TU convocation commences

By TRN Online, Kirtipur, Dec 25: The  51st Convocation Day of the Tribhuvan University (TU) has started.

For the first time in its history, TU has been able to secure the presence of Nobel laureate Prof Kajita Takaaki as the Chief Guest, according to TU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Deepak Aryal. 

Kajita is a distinguished university professor from Japan. He received Nobel Prize in 2015 in physics.

As many as 16,380 university graduates are being conferred degrees in the convocation. The event is being attended by 41,000 people, including the students and their parents. However, as many as 89,191 students were graduated- bachelor, master and PhD levels of education- from TU this year, according to the Vice Chancellor.

The students scoring top in respective faculties are being conferred the medals on the occasion.