Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) will hold its 48th convocation on February 5

Updated on: Tuesday, February 02, 2016

iimc Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) will hold its 48th convocation on February 5 after its students urged the intervention of Union Minister Arun Jaitley for early distribution of certificates.

Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore will be the chief guest at the function, according to official sources.

It is also learnt that the new Director General has not been appointed and the certificates will carry the signature of Secretary of Information & Broadcasting Ministry, who is the chairman of the institute.

Earlier, in a petition to Jaitley, who holds the Information and Broadcasting portfolio, the students had said that the convocation ceremony was held each year in late October or November but it is not the case this time "apparently because of the delay in taking decision about appointment of new Director General".

With convocation not taking place, the institute's authorities are not ready to distribute original certificates for the students of the last batch, which is causing several problems, the students had said.

"We request you to understand the situation and take an immediate action to organise convocation and speed up appointment of DG. We hope you will not forget the fact that future of hundreds of students is in your hands," said the petition signed by over 100 students and alumni.

The term of the previous IIMC DG Sunit Tandon had ended in November last year.

Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) will hold its 48th convocation on February 5

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