Kokrajhar: The Bodoland University is going hold its 2nd Convocation program on 15th February, 2022.
Governor of Assam and Chancellor of Bodoland University Prof. Jagadish Mukhi is scheduled to attend and preside the event.
Prof. Bidyut Chakrabarty, Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati University, West Bengal will be the chief guest to grace the occasion and will deliver the Convocation Address. Bodoland Territorial Council Chief Executive Member Pramod Boro will be present as the Guest of Honor.
A total of 4171 graduates, post graduates , diplomates and doctorates between the years 2019 and 2021 will be conferred their degrees and diplomas by Prof. Jagadish Mukhi. The passed outs belong to various disciplines under the faculty of Arts, Science, Commerce and Management.
Established in 2009, Bodoland University is the only state collegiate university in the BTAD alongwith the lower Assam region after Guwahati University. The university under its affiliation has a total of 57 colleges out of which 7 are B.Ed colleges, falling under the BTR region. The university has a total of 17 PG departments of English, Assamese, Bodo, Economics, Political Science, History, Education,Chemistry,Botany,Zoology,Physics,Geography, Biotech, Mathematical Sciences, Computer Science, Management Studies and Commerce and one UG department of Bamboo Technology.
The university also offers diploma and certificate courses in Human Rights Education, Bodo Studies, Mushroom Cultivation and Bamboo Studies.
The university has recently developed a Technology Incubation Centre mainly for cultivating mushrooms and their spawns, which also offers training to interested farmers and individuals for livelihood purpose.
