Governor confers LLD on former CJI Sharad Bobde
10 Jul 2021 08:29:33
The Governor of Maharashtra and Chancellor of Universities in the State Bhagat Singh Koshyari conferred the Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) on the former Chief Justice of India, Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde at the 108th convocation of the Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University (RTMNU) held on-line. The Honorary degree awarded to Justice Sharad Bobde was accepted by his son Shrinivas Bobde. Former Judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Vikas Sirpurkar delivered the convocation address.
The Governor also presented degrees and diplomas to 77,912 graduating students. Gold and silver medals and cash prizes were also given away to meritorious students. While D.Litt was presented to 2 candidates, PhDs were presented to 867 candidates.
Vice-Chancellor of RTMNU Dr Subhash Chaudhari, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Dr Sanjay Dudhe and Registrar Dr Raju Hiwase, Director of Board of Examinations and Evaluation Dr Praful Sable along with Members of various bodies were seated on the dais. The programme partly conducted offline as Justice Sirpurkar delivered his address offline in the programme that was held at Convocation hall.
While delivering convocation speech Justice Vikas Sirpurkar, said, “In the battle of Mahabharata, Arjuna had requested his charioteer Lord Krishna to take the chariot and stand between the two armies, so that Arjuna could see who was
standing with him and who would fight against him. Students, you have reached a point in life where you have to see who is your real enemy and who is your battle with? You have to know which vices you have to fight, which problems you have to fight?”
Justice Sirpurkar told the students, “In this Kurukshetra of life you have to work for the interest of yourself and the society while avoiding bad thoughts, individuals and elements. Use your energy in positive and beneficial work for the society. Don't just run after the job, do something that will provide you with jobs. Nagpur has a good scope of industries, solar energy, forest resources, social engineering, water conservation also has a better scope of work. Before the Mahabharata war, Gandhari had said ‘Yato Dharma: Tato Jaya:' meaning where there is justice and religion, there will also be victory. You should move forward in life by believing in this mantra.”
Dr Ratnakar Bhelkar and Dr TV Gedam were declared D.Litt degree.
Prachi Girdharilal Agrawal, a student of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Law College main branch, was awarded maximum 9 gold medals and 2 prizes in the five-year
LLB course.
Gauri Anantrao Joshi, a student of PG Chemistry Department of the University in MSc, was awarded 6 Gold and 1 Silver medals. 7 gold medals to Aditya Dilip Khode, a student of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Institute of Management in MBA. 6 gold medals to Poonam Muralidhar Belekar, a student of Anjuman College of Engineering in BE. 6 gold medals to Amol Madhavrao Dhakde, a student of MA Ambedkar Ideology, Nagpur University.