To mark the centenary of Mysore University, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to address students and faculty of the University in Karnataka on Monday through video-conferencing from New Delhi.
"Modi will address the University of Mysore centenary convocation on Monday from New Delhi through a virtual mode," said a university official.
"The ceremony will also be screened on Digital Signages at senate Bhavan, Vijnana Bhavan, and the centenary hall in the Manasa Gangothri campus," noted the official.
State Deputy Chief Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan, who is also the higher education minister, will also be present. Vice-Chancellor G. Hemantha Kumar will introduce the guests.
PM Modi to address the students and Faculty of Mysore University: Key points
- The university was set up in 1916, and it was the sixth across the country and the first in Karnataka.
- It was the sixth university in the country and first in Karnataka.
- The University was founded by the Mysore erstwhile princely state Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar and then Diwan Sir M.V. Visvesvaraya.
- The address will be streamlined live on the university website, YouTube channel, and Facebook page for the audience at Crawford Hall in the administrative block.
- Karnataka Governor and university chancellor will preside over the convocation.
- The official informed that Infosys Foundation Chairperson Sudha Murty will be conferred honorary doctorate on the occasion.
- The Crawford Hall premises has been sanitised ahead of the event and seating arrangements have been made for only 100 dignitaries, including 30 gold medal winners because of the Covid-induced restrictions on large public gatherings to contain the pandemic spread.
