Students in Madhya Pradesh create disruption on not receiving degrees from Governor
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On Wednesday, the students of Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) created a disruption by not getting an opportunity to get their degree personally from the Governor of Madhya Pradesh, Mangu Bhai Patel, due to time constraints during the convocation ceremony.According to several eye-witnesses, the governor changed his programme and handed over the degrees and medals to all the eligible students. He further added that the governor, at his request, agreed to stay back for the programme beyond his original schedule.An official from DAVV said that during the convocation ceremony, 148 research scholars were supposed to be given PhD degrees and a total of 113 graduate and under-graduate students were to get gold medals for academic excellence. During the disruption, a women research scholar was spotted crying and saying she had come all the way from Mumbai to receive her degree from the Governor, but was not called on the stage. Finally, the governor agreed to stay till the very end of the ceremony.