LUCKNOW: Tidying up their dress and ‘anga vastram’ till the last moment and making sure to click as many selfies as they could since the mobile phones had to be put away, the medal winners of Dr Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University posed at every corner of campus on Thursday before the convocation ceremony.
With broad smiles on their faces, the students cheered one another with their campus slogan, “Go left, Go right BBAU students sabse bright.”
“Mobile phones were not allowed in the convocation hall, so we clicked pictures before entering and after exit from the auditorium,” said gold medal winner BSc student Shivam Kumar.
The happiest moment was getting clicked with my teachers without whom gold would not have glittered around my neck, he added.
Many students were seen making phone calls to their parents and sending them their pictures on WhatsApp soon after the ceremony.
“Our parents were not allowed due to Covid-19 protocol, hence soon after the ceremony, I made a video call to my parents who wanted to see me with a gold medal around my neck,” said gold medalist PhD (History) student Arvind Swaroop.
“The presence of our President on the campus made all BBAU students and alumni proud and boosted our confidence. Getting the medal from the dean who taught us was no less of an achievement,” said MSc (Integrated) gold medal winner Farheen.
“We were thinking that the convocation would be held online due to Covid curbs, but the offline ceremony was just what we all wished for. It was the best thing that could have happened in such challenging times. I dedicate my success to my parents and my university for their support in every possible way,” said BA LLB gold medal winner Dhanista Arya.
Not only students who got gold medals, even those who were conferred degrees online celebrated as they viewed the ceremony online.
“We understand it was not possible for university authorities to call all students to the ceremony due to the pandemic. We viewed the whole convocation ceremony online though we missed being there. We congratulated our friends who came out after getting gold medals,” said BA LLB student Rishi Shukla.
