Renowned space scientist and former ISRO chairman Dr. K. Kasturirangan will address the 50th convocation of the University of Agricultural Sciences-Bengaluru (UAS-B) to be held here on Saturday (April 30).
UAS-B Vice-Chancellor Dr. H. Shivanna told presspersons here on Wednesday that as many as 922 students would receive various degrees during the golden jubilee convocation of the varsity. This includes 584 bachelor’s degrees, 245 master degrees and 93 doctoral degrees.
A total of 114 gold medals would also be awarded to meritorious students on the occasion.
Governor Vajubhai Vala and Minister of State for Agriculture Krishna Byre Gowda will also participate in the convocation.
In the present academic year, UAS-B had admitted 661 students for degree courses, 267 students for post-graduate courses and 108 students for doctoral degree courses, besides 52 students for diploma courses. He said that the university has awarded degrees to about 35,000 candidates since its inception in 1964.
Listing the achievements of the university, UAS-B Director of Education Dr. D.P. Kumar said that the university stands second among all the agriculture universities in the country in terms of the number of students who have cleared the junior research fellowship programmes — which was an indication of educational excellence.
Similarly, University of Agricultural Sciences-Bengaluru’s Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) at Tubagere in Doddaballapura taluk, had received the award for being the country’s best KVK, Mr. Kumar added.
