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BRAOU Honors 36,145 Graduates at Its 27th Annual Convocation

BRAOU Honors 36,145 Graduates at Its 27th Annual Convocation
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Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University held a ceremony to celebrate its students.

It gave degrees and certificates to 36,145 people.

Students also received 38 gold medals, and women won most of them.

One gold medal went to Nukapeyyi Suresh, who is a prisoner and earned the highest marks in all subjects.

Twenty-six men and one woman from three central jails received degrees.

The university also gave an honorary doctorate to filmmaker, poet and actor B. Narsing Rao.

University leaders spoke about making education available to more people.

They also said digital learning should be accessible to students who might otherwise be left out.

Key facts

Convocation
27th
Degrees and certificates awarded
36,145
Gold medals
38; women received 29
Prison inmates receiving degrees
27: 12 undergraduate and 15 postgraduate recipients
Research degrees
23 PhDs and one M.Phil
Honorary doctorate recipient
B. Narsing Rao
Prisons represented
Cherlapally, Rajahmundry and Kadapa central jails

Quotes

Ghanta Chakrapani

BRAOU Vice-Chancellor

“AI should remain a tool for human development and should not become the master of human beings.”
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“Digital transformation should not create a new digital divide.”
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