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While beingness experiences whitethorn signifier individuals, they should ne'er specify a person’s destiny, Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee has said.
Ms. Gbowee, who won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for her non-violent conflict for women’s information and their close to afloat information successful peacebuilding, was the main impermanent astatine the archetypal convocation ceremonial of the Takshashila University, Tindivanam.
Ms. Gbowee shared with the students her life’s challenges and the experiences that shaped her travel done circumstances of poorness and hardship, arsenic she encouraged students to emergence supra challenges and innovate adjacent erstwhile opportunities look limited.
Stressing the value of integrity successful today’s world, the Liberian bid activist commended the University’s moral-value-based education, holistic learning, and interdisciplinary approach.
Jagannath Sami, High Commissioner of the Republic of Fiji, successful his address, said a person’s publication to nine was the existent measurement of success. On the beardown narration betwixt India and Fiji, helium pointed to expanding collaboration successful integer learning, renewable energy, wellness sciences and telemedicine, and noted that Fiji remains a harmless and globally recognised survey destination for Indian students.
P.T. Usha, iconic jock and the archetypal pistillate president of the Indian Olympic Association, and Tamil and Malayalam writer B. Jeyamohan, were conferred honorary doctorates during the event.
In her acceptance speech, Ms. Usha dedicated the grant to young athletes crossed India and urged students to prosecute their goals with dedication and integrity.
Mr. Jeyamohan highlighted the affluent practice of Tamil lit and the steadfastness of aesthetic-circle writers who person upheld their values without bowing to authoritarian forces. Hence, the honour belongs not conscionable to him but to the full modern Tamil literate movement, helium said.
At a clip erstwhile modern Tamil writers are often considered outsiders and seldom person specified recognition, helium held the doctorate to beryllium of large significance, Mr. Jeyamohan said. Recalling that Vishnuvamam, an instauration founded 50 years agone to observe literate pioneers, had present grown globally, the writer expressed anticipation that galore caller literate voices volition proceed to radiance successful the future.
M. Dhanasekaran, the Chancellor of Takshashila University and Managing Director of the Sri Manakula Vinayagar Educational Trust, termed Ms. Gbowee, Ms. Usha and Mr. Jeyamohan arsenic sources of inspiration and encouraged graduates to acceptable ambitious goals, uphold axenic intentions and maintain discipline.
Among those who participated were Takshashila University Vice-Chancellor Vivek Inder Kochar, Pro-Chancellors D. Nila Priyadarshini and D. Rajarajan, Honorary Pro-Chancellor J. Ranganathan, Registrar S. Senthil, Controller of Examinations S. Gopalakrishnan, Dean of Academic Affairs R. Subramanian, Dean of Administration, Quality and Accreditations Ki. Seetharaman, Dean of Arts and Science S. Deepa, Dean of Science and Technology A. Subalakshmi, Joint Registrar M. Ramalingam, Chief Financial Officer J. V. Krishnamohan, module members, administrative officials, students and parents.
A full of 153 graduates received their degrees, including 17 golden medallists and 104 first-class graduates.
