while M Phil would be awarded to 85 and Ph D to 40.
She said Mr Thakur, who is also the Chancellor of the University, would present 32 gold medals to the outstanding students, during the convocation.
Ms Manjulatha said four Doctorates would be presented on the convocation. Kalipatnam Rama Rao (Literature), Hemalath Lavanam (Social worker), G S Varadachari (Journalism) and A Radhakrishna Raju (Services to outside Telugu people) would receive the Doctorates.
She said the university had decided to introduce Master's Degree in Journalism, certificate courses in Kuchipudi and Music from this year and five-year integrated degree course on Telugu Literature from the next academic year.
The university would be shifted to the new premises at Bachupalli in Ranga Reddy district by June 2008. The Government had allotted 100 acres of land and the authorities had already constructed two buildings at a cost of Rs 1.80 crore. She said the university would take up the administrative building at a cost of Rs three crore.
The Vice-Chancellor said the hostel would be shifted to new premises but the evening classes would be conducted at the old premises only.
She said the university, having schools in Warangal, Rajahmundry, Kuchipudi and in Srisailam, was striving hard to popularise music, dance, Telugu Literature and folk arts by offering courses on these subjects.
The university had prepared short-term Telugu courses for children of NRIs to enhance their knowledge of the language, she added.
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University Vice-Chancellor A Manjulatha told newspersons that former Supreme Court Judge Justice M Jagannadham would be the chief guest on the occasion.
As many as 1000 students would receive degree certificates while M Phil would be awarded to 85 and Ph D to 40.
She said Mr Thakur, who is also the Chancellor of the University, would present 32 gold medals to the outstanding students, during the convocation.
Ms Manjulatha said four Doctorates would be presented on the convocation. Kalipatnam Rama Rao (Literature), Hemalath Lavanam (Social worker), G S Varadachari (Journalism) and A Radhakrishna Raju (Services to outside Telugu people) would receive the Doctorates.
She said the university had decided to introduce Master's Degree in Journalism, certificate courses in Kuchipudi and Music from this year and five-year integrated degree course on Telugu Literature from the next academic year.
The university would be shifted to the new premises at Bachupalli in Ranga Reddy district by June 2008. The Government had allotted 100 acres of land and the authorities had already constructed two buildings at a cost of Rs 1.80 crore. She said the university would take up the administrative building at a cost of Rs three crore.
The Vice-Chancellor said the hostel would be shifted to new premises but the evening classes would be conducted at the old premises only.
She said the university, having schools in Warangal, Rajahmundry, Kuchipudi and in Srisailam, was striving hard to popularise music, dance, Telugu Literature and folk arts by offering courses on these subjects.
The university had prepared short-term Telugu courses for children of NRIs to enhance their knowledge of the language, she added.
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