Overview
- At the ceremony in Chandigarh, 716 awardees received degrees, medals and prizes as Gulab Chand Kataria delivered the convocation address.
- Kataria noted that nearly 75% of the graduating cohort were women, describing it as a strong marker of educational empowerment.
- Honorary degrees included Doctor of Science to Prof K.N. Pathak and Dr Vijay P. Bhatkar, with a Doctor of Laws to Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel, alongside PU awards to Pradeep Thalappil, Sarabjot Singh and Amarjit Grewal.
- Chancellor C.P. Radhakrishnan did not attend in person, urging students via video to avoid drugs, use social media responsibly and pursue innovation, while citing about 11,000 PU research papers over five years tied to NEP 2020.
- PU had earlier listed 767 degree recipients, including 420 UG–PG and 347 PhDs, with leaders underscoring sustained doctoral output of roughly 350 in under a year.