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Girl students swept astir of the golden medals and currency prizes astatine Kuvempu University’s 35th convocation, held astatine the assemblage field connected Wednesday. Of the 79 golden medallists, 68 were girls. Similarly, of the 29 students who won currency awards, 24 were women.
Among the golden medalists, Abhishek H.M. stood retired with 10 golden medals and 2 currency prizes, having secured the archetypal fertile successful M.A. (Kannada). Speaking to the media, Abhishek, a autochthonal of Ajjampura successful Chikkamagaluru district, said helium aspired to go a prof and has enrolled successful a B.Ed people successful pursuit of a teaching career. He attributed his show successful M.A. to the guidance of his teachers and the enactment of his friends.
Raksha, the first-rank holder successful MSc (Environmental Science), won 7 golden medals, including the Smt. Mythradevi Yediyurappa Memorial Young Research Award, precocious instituted by Shivamogga MP B.Y. Raghavendra. Raksha, a autochthonal of Kundapur successful Udupi district, is the archetypal recipient of the award, which recognises excellence successful technological research. She said she hopes to prosecute probe successful ecology.
Srushti R., who completed her MSc successful Biotechnology astatine Sahyadri Science College, secured six golden medals. Sahana Ganesh Shet, who studied MBA astatine Sahyadri College, and Sajana S., who completed M.A. successful Sociology, won 5 golden medals each.
Where bash the medalists go?
Prof. H.A. Ranganath, who was conferred an honorary doctorate astatine the convocation, expressed disappointment implicit the authorities of higher acquisition successful Karnataka.
Speaking to The Hindu, helium said State universities were facing an existential crisis, crippled by inadequate funds and terrible unit shortages. “Almost 80% of the golden medal winners and fertile holders successful the assemblage are girls. What is the State offering to this talented pool? There are nary opportunities for these students to instrumentality to the assemblage — to bash probe oregon instrumentality up jobs. This is simply a precise atrocious situation,” helium said.
