Archive · 7 Oct 2026
BRAOU Honors 36,145 Graduates at Its 27th Annual Convocation
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.
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University awarded degrees and certificates to 36,145 students at its 27th convocation.
The university presented 38 gold medals; women received 29 of them.
Rajahmundry Central Jail inmate Nukapeyyi Suresh won a gold medal and book prize after earning the highest marks in all subjects.
Twenty-seven inmates from three central jails received degrees, and 23 research scholars received PhDs.
Filmmaker, poet and actor B. Narsing Rao received an honorary doctorate.
- Who
- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, its graduates and degree recipients, and Governor and Chancellor Shiv Pratap Shukla.
- What
- The university held its 27th convocation, awarding 36,145 degrees and certificates, 38 gold medals and an honorary doctorate.
- When
- Wednesday; the article does not give a calendar date.
- Where
- Hyderabad.
- Why
- To award degrees, certificates, medals and prizes to students and recognize B. Narsing Rao with an honorary doctorate.
- 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