Bhubaneswar: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu today attended the 50th convocation ceremony of Utkal University here and conferred the degree of Honoris Causa (Doctor of Letters – D.Litt) on five eminent personalities of Odisha.
It includes Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das, Comptroller and Auditor General of India and chairman of the panel of external auditors of the United Nations Girish Chandra Murmu, Orissa High Court Judge Justice Sanju Panda, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) director Ajit Kumar Mohanty and Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya Sangathan (OAVS) advisor Bijaya Sahoo.
The university also awarded PhD degrees to 41 scholars and gold medals to 90 students.
Amid the COVID-19 cases surge in the state, the varsity authorities have limited the guests and the awardees to a maximum of 200.
Participants with COVID-19 negative report are allowed to attend the event.