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Vice Chancellor Prof. Appa Rao Podile presenting the Vice Chancellor's report at the 18th Convocation.

Respected Dr. Bibek Debroy, the distinguished Chief Guest of the Convocation, members of the Convocation, colleagues, dear students and esteemed guests. On behalf of the Executive Council of the University of Hyderabad and on my own behalf, it is my privilege and honour to extend you all a cordial welcome to the Eighteenth Convocation of the University.


On behalf of University and also on my personal behalf, extend a warm welcome to Dr. Bibek Debroy, member of NITI Aayog who is the Chief Guest of this convocation. Dr. Bibek Debroy is an economist and is educated in Ramakrishna Mission School, Narendrapur; Presidency College, Kolkata; Delhi School of Economics and Trinity College, Cambridge. He has worked in prestigious institutions like the Presidency College, Kolkata (1979-83) Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune (1983-87); Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi (1987-93); as the Director of a Ministry of Finance/UNDP project on legal reforms (1993-98); Department of Economic Affairs (1994-95); National Council of Applied Economic Research (1995-96); Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies (1997-2005); PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (2005-06); and the Centre for Policy Research (2007-2015). He has authored/edited several books, papers and popular articles and has also been a Consulting/Contributing Editor with several newspapers.


On 5th January 2015, Dr. Debroy was appointed as permanent member of NITI Aayog. He was awarded Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of our Country, in 2015. He was awarded D. Litt. (Honoris Causa) by KIIT University in 2015 and D. Phil. (Honoris Causa) by Amity University in 2016.


Thank you sir, for agreeing to be our Chief Guest at this
Convocation.


This year 1564 students are graduating and of these
267 are Ph.Ds. This brings the total number of Ph.Ds produced at the UoH to 2256, and the number of graduating students since the time of its inception to 25464. Before I present my report, I warmly congratulate all the graduates who are receiving their degrees today. My hearty congratulations are also to the 99 medal winners. I hope that for all of you, this is merely the beginning of more laurels and achievements, and as you leave the University to begin the rest of your life, there is no better advice to remember than that of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed.


Ladies and gentlemen, the University has completed four decades and is regarded as one of the top Universities in India in the area of higher education, achieving honours and attaining standards that set a benchmark for other universities in India. The year 2016 saw the University being ranked among the top institutions in the Country by various ranking agencies both in India and Abroad.

Though these are encouraging indicators, our goal is to compete with Global Institutions and prepare our students to be academically brilliant and responsible citizens. Our faculty who are more than 400 in number, closely work and interact with the 5200 odd students giving them the required guidance in academics and mentoring them to take up challenges that come their way. The faculty have written over 1,300 books and more than 17,000 research papers. We are also pleased to share the news that we have been granted 17 patents. All these have helped us achieve an eminent position of Excellence within the Central University system of our country as indeed on the academic landscape of the nation.


Two of our faculty members have been selected for prestigious awards. Dr. Surajit Dhara of Physics has been conferred the Swarnajayanti Prize. Five days ago Dr. Niyaz Ahmed has been chosen for the most prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. Incidentally they have two things in common. The only faculty from a University system to be given this recognition for the year 2016. First one in their respective Schools to bag these awards. Both Dr. Dhara and Dr. Niyaz have been recipients of our Chancellor’s award previously. On this occasion, as a token of appreciation, the University announces a cash incentive of Rs: 50,000/- to each. I hope their recognitions will motivate our young faculty and research scholars to give their best.

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