Lucknow :

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University will give awards to seven eminent people on its convocation on December 15. The Academic Council meeting held on Wednesday decided to award Vidhi Ratna to chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal, Justice Permod Kohli, and senior advocate HC Ganeshia.

While president, Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Ajay Sood and chairman, University Grants Commission, VS Chauhan will be given Vigyan Ratna; Guru Nanak Dev University vice-chancellor Jaspal S Sandhu will be given sportsmedicine award; and senior RSS leader Krishna Gopal and former chairman, Indian Council of Social Science Research, SK Thorat will be given social science award for their social service.

The convocation will be held in two parts. The first one will begin from 10.30 am which will see President Ram Nath Kovind’s participation. After giving away medals to four toppers and delivering the convocation address, the President will leave at 11.30am. Sharing the dais with chief guest Kovind would be UP chief minister Aditya Nath Yogi, governor Ram Naik, deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma and medical and technical education minister Ashutosh Tandon.

In the second shift, the other gold medal awardees will accept it from the vicechancellor.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News> City News> Lucknow News> Schools & Colleges / TNN / December 14th, 2017