The 6th Convocation of the Sharnbasva University on December 21
Addressing a joint press conference at the Dasoha Mahamane in Kalaburagi city along with Vice Chancellor Prof Anilkumar Bidve and Secretary of the Sangha Mr Basavaraj Deshmukh, Poojya Dr Appaji and Matoshree Dr Avvaji said the Vice Chancellor of the Rani Chennamma University at Belagavi Prof Thyagaraja would be delivering the sixth convocation address.
The convocation would be held on blended mode, both offline and online. The live convocation would be available on thee
Poojya Dr Appaji and Matoshree Dr Avvaji said that the University has decided to confer honorary doctorates to Three eminent personalities including Sri Ramanagouda V Nadagouda, an outstanding scientist and Deputy Director of Integration and Checkout Area at U R Rao Satellite Centre, ISRO in Bengaluru, Revered Poojya Sri Sadashiva Swamigalu, Peetadhipathi of the Sri Kottala Basaveshwar Temple in Sedam in Kalaburagi district, who is alsothe President of Sri Kottala Basaveshwar Bharatiya Shikshana Samiti and Sri Basavaraj Konak, leading publisher and Managing Director of Sri Siddalingeshwar Book Mall and Sri Siddalingeshwar Publishing House in Kalaburagi City in the 6th Convocation of the University.
Sri Ramanagouda V Nadagouda, who would be receiving the honorary doctorate of the University has immensely in developing indigenous system starting with the design, development and operationalisation of High Bit Rate Systems for Remote Sensing Payload Data acquisition and simulation, substituting import of critical technology and saving the precious foreign exchange amounting to several crores of Rupees. He was also the team leader for readiness and conduct of LandSensor performance test for Chandrayaan-II and the team team leader of study team to evolve and configure Manglayaan II mission of ISRO.
Sri Sadashiva Swamigalu, another recipient of the honorary doctorate of the University in this convocation, has made signal contribution in the field of education and social work. A leading religious figure in Kalaburagi district, Poojya Swamigalu has developed several infrastructure facilities in and around Sri Kottala Basaveshwar Temple in Sedam. Sri Basavaraj Konek, another recipient of the honorary doctorate by the University and his Sri Siddalingeshwar Book Mall and Publishing House is a household name in Kalaburagi
district. A self made person Mr Konak has made vital contribution in the publication of the books in Kannada and other languages and provided window of opportunity for the writers of the region to publish their books.
Poojya Dr Appaji and Dr Avvaji said that he was happy to announce that a total number of 174 students had secured ranks in their undergraduate and post graduate courses and of them 39 students secured gold medals and nine students would be provided cash awards instituted in the name of different personalities for their academic achievements. Apart from this 7 meritorious scholars would be presented Ph.D awards.
Poojya Dr Appaji and Dr Avvaji said that Prof C M Thyagaraja, the Vice Chancellor of the Rani Chennamma University , who has gracefully agreed to deliver the convocation address, has a rich academic experience of more than 35 years and played a pivotal role in shaping educational policind practices, notably as the Dean of the Faculty of Commerce and Management.
Hailing from Chikmagaluru district, Dr Thyagaraja had obtained his graduation and post graduation with distinction and rank from the Mysore University and holds Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management with tp rank from Kuvempu University and obtained Ph.D also from Kuvempu University.
They said that Dr Thyagaraja who has served as the Executive Director of the Karnataka State Skill Development Corporation was responsible in upgrading Employment Exchanges into Human Resource Centers. So organized more than 90 Job Fairs at various parts of the state to open avenues of employment to the youth of the state. A prolific writer, Dr Thyagaraja has penned 13 books and more than 82 articles in the National and Interl journals.
Besides academic excellence, Dr Thyagaraja was a dedicated motivator and trainer, having conducted workshops on Leadership, Skill Development, and Personal Growth. His Advocacy for Women Empowerment, Enviornmental Protection and Socio-Economic Development highlights his commitment to social issues. “.
Answering to a query, Vice Chancellor Prof Anilkumar Bidve said that the University would start an undergraduate engineering course in Chip Design once the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) approved the course and finalized the course material. He admitted that there was a large demand for the semi conductor courses at the Post Graduate and Under Graduate level and already the University has VLSI embedded system. Already the university was offering undergraduate courses in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence and Data Sciences and Two Post Graduate programs in Yoga.
While Poojya Dr Appaji would preside over the convocation and present the honorary doctorates and also give away the Gold Medals, Cash prizes and degree certificates to the meritorious students. Chairperson of the Sharanabasaveshwar Vidya Vardak Sangha Matoshree Dr Dakshayini Avvaji, Secretary of the Sangha Mr Basavaraj Deshmukh, 9th Peetathipathi of the Samasthan Poojya Chiranjivi Doddappa Appa, Vice Chancellor of the University Prof Anilkumar Bidve, the Board of Governors of the University , members of the Board of Management , members of the Academic Council and Deans of all the faculties would be present. Prominent among others who would be present in the convocation included Registrar Dr S G Dollegoudar, Directors Prof V D Mytri and Mr N S Devarkal, Dean Dr Lakshmi Patil Maka, Registrar Evaluation Dr S H Honnalli and Deans of all the faculties.