Ram nath kovind

Annual Convocation for the 2023 batch held at Chandigarh University; more than 1400 degrees awarded CHANDIGARH, India, June 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- "Chandigarh University has set new benchmarks of quality higher education by featuring among the World's Top Universities, " said former President of India Ram Nath Kovind, who addressed the annual Convocation 2023 at Chandigarh University, Gharuan on Friday. More than 1,400 students were awarded undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD degrees during the annual convocation out of which 45% are women. Further, 22 girls out of 35 have been conferred Gold Medals. 21 girls out of the total 35 have received their doctorate degrees. Ram Nath Kovind, Former President of India; Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chancellor Chandigarh University; presenting the degrees to the graduates during the Annual Convocation 2023 Former President Ram Nath Kovind was the chief guest for the occasion, who awarded the degrees and Gold Medals to the achievers. Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chandigarh University Chancellor, Dr. (Prof.) R S Bawa, Pro-Chancellor Chandigarh University; and Dr. Manpreet Singh Manna, Vice Chancellor Chandigarh University, were also present on this auspicious occasion. While addressing the gathering at the annual convocation, former President Ram Nath Kovind said, "Chandigarh University has built a good reputation as one of the premier institutions of India within a short span of 11 years, owing to which it has been ranked among the Top Universitie...

LONDON — India chose an “untouchable” as its next president Thursday after the first contest in which both candidates were from the lowest tier of the country's caste system. Ram Nath Kovind, nominated by the ruling BJP party, had been clear favorite for the largely ceremonial post, which is decided by 4,800 lawmakers across the country. Under India’s constitution, the prime minister and his ministers wield executive power but the president sometimes plays a role such as deciding which party should form a government if a general election is inconclusive. Kovind, 72, is not the first president to be “Dalit,” a term that means “oppressed” in Sanskrit and refers to members of the lowest caste. Kocheril Raman Narayanan took office in 1997 more than half a century after Gandhi pledged to end the country’s ancient system of discrimination. Ram Nath Kovind, India's 14th president. Amit Dave / Reuters It is, however, the first time since India gained independence from Britain in 1947 that both the final candidates were Dalit — former diplomat Meira Kumar was also low-caste — and it is also the first time that the upper-caste dominated BJP has nominated a Dalit for the job. One-fifth of all parliamentary candidates must be Dalit under decades-long affirmative-action laws introduced to improve representation and outlaw discrimination. Dalits are also guaranteed a proportion of college places and government jobs. But while social mobility has improved, particularly in India’s fast-gr...

The presidential election took place on 17 July 2017, with the votes counted and the results announced on 20 July 2017. 24 July 2017, declined to seek re-election due to health concerns and old age, so the INC nominated Meira Kumar as its candidate for president. Kovind thus resigned from the post of 20 June 2017, to contest the election. Party (Alliance) Candidate Electoral Votes Vote Percentage States carried 702,044 65.65% 21 367,314 34.35% 10 Kovind won the election, getting roughly two-thirds of the electoral college vote. Meira Kumar's vote share was the second-highest for a losing candidate; Kovind took the presidential oath on 25 July 2017, administered by Justice J.S. Khehar India, at a swearing-in ceremony in the central hall of Parliament, in New Delhi. Domestic affairs [ ] President's rule [ ] Under Article 356 of the Kovind imposed President's rule in the former 19 June 2018, to 31 October 2019, as chief minister 31 October 2019, when the state was split into two Union Territories on As no party could form a government after a fractured election outcome because of the 12 November 2019, to 23 November 2019. In 25 February 2021, upon the resignation of the chief minister when there was no alternate claimant to form the next government. Oaths Administered [ ] President Kovind administered oath to judges Sr. No. Name Date of Appointment Parent High Court Source 1 27 April 2018 2 7 August 2018 3 7 August 2018 4 7 August 2018 5 2 November 2018 6 2 November 2018 7 2 ...

Smt. Droupadi Murmu was sworn in as the 15th President of India on 25 July, 2022. Previously, she was the Governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021. She has devoted her life to empowering the downtrodden as well as the marginalised sections of society and deepening the democratic values. Early Life and Education Born in a Santhali tribal family on 20 June, 1958 at Uparbeda village, Mayurbhanj, Odisha, Smt. Murmu’s early life was marked by hardships and struggle. On completion of primary education from the village school, she went to Bhubaneswar on her own initiative to continue her studies. She earned the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Ramadevi Women’s College, Bhubaneswar and became the first woman from her village to receive college education. Download Profile Photo (Use Google Chrome Browser to Download Photo) Professional Career From 1979 to 1983, Smt. Murmu served as a Junior Assistant in the Irrigation and Power Department, Government of Odisha. Later, she served as an honorary teacher at Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Centre, Rairangpur, from 1994 to 1997. Public Life In 2000, Smt. Murmu was elected from the Rairangpur constituency as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Odisha and continued to hold the post till 2009, serving two terms. During this period, she served as Minister of State (Independent Charge), Department of Commerce and Transport in the Government of Odisha from March 6, 2000 to August 6, 2002 and as Minister of State (Independent Charge), Depar...

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