Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi conferred degrees to students at the 23rd convocation of Periyar University on Wednesday.
The ceremony took place at the Periyar Auditorium on the university premises, where the Governor, who is also the Chancellor of the university, presided over the event. Minister for Higher Education and Pro-Chancellor of Periyar University, Govi. Chezhiaan, attended the ceremony, and K.J. Sreeram, Director of CSIR—Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, was the chief guest. At the convocation, degrees were conferred on 397 candidates in person, including 288 Ph.D. graduates, 107 gold medallists, and two D.Sc. graduates. Additionally, 48,460 candidates were awarded degrees in absentia.
Among the attendees was Rajinipillai (44), a faculty member from an educational institution in Bengaluru, who arrived in a medical wheelchair to receive her Ph.D. in Commerce. She was severely injured in a road accident on June 6 and sustained a neck fracture, but with the as
