Don Bosco varsity confers degrees

 GUWAHATI, Sept 9: Assam Don Bosco University conferred degrees on 724 students on its 6th Convocation at its Azara campus on Saturday. Assam Governor Banwarilal Purohit presided over the event as the visitor to the university. While 208 students received the degree in Bachelor of Technology, 41 in Master of Technology, 54 in Master of Social Work, 20 in Master of Computer Applications, 34 in Master of Business Administration, 9 in MA in Psychological Counseling, 5 in MA in Human Rights, 4 MA in Mass Communication, 7 MA in Education and 13 M.Sc. in Physics and 14 Masters in Life Sciences. Doctoral degrees were conferred on six scholars. In DBU Global online courses degrees were conferred on 309 candidates. Gold Medals under various categories were awarded to 16 outstanding graduates with the highest Cumulative Grade Point Average in each program. Amar Kujur of Master of Business Administration (MBA) had been awarded the chancellor’s gold medal for being the outstanding student from amongst all the PG courses of ADBU and the Vice Chancellor’s medal had been awarded to Rachael George from the department of Computer Science and Engineering for outstanding performance amongst the UG courses of the university, a press release said.