Hyderabad: A total of 484 medals will be awarded during the XXII convocation of the University of Hyderabad (UoH) scheduled to be held here on Saturday.
About 4,800 graduates including Integrated PG (519), PG (3191), MTech (345), MPhil (172), and Ph.D. (573) during the period 2020, 2021, and 2022 will be conferred their respective degrees/medals.
Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan, who is also Chief Rector of UoH, will present the medals, and Union Minister for Education, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan will deliver the convocation address.
The Union Home Minister has alerted the states of the country in the wake of the Indo-Pak War. The Telangana government and police, which were immediately alerted, took preemptive measures. Security has been tightened in Hyderabad.
Thirty-two airports across northern and western parts of the country, including Srinagar and Amritsar, have been closed for civilian flight operations till May 15, according to the civil aviation regulator.
In view of the ongoing high alert across India and intensified security arrangements in Hyderabad and Secunderabad, the city police have issued a ban on bursting firecrackers or fireworks in public spaces, particularly near military cantonment areas.
India responded strongly to Pakistan’s repeated drone and missile attacks and hit at least eight military targets inside Pakistan on Friday night with precision, thereby causing significant damage, the Centre told the media, as part of a special briefing on ‘Operation Sindoor’.