Chaudhary Devi Lal University: Old's not gold for varsity

Updated on: Monday, January 23, 2012

First convocation of Chaudhary Devi Lal University proved anti-climactic for 145 gold medalist students from academic sessions of years 2003 to 2010, as they were not even invited to the event on Friday. Haryana governor and university chancellor Jagannath Pahadia presided over the function while chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda chaired it.

"As the chief guests provided us with very little time, it was not possible to call erstwhile gold medalist students for the honours. But we assure them that university would provide gold medals to all of them," K C Bhardwaj, vice-chancellor of CDLU, said.

There were 17 gold medalists and 675 other students of the 2010-11 session, who could get their degrees at the event.

A gold medalist of 2008 batch said, "This is unfair to earlier students. We had also achieved the top position to brighten the name of CDLU."

Another gold medalist said, "I am feeling deprived. This is discrimination. My only fault seems to be that I studied during 2010 batch."

Times of India

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