Guv confers 162 degrees, 43 medals at HPTU convocation

r Correspondent

Hamirpur, March 9

Governor Bandaru Dattatreya conferred 162 degrees and 43 medals during the third convocation of the Himachal Pradesh Technical University here on Tuesday. As many as 22 students were conferred with gold medals and 21 with silver medals.

Addressing the gathering, the Governor said developments in various fields such as artificial intelligence, block chain technology, big data analytics, machine learning, bio-technology and robotics had challenged traditional engineering and young engineers had golden opportunity to take the country to higher levels. He said universities should work on innovation and encourage students for entrepreneurship.

He said the HPTU could play a leading role in the new competitive technology, working knowledge and skills for national self-reliance. He said that quality, affordability and accessibility should be main elements of the higher education system.

The Governor said Higher Education Policy-2020 would help in accomplishing new goals. Appreciating efforts of the HPTU, he said the credit of implementation of the National Education Policy-2020 also goes to the technical university of Hamirpur as it was the first to take initiatives in this direction.

Ram Lal Markandey, Technical Education Minister, said the university was the highest institute of learning. He hoped that the pass-outs of the university would set up an example of excellence in the country.

Vice-chancellor, HPTU, Prof SP Bansal said it was the first technical university in India that would provide bilingual study facility, both in English and Hindi, from the next session. He said we were working on shifting to multiple disciplinary with holistic approach.

Earlier, the Governor laid the foundation stone of girls hostel to be constructed at a cost of Rs 9.78 crore. Narender Thakur, MLA, Dr HK Chaudhary, Vice-chancellor, Agriculture University of Palampur, Debasweta Banik, Deputy Commissioner, Karthikeyan Gokulchandran, Superintendent of Police, were also present.