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A Star-Studded Exhibition of Elegance:
CONVOCATION’21
What do you get when you place officials from the upper echelons of government, a self-made
billionaire, and hundreds of driven scholars and pioneering faculty in the same auditorium?
The answer: a crackling event, with rousing speeches and invigorating discussions arising from
the dais, and waves of applause meeting them midway.
The convocation of 2021, held on 24th December
2021, was a fitting farewell to a batch that found
themselves graduating in a highly unprecedented
situation. Replete with the understated elegance
and charm of the university, the convocation
emanated victory and contentment, as it took over
the campus for the day, sending scores of students
scurrying to their hotspots in pursuit of ultimate
rueful shot.
The ceremony saw Prof. J.P. Saini, Hon’ble Vice
Chancellor, Delhi Technological University, occupy
the podium and deliver the annual performance
report of the university. Magnificent as always,
the university has been steadily moving towards
its goal of being a world-class institution and
a torchbearer in academia. Enabled by its
industrious students and illustrious faculty
members, the university has pushed the envelope
on several frontiers and broken numerous records,
with Apple’s record-shattering package of ₹68
lakhs being just one of them. He lauded the
university for its unbroken stride even in the face
of such adverse circumstances. Underscoring the
need for students to adopt welfare-centric careers,
Prof. Saini urged students not to be myopic in their
goals, and to focus their energies on the larger
societal context.
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