64 students to get gold medals at UAS Dharwad convocation on May 14

University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) in Dharwad. The convocation will be held in the Farmers’ Knowledge Centre at 11 a.m. on May 14, 2025.
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As many as 863 candidates will receive various graduate, post-graduate and doctoral degrees during the 38th annual convocation of the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) in Dharwad, on May 14.

Vice Chancellor of UAS-D Professor P.L. Patil has said that the convocation will be held at 11 a.m. at the Farmers’ Knowledge Centre on the university campus. Director and Vice-Chancellor of ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) Ch Srinivasa Rao will deliver the convocation address.

Governor and Chancellor of UAS-D Thaawarchand Gehlot will confer degrees and present medals to the students in the presence of Agriculture Minister of Karnataka and Pro Chancellor of UAS-D N. Chaluvarayaswamy.

During the convocation, 41 doctoral, 197 masters and 625 bachelor degrees will be awarded. Of them, 701 candidates will receive the degrees in person while the remaining 162 candidates will receive them in absentia.

406 graduates from agriculture, 68 from agricultural marketing and co-operation, 65 from community science, 58 from forestry, and 28 candidates from BTech (Food Technology) will receive their degrees while 197 candidates will receive various post-graduate degrees.

Gold medallists

The university will award as many as 44 UAS gold medals, 20 other gold medals instituted by various organisations and eminent personalities, and nine cash prizes to meritorious students.

The students who will be receiving the gold medals during the 38th convocation are

• Aishwarya Basarikatti, four gold medals for securing highest OGPA (9.205/10) in BSc (Agri) degree programme

• Kartik Chigari, four gold medals for highest OGPA (9.205/10) in BSc (Agri) degree

• Sahana D., two gold medals for highest OGPA (9.094/10) in BSc (Agri) Agriculture Genetics and Plant Breeding

• Varsha Hawaldar K., one medal for highest OGPA (8.963/10) in Agricultural Horticulture

• Nayana Prasanna, three medals for highest OGPA (9.179/10) in BSc (Hons) Agribusiness Management

• Hemalatha C., gold medal for highest OGPA (9.053/10) in BSc (Hons) Agricultural Engineering

• Bharatkumar Viresh Goudar, one gold medal for highest OGPA (8.858/10) in BSc (Hons) degree programme

• Viresh Alamel, UAS gold medal for highest OGPA (8.737/10) in BSc (Hons) Forestry

• Nikita Nippani, one UAS gold medal for highest OGPA (8.979/10) in BSc (Hons) Community Science

• Chitra U., UAS Gold Medal for highest OGPA (8.749/10) in BSc (Hons) Food Technology