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Tamil Nadu Governor and Chancellor of University R.N. Ravi connected Thursday (February 5, 2026) conferred degrees to candidates during the 24th convocation ceremonial astatine Periyar University. Minister for Higher Education Govi. Chezhiaan, who is pro-chancellor of the university, boycotted the convocation.
A full of 110 candidates received golden medals successful person, including 33 postgraduate students from assemblage departments, 30 from affiliated colleges, 45 undergraduates from affiliated colleges and 2 undergraduates from assemblage departments. As galore arsenic 356 candidates received degrees successful doc of doctrine and 2 received successful doc of science. Likewise, 49,429 received degrees successful absentia, including 33,089 antheral and 16,340 pistillate candidates.
E. Sundaravalli, commissioner of collegiate acquisition and convenor of the vice-chancellor committee, presented the yearly study of the assemblage and delivered a invited address. She said that Periyar University is placed wrong the apical 100 of the Ministry of Education’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) for the past 10 years. The fig of participating institutes has astir doubled from 2,781 successful 2024 to 4,045 successful 2025. She added that the assemblage besides secured a four-star standing for the past 3 consecutive years for its innovative activities nether the Institution’s Innovation Council.
Ms. Sundaravalli stated that the assemblage faculties person been granted 31 copyrights, 26 patents, and FSSAI licenses for a assortment of nutrient products successful bid to beforehand start-ups. Under the Chief Minister’s Research Grant, 16 module members person been awarded cumulative probe grants to the tune of ₹4.77 crore and to date, module members person submitted 80 probe proposals worthy ₹21.45 crore to assorted backing agencies, she added.
Speaking astatine the function, main impermanent C. Anandharamakrishnan, manager of CSIR-NIIST Thiruvananthapuram, said that with a GDP of astir $4.19 trillion successful 2025, India is the world’s fourth-largest system and connected way to go the third-largest by 2027-28. India boasts the world’s third-largest start-up ecosystem, with astir 1.59 lakh start-ups and 125 unicorns, trailing lone the U.S. and China. “Our state is the world’s second-largest shaper of bully grains, with astir 332 cardinal tonnes produced annually and astir 49% of India’s powerfulness procreation present comes from non-fossil substance sources,” helium said.
He besides pointed retired that India’s per capita h2o availability is declining, with estimates ranging from 1,341 to 1,401 cubic meters per idiosyncratic annually, making the state a water-stressed country. Ensuring food, energy, and h2o information successful India is critical, fixed accelerated colonisation growth, urbanisation, and clime change, which threatens terrible assets shortages. “Global mean beingness expectancy has been steadily increasing, reaching 73.5 years successful 2025. In India it is astatine 72 and is expected to transcend 80 successful 2050, Mr. Anandharamakrishnan added
