Patna: Patliputra University conferred degrees on thousands of students at its fifth convocation ceremony, held on Thursday at Shri Krishna Memorial Hall in Patna, with women once again outnumbering men among the top achievers.
A total of 31 students were awarded gold medals, 22 of them women and nine men, underscoring a continuing trend of strong female representation at the university’s highest academic level.
The ceremony also saw 65 candidates awarded doctoral degrees, while about 800 students from various faculties and postgraduate departments received their PG degrees for the 2023–25 academic year. Overall, degrees were issued to approximately 9,000 students, though only the top 10 were presented their certificates on stage; the remaining graduates will collect theirs later through the university.
Professor Girish Kumar Chaudhary, chair of the Bihar University Service Commission, attended as the chief guest. Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, who was scheduled to preside over the event, was unable to attend due to health reasons and was represented by his principal secretary, Robert L Chongthu.
Among the gold medallists were Shubham Kumar (Botany), Manisha Kumari (Chemistry), Kunal Kumar Thakur (Electronics), Akshada Bhatt (Environmental Science), Aryan Raj (Mathematics), Muskan Kumari (Physics), Pragati Kumari (Zoology), Reshma Darkhshan (English), Arya Kumari (Hindi), Sakshi Sejal (Music), Kumar Krishnanand (Philosophy), Nitish Kumar (Pali), Sunita Yadav (Prakrit), Aniket Kumar (Sanskrit), Wajda Tabassum (Urdu), Juhi Kumari (Commerce), Sunil Kumar (Ancient History), Amrita Pritam (Economics), Sandhya Rai (Geography), Srishti Rani (History), Anjani Kumari (Home Science), Jagdamba Kumari (Labour and Social Welfare), Manish Raj (Political Science), Farha Tabassum (Psychology), Julie Singh (Public Administration), Chhavi Kareena (Sociology), Akanksha Kumari (MBA), Anish Kumar (MCA), Aditi Raj (MSc Biotechnology), Srishti Kumari (Library and Information Science) and Shashi Raj Bharti (MEd).
Speaking after receiving her medal, Manisha Kumari said the recognition reflected years of sustained effort. “It feels great. I’m very happy. I worked hard and now want to pursue research further,” she said.
