Breaking Ground in Academia: MAHE Honors Innovators and Researchers at Grand Convocation
Breaking Ground in Academia: MAHE Honors Innovators and Researchers at Grand Convocation
Lt Gen (Dr.) Narendra Kotwal, SM, VSM, Director and Commandant, Armed Forces Medical Colleges, Pune & Dr Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi, Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI), Govt. of India, delivers rousing address to graduating students at MAHE’s 31st convocation.
National, November 20, 2023: Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), an Institution of Eminence, deemed to be University, one of India’s leading research focused educational institutions, held a convocation to discuss various aspects of its plans to align its academic approaches with the National Education Policy 2020. The discussion was led by Dr H.S. Ballal, Pro Chancellor of MAHE, Lt Gen (Dr) M.D. Venkatesh, VSM (Retd.), Vice Chancellor of MAHE, and Dr Giridhar Kini P, Registrar of MAHE. The MAHE leadership shared the framework for the institution’s future operations and academic planning.
MAHE’s 31st Convocation ceremony will take place over four days, 18th and 19th November and 25th and 26th November. The chief guests for each of the days will be: Lt Gen (Dr.) Narendra Kotwal, SM, VSM, Director and Commandant, Armed Forces Medical Colleges, Pune for Day 1 – 18th Nov; Dr. Rajeev Singh Raghuvanshi, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), Govt. of India (New Delhi) for Day 2 – 19th Nov; Prof. (Dr.) T G Sitharam, Chairman, All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi for Day 3 – 25th Nov and Mr Vinod Easwaran, MD & CEO, Jio Payments Bank, Mumbai for Day 4 – 26th Nov. The convocation will facilitate the graduation of more than 7000 MAHE students over the four-day event.
Among the university delegates were Dr Ranjan R Pai, President, MAHE Trust, Chairman-Manipal Education & Medical Group (MEMG), Mrs Vasanti R Pai, Trustee, MAHE Trust, Dr H.S. Ballal, Pro-Chancellor, MAHE, Lt Gen (Dr) M D Venkatesh, Vice-Chancellor, Dr Dilip G Naik, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Dr N N Sharma, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Dr Vinod V Thomas, Registrar, Evaluation, Dr Sharath K Rao, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Health Sciences, MAHE, Dr Narayana Sabhahit, Pro Vice Chancellor and Dr Giridhar Kini P, Registrar. They were also accompanied by the heads of all the MAHE institutes.
Speaking on the day 1 of the convocation, Chief Guest, Lt Gen (Dr.) Narendra Kotwal, SM, VSM, Director and Commandant, Armed Forces Medical Colleges, Pune, commented, “It is my honour and privilege to be here on this momentous occasion of convocation ceremony at the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). Today marks the significant milestone in your lives as you transit from being graduates to professionals who will shape the future of health care.
As you are aware, we are witnessing a period of great transformation, both within our country and across the globe. India’s position and image within the global order today is one of a nation which is
proud of its heritage, confident of its capabilities and certain of its aspirations and goals. For our Nation to achieve its aspirations and goals, it is incumbent upon each one of us to commit to the philosophy of ‘Nation First’.”
