Overview
- Higher Education Minister Govi Chezhian skipped the University of Madras' 167th convocation and stated the Governor was not qualified to award degrees.
- Governor R. N. Ravi, in his role as Chancellor, presided over the ceremony and conferred degrees.
- With the Vice-Chancellor post vacant, Higher Education Secretary P. Shankar signed the degree certificates.
- The university reported 193,686 degrees awarded overall, including 951 Ph.D. recipients, along with medals and endowment prizes.
- Chezhian tied his boycott to prior tensions, citing the Governor's walkout from the Assembly and accusations leveled against the state government.