DU confers degrees with mother’s name on 100th convocation event

New Delhi, February 24

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In a first, the Delhi University on Saturday conferred over one lakh students with special degree certificates with prominence given to their mother’s name besides heightened ‘currency-like’ security features at the 100th convocation ceremony of the university.

Clad in traditional Indian attire and newly designed handloom fabric angvastras (stoles), the students received the special degree with 17 security features at the centenary year of the DU.

“It is a historic moment for me. Getting my degree at the 100th convocation ceremony of the Delhi University is like a dream come true. The security features added in the new degrees is a very good step taken by the university. We don’t have to worry about its security or durability,” Sandeep Sharma, a PhD holder from DU’s history department, said.

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar presided over the convocation of the university and awarded the degree certificates to the students during the event. He said, “What a monumental event. The degree awarded to the students will have a host of new embellishments. Most impactful being the students’ mother’s name and the student’s coloured photograph.”

Starting this year, the Delhi University’s degrees will be embellished with the student’s mother’s name printed on the top of the degree along with a colour photograph of the student and have been equipped with 17 security features, including micro-text, hidden image, invisible ink logo, barcode and QR code to avoid duplication or forgery.

This is the first batch to receive DU’s special degree certificates, according to the varsity officials. As many as 1,38,020 students, including 58,545 male and 79,475 female, were awarded degrees during the event of which 1,30,697 are undergraduate, 7,323 postgraduate and 659 PhD students.