Chandigarh, Dec. 13 -- Panjab University (PU) will hold its 73rd annual convocation on Saturday, with Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria set to preside over the ceremony.

A total of 767 students will be receiving their degrees - 420 graduates and postgraduates, and 347 PhDs, this time.

This year's convocation breaks from tradition. Typically, the convocation is attended by the Vice President of India, who is the Chancellor of the varsity, and occasionally by the highest constitutional office-bearers. In the previous convocation, held earlier this March, both the Chancellor, and President Droupadi Murmu were present. This time around, however, Chancellor CP Radhakrishnan has cancelled his visit to the campus. Had he...