Jalandhar, Jan. 10 -- Lovely Professional University organised its 12th convocation ceremony on Friday, with India's Vice-President CP Radhakrishnan gracing the occasion as the chief guest.

The university conferred degrees on over 50,000 graduating students from 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 batches, across regular, online and distance education programmes. It also awarded academic medals to 320 students, including 37 gold medals, and honoured 861 PhD scholars

Punjab governor Gulab Chand Kataria presided over the convocation, where former United Kingdom Prime Minister Mary Elizabeth Truss was awarded an honorary doctorate, recognising her leadership, public service and contributions to global political discourse.

In his convocation address, ...