Media Release
Bengaluru, Sep 30: St Joseph’s University held its second annual convocation ceremony on Saturday, beginning at 10:00 am with a procession of rank holders and special awardees, followed by the ceremonial march of dignitaries. The event was presided over by the honourable governor of Karnataka, Thaawar Chand Gehlot, in the presence of the honourable minister for higher education, Dr M C Sudhakar, and chief guest Dr Jarugu Narasimha Moorthy, director, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram. Fr Dionysius Vaz, SJ (chancellor), and rev Dr Victor Lobo, SJ (vice-chancellor), were also present.
A total of 2,747 students graduated this year, comprising 2,009 undergraduates and 738 postgraduates. Among them, 143 rank holders were recognised, i