Jagannath University (JnU) will hold its second convocation on 30 January next year. Vice-Chancellor Professor Rais Uddin confirmed this in a Facebook post on Monday after a courtesy meeting with President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
According to university sources, students and alumni have long been keen for a second convocation, and the announcement of the date has brought fresh enthusiasm among current and former students.
Following the vice-chancellor’s announcement, formal preparations are due to move ahead. The university will give details later on the venue, registration of participating graduates, gowns, the programme, arrangements and other matters.
Welcoming the announcement, students said: “A convocation is one of the most important and memorable events of a student’s university life. We hope we are going to have a fine convocation.”
The university held its first convocation in 2020, about a decade and a half after it was founded. Graduates of 12 batches, from the 2001-02 to the 2012-13 academic sessions, took part. Then president and chancellor Md Abdul Hamid attended the ceremony at Dhupkhola ground in Old Dhaka.
In March 2023 the administration planned a second convocation for about 14,000 graduates. Preparations went ahead, but the event was postponed when the term of the then president and chancellor ended in April that year.
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