Tirupati: Krea University on Saturday hosted the Convocation ceremony at its campus in Sri City, Andhra. The Convocation ceremony conferred awards and degrees on the UG Cohort of SIAS (School of Interwoven Arts and Sciences) (2023), PG Diploma Cohort of SIAS, (2023) 2-year MBA Cohort of IFMR GSB (Graduate School of Business) (2023), 3 year L&T MBA Cohort of IFMR GSB (2023) and PhD Cohorts of Krea University and Madras University (2023).
The event also witnessed the conferring of Honorary Doctorates upon distinguished guests, Sujatha Rao, Former Union Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOI for her contribution to health services nationally and internationally; and Suchitra Ella, Co-founder, Bharath Biotech for her contribution to the world of medical science and research.
The graduating students were conferred with degrees in the presence of Chancellor of Krea University, N Vaghul, Vice-Chancellor Professor Nirmala Rao, Member of the Governing Council Kapil Viswanathan, IFMR GSB Dean Professor Lakshmi Kumar, Academic Dean of SIAS Dr Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi and other members of the Krea community.
On the occassion, Vice-Chancellor Professor Nirmala Rao said, “ This year, we are graduating a record number of students. Of course, as university community members, we place emphasis on academic success but here at Krea, we also seek to address issues of global concern. At the heart of Krea, is a civic and academic goal to cultivate successive generations of leaders who possess the mindset, determination, skills, and resources to address the challenges of social and economic advancement of their communities. Our students possess exceptional talent, potential, and intellect, and each of our graduands in their own way has enriched this University. Their degree is a hugely important milestone. Their studies at Krea have taken them to the frontier of their subject, testing the boundaries of that discipline and, in many cases, expanding those limits to establish a higher level of understanding.”
Addressing the graduates, Sri Gopalkrishna Gandhi said, ‘I want to say that your happiness today is going to be abridged by many situations tomorrow. Many of them require action so, que sera sera or ‘what will be will be’ should not be the answer. There is something that you can add to what will be, will be, on the lines of our great epic. Our great Gita says, let what will be will be, but do what you think you should do from the core of your heart. Giant problems long ignored are solved very often by action taken by the young. You are all little sparks. The stars with the spark that brighten the night so dark.”
