The ceremony, chaired by Prime Minister and Chancellor Sushila Karki, is scheduled to be attended by Minister for Education, Science and Technology and Pro-Chancellor Mahabir Pun.
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The 31st convocation ceremony of Kathmandu University (KU) in Dhulikhel, Kavrepalanchok is being held today. In the first phase, 2,209 students will be inducted. Out of these, 196 foreign students from 17 countries will be inducted.
The ceremony to be chaired by Prime Minister and Chancellor Sushila Karki is scheduled to be attended by Minister for Education, Science and Technology and Pro-Chancellor Mahabir Pun.
The program has been scheduled to be attended by Professor Dhulipudi Pandit, Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, as the chief guest and deliver the convocation address, informed Kathmandu University Vice-Chancellor Achyut Wagle.
A total of 2,209 students will be inducted this time, including 83 from the University's School of Arts, 294 from the School of Education, 340 from the School of Engineering, 36 from the School of Law, 378 from the School of Management, 881 from the School of Medical Sciences and 197 from the School of Science. Among the inductees, there are seven at the PhD, DM and MCh levels, 397 at the Master's level, 50 at the PGD level and 1,728 at the Bachelor's level.
Among the graduates, there are 196 foreign students from Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Britain, India, Japan, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Namibia, Russia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, United States of America and Vietnam. It is said that various medals will also be awarded at the ceremony.
The number of graduates from Kathmandu University has reached 50,040 by the first phase of the 31st convocation. Of these, 5,860 are foreign students, or about 12 percent. The largest number of foreign students are from India. During this period, 4,976 students from India have been graduated.
Similarly, there are 399 from Sri Lanka, 85 from America, 75 from Maldives, 33 from Germany, 25 from Bangladesh, 21 from Britain, 21 from Canada, 20 from Bhutan, 19 from China, 18 from Zambia, 14 from South Africa, 13 from Pakistan, 10 from Australia, and 10 from Russia. Achyut Wagle said that so far, students from a total of 58 countries have been enrolled in various disciplines.
