PM Modi to address 18th convocation of Tezpur University on Friday

GUWAHATI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the 18th Convocation of Tezpur University, Assam on 22nd January 2021 at 10:30 AM through video conferencing.

Governor Jagdish Mukhi, Union Education Minister Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ and the Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal will also be present on the occasion, stated an official release.

The event will witness the conferring of degrees and diplomas on 1,218 students who passed out in 2020.

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Among the degree recipients, 48 toppers of various undergraduate and postgraduate programmes will be awarded gold medals.

For the first time in the University's history, the Convocation will be held in blended mode observing the Covid-19 protocols, whereby only the Ph.D. scholars and gold medalists will receive their degrees and gold medals in person and the rest of the recipients will be awarded degrees and diplomas virtually.

It needs mention here that PM Modi will visit Assam on January 23rd to blow the poll bugle ahead of the high-anticipated Assembly elections in the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hand over land pattas to over one lakh landless families on the 23rd of this month at an event in Sivsagar, Assam.

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