towards the growth of this university and awardees of Gold Medals and Dr Shyamala
conferring the degree to the graduates. I also Hande, Director, Centre for Doctoral Studies,
for presenting the PhD scholars.
thank Mrs Indira Ballal for her presence.
Dear Graduates, it is your day today. You are
the stars of this evening. I congratulate all
the graduates who have been conferred their
degrees today and our best wishes to each
one of you. Thank you very much for your
presence in large number. A special grattitude
to your parents and family members for
coming all the way to our campus. It is the
glint in their eyes that actually makes us feel
both happy and proud. It reaffirms the faith
in what we are doing towards society. Their
presence has made all this difference to this
function. We also recognize the presence of donors
and well-wishers of Manipal and appreciate
their unconditional support in the growth of
all our institutions and thank them for their
presence today.
I must mention our deep sense of appreciation
to our vice chancellor, Dr H Vinod Bhat, for
strengthening the academic and research
activities of our university and presenting the
overview. I also thank Mrs Parvathi Bhat for
her presence here today. I also wish to place on record our thanks to all
the heads of institutions, deputies, heads of
the departments, university officials, faculty,
supporting staff and student volunteers for
their support and presence.
We express our sincere gratitude to pro vice
Chancellors of the university, Dr PLNG Rao,
Dr Poornima Baliga and Dr Thammaiah
Chekkera for their presence and gracing the
occasion. Special thanks to our Master of Ceremony,
Dr Shirley Lewis, Assistant Professor,
Radiotherapy Department, KMC, Manipal.
We are happy to express our gratitude to
members of Trust, Board of Management,
Academic Council, Board of Studies, Board of
Examiners and officials from Manipal Group
of Institutions, associated hospitals and
organizations both from India and abroad
for their support in the university activities and
their presence today.
All the members of press and electronic
I also extend my heartfelt gratitude to Dr media richly deserve our special thanks for
Surendra V Shetty, pro vice chancellor, MAHE, their presence in this ceremony. I thank them
for delivering the welcome address.
for their continued support.
Finally, I would like to take this opportunity
to place on record our hearty thanks to Team
We would like to express our sincere thanks Manipal for their enormous cooperation in
to Dr Vinod V Thomas, Registrar – Evaluation, the organization of this event. Thank you one
for highlighting the number of graduates, and all.
Dr Sharath Rao, Dean, KMC Manipal, for
introducing the chief guest, Dr Geetha Maiya,
Director, Students Affairs, for presenting the
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