India, Feb. 22 -- Delhi University (DU) celebrated its 101st convocation on Saturday. The chief guest, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, awarded digital degrees to 166,494 students.

Of these, 82,592 are School of Open Learning students, of which 79,742 are undergraduates and 2,850 are postgraduates, and 83,902 are regular students and Non-Collegiate Women's Education Board (NCWEB) students. Of the latter, 77,227 are undergraduates, 6,646 are postgraduates and 29 are students from five-year programmes, according to DU officials.

Addressing the event, DU vice chancellor Yogesh Sindh said, "Hard work makes even the seemingly impossible tasks possible." He reminded students that there should be no conflict between their interest ...