Convocation Proceedings

Formation of Academic Procession

• The members of the Board of Management and the Academic Council and the Deans, etc. will assemble at the starting point of the Convocation procession in the foyer outside the V.C. chamber and stand in the order prescribed for procession. The Chancellor, the Vice chancellor, the chief Guest will be then requested by the Rector & Registrar to join the procession.

• Order of Procession will be as follows :

• Procession will move towards the Convocation Hall following a specific route.
• The announcement to this effect will be made as follows:

“Ladies and Gentlemen, the academic procession will now enter the convocation hall. You may please stand up and remain standing till all the members of the procession have taken their seats. May I request you to switch off your cell phones for the duration of the convocation to avoid disturbance to the proceedings.”

• The Convocation procession will enter the Convocation hall at the scheduled time of commencement of Convocation Ceremony. When the procession passes through the Convocation hall all including the guests will stand up and remain standing till the time all the members in the procession have taken their seats.

Invocation Ceremony

• There will be Saraswati Vandana immediately after all the members in the procession have taken their seats. This will be followed by lamp lighting by the Chancellor, Chief Guest, Vice Chancellor, Rector & Registrar and BOM Member (Trustee-Management) and floral welcome of the dignitaries.

Declaring the Convocation Open

• The Rector & Registrar will make a request to the Chancellor to accord permission for Convocation to be declared open in the following words:

“Mr. Chancellor, the Sixth Convocation of The IIS University has been called to  confer Degrees and Diplomas upon the candidates who have been certified worthy of the same by the Academic Council and the Board of Management of this University. If permitted, the Convocation be declared open.”

• In response to the request made by the Rector & Registrar, the Chancellor will accord permission for declaring the Convocation open in the following words:

“By virtue of the authority vested in me as the Chancellor of The IIS University, I grant permission to declare the Convocation open.”

• On permission being granted by the Chancellor, the Rector & Registrar will request the Vice Chancellor to declare the Convocation open in the following words :

“Mr. Vice Chancellor, may I now request you to declare the Sixth Convocation of the University Open”.

• In response to the request made by the Rector & Registrar, the Vice Chancellor will declare the convocation open by saying :

“With the permission of the Chancellor, I hereby declare the Sixth Convocation of the University open”.

Welcome Address by the Vice Chancellor

• After the Convocation is declared open, the Rector & Registrar will announce:

“Mr. Vice Chancellor, I request you to welcome the Chief Guest, all the dignitaries, guests and graduands present in the Convocation Hall and to present a report on the major activities of the University during the last one year.”

In response to the same, the Vice Chancellor will welcome the Chief Guest, the Chancellor, other guests and the recipients of degrees, diplomas, medals and merit certificates. He will also present a brief report reviewing the activities of the University during the last one year.

Award of Research Degrees and Degrees/ Diplomas to the Rank Holders/Conferment of Degrees/ Diplomas

• After the Welcome Address of the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, the Deans of Faculties will be requested by the Rector & Registrar, one by one, to present the Ph.D. graduands; the merit position holders of different programmes at the postgraduate and undergraduate levels for award of degrees in person and then position holders of different Career Oriented and Skill Development Programmes for the award of Advanced Diplomas in person. Thereafter, all the graduands in the faculty will be presented for conferment of their Degrees and Diplomas.

Arts and Social Sciences

• The Rector & Registrar will  say:

“In my capacity as the Rector & Registrar of the University, I request the Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, to present the graduands in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences for conferment of their Degrees and Diplomas by the Chancellor. I request the Dean to present the recipients of the Research Degrees of Ph.D./ M.Phil. first and then the Merit Position holders of different programmes at Postgraduate level and thereafter the Merit Position holders of the Professional, Honours and Pass Course programmes at the Undergraduate level for award of Degrees in person. The Merit Position holders of different Advanced Diploma Courses of Career Oriented and Skill Development programmes may then be presented for the award of Diplomas in person. After that, all the graduands in the faculty may be presented for conferment of their Degrees by the Chancellor.”

A.    Award of Degrees in Person

• The Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, will seek permission of the Chancellor for the same in the following words:

“Mr. Chancellor, permit me to present to you in accordance with the grace passed by the Academic Council and the Board of Management of The IIS University, the candidates whose names are herewith submitted for award of Research Degrees of Ph.D./ M.Phil.; the Merit Position holders of different programmes at the Postgraduate level; Professional, Honours and Pass Course Programmes at the Undergraduate level; and different Advanced Diploma courses of Career Oriented and Skill Development programmes in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of  this University, for the award of Degrees and Diplomas, in person and then all the graduands in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences for conferment of their degrees/ diplomas. ”

•  The Chancellor will accord permission for the same in the words:

By virtue of the authority vested in me as the Chancellor of The IIS University, I hereby grant permission for presenting the recipients of the degrees/ diplomas in person and thereafter all the graduands in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences may be presented for conferment of their degrees and diplomas, for whom approval has been accorded by the Academic Council and the Board of Management.”

The Dean, will then present the graduands for the award of degrees in person. He will call out the names of the recipients of degrees in the following order:

         i)   Ph.D./ M.Phil. Degrees

         ii)  Postgraduate Degrees (Professional programmes) subject wise in alphabetic order

 iii) Postgraduate Degrees subject wise in alphabetic order

          iii)  Under Graduate Professional Degrees subject wise in alphabetic order

         iv)  Under Graduate Honours Degrees subject wise in alphabetic order

         v)  Under Graduate Pass course degrees

         vi) Advanced Diploma in COSD programmes

The Dean will announce:

“For receiving the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Arts in person, I call upon  Anju Verma, Deepti Sharma, Kirti Singhal and Neera Jain

For receiving the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Social Sciences in person, I call upon  Garima Bhargava, Lucky Yadav, Monica Sharma, Priya Sharma, Raagini Eshwar, Riti Das Dhankar and Sakshi Jain

For receiving the Degree of Master of Philosophy in Arts in person, I call upon Prachi Goswami

For receiving the Degree of Master of Philosophy in Social Sciences in person, I call upon  Prabhjot Kaur

Now I invite the merit position holders of Professional programmes at the Postgraduate level in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences for receiving their degrees in person:

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Arts (Fashion Technology) are: Ankita Gupta, Priya Parwani, Pooja Meharchandani, Deepika Jhabak and Radhika Khandelwal

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Arts (Journalism & Mass Communication) are: Akarti Chandrawat, Meenakshi Khandelwal, Yashika P Dutta, Neha Gupta, Geeti Bhatt and Jayati Mishra
• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Visual Arts are: Alpana Rai, Pooja Khandal and Manika Sharma

Now I invite the merit position holders of other programmes at the postgraduate level in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences for receiving their degrees in person:

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Arts (Economics) are: Divyanka Sharma and Shruti Parasram puria
• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Arts (English) are: Shivani Arora, Sakshi Kaushik, Khan Sheehan Shahab, Kamaljeet Kaur and Divya Prabha Pathak
• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Arts (Psychology) are: Yashasvini Rathore, Divya Singh, Ayushi Tyagi, Divyanshi Garg and Priyanka Singhvi
• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Arts (Sociology) are: Divyanshi Bhatt, Rekha Jangid, Shivani Sharma and L. Seema Devi

Now I invite the merit position holders of Professional programmes at the Undergraduate level in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences for receiving their Degrees in person:

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Arts (Journalism and Mass Communication) are: Bhavika Shekhawat, Apeksha Tickoo, Dikshita Jalan, Vanshika Jain and Ishika Kachhwaha
• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Visual Arts are: Anupma Agarwal, Monica Sharma, Devina Jain, Shriya Jain and Rupal Yadav

Now I invite the merit position holders of Honours and Pass Course programmes at the undergraduate level in the faculty of Arts and Social Sciences for receiving their degrees in person:

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics are: Kenisha Somra, Vandana Sharma, Ayushi Chaudhary, Urvashi Chaudhary and Sheetal Rawat
• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English are: Megha Sharma, Mili Jain, Vanisha Pandia, Harshita Tewani and Unnati Jain
• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Political Science are: Latika Yadav, Rima Doot, Rekha Kanwar Shekhawat, Neha Thakur and Radhika Saxena
• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology are: Pooja Varshney, Aditi Girish Kumar Dubey, Tuhina Sharma, Rimjhim Jhalani and Shruti Pareek.
• Position holders in their order of merit for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts are: Mehal Poonia, Nishtha Meel, Muskaan Sharma, Vartika Pooniya, Arti Panwar, Anisha Singh, Kritika Singh, Vaishali Rathore, Kaneez Ayisha and Preeti Sandhu.

Now I invite the merit position holders of various Advanced Diploma courses of Career Oriented and Skill Development programmes in the faculty of Arts and Social Sciences for the award of Diplomas, in person:

• Position holders in the Advanced Diploma Programme in Fashion Designing  are: Ritika   Kabra, Dimpal Patel and Anshika Madnani
• First position holder in the Advanced Diploma Programme in French is Vritika Vijay
• Position holders in the Advanced Diploma Programme in Jewellery Designing are: Namandeep Kaur, Sakshi Bindal and Khushboo Jain
• Position holders in the Advanced Diploma Programme in Mass Communication and Video Production are: Rubel Agrawal and Ayushi Vikram Godara
• First position holder in the Advanced Diploma in Visual Arts (Sculpture) is Monica Sharma
• As soon as their names are called out by the Dean, the recipients of Degrees/Diplomas will go in person, one by one, on the dais, receive Degrees/Diplomas from the Chancellor/ Chief Guest/ Vice-Chancellor,  bow slightly to show respect and then come back to take their seats.

B.   Conferment of Degrees and Diploma on all the graduands of the Faculty of Arts and Social  Sciences

            “All graduands of Arts and Social Sciences please rise.”

“Mr. Chancellor, permit me to present to you in accordance with the grace passed by the Academic Council and the Board of Management 398 candidates of the faculty of Arts and Social Sciences for conferment of their degrees and diplomas.

The Chancellor will confer Degrees/Diplomas on them in the following words:

“By virtue of the authority vested in me as the Chancellor of The IIS University, I admit you to the different degrees and diplomas, as mentioned by the Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of this University, on being declared qualified for the same by the University. I direct you to prove worthy of the same throughout your life by acts and behavior appropriate for your Degree/Diploma. In token thereof, you have been presented with these Degrees/Diplomas and I authorize you to wear the robes as the insignia of your Degree/Diploma.”

After conferment of Degrees/Diplomas by the Chancellor, the graduates will express their gratitude to the Chancellor by bowing slightly and then take their seats, on being directed by the Dean.

• The Dean will then request all the Degree/Diploma recipients in the faculty of Arts and Social Sciences to rise, for conferment of their Degrees/Diplomas, in the following words:
  • All the graduands of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences will stand up with Degrees/Diplomas in their hands and will remain standing till the Chancellor has conferred Degrees on them.
  • The Dean will present all the graduands of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences for conferment of their Degrees in the following words:

Commerce and Management

• The Rector & Registrar will say:

“In my capacity as the Rector & Registrar of the University, I request the Dean, Faculty of Commerce & Management, to present the graduands in the Faculty of Commerce & Management for conferment of their Degrees and Diplomas by the Chancellor. I request the Dean to present the recipients of the Research Degree of Ph.D. first and then the Merit Position holders of different programmes at Postgraduate level and thereafter the Merit Position holders of the Professional, Honours and Pass Course programmes at the Undergraduate level in the Faculty of Commerce and Management for award of Degrees in person. The Merit Position holders of Postgraduate Diploma in Management and different Advanced Diploma Courses of Career Oriented and Skill Development programmes may then be presented for the award of Diplomas in person. After that, all the graduands in the faculty may be presented for conferment of their Degrees and Diplomas by the Chancellor.”

Award of degrees/ diplomas in person

• The Dean, Faculty of Commerce and Management will seek permission of the Chancellor in the following words:

“Mr. Chancellor, permit me to present to you in accordance with the grace passed by the Academic Council and the Board of Management of The IIS University, the candidates whose names are herewith submitted for award of Research Degree of Ph.D.; Merit Position holders of different programmes at the Postgraduate level; Professional, Honours and Pass Course programmes at the Undergraduate level; and different Advanced Diploma courses of Career Oriented and Skill Development programmes in the Faculty of Commerce and Management of this University for the award of Degrees and Diplomas, in person, and then all the graduands in the faculty of Commerce and Management for conferment of their degrees/ diplomas.”

• The Chancellor will accord permission for the same in the words:

“By virtue of the authority vested in me as the Chancellor of The IIS University, I hereby grant permission for presenting the recipients of the degrees and diplomas in person and thereafter all the graduands in the faculty of Commerce and Management may be presented for conferment of their degrees/ diplomas, for whom approval has been accorded by the Academic Council and the Board of Management.”

• The Dean, will then present the graduands for the award of degrees and diplomas in person by the Chancellor. He will call out the names of the recipients of degrees in the following order:

             i)Ph.D. Degree

          ii)  Postgraduate Degrees (Professional programmes) subject wise in alphabetic order

         iii) Postgraduate Degrees subject wise in alphabetic order

         iv) Under Graduate Professional Degrees subject wise in alphabetic order

         v) Under Graduate Honours Degrees subject wise in alphabetic order

         vi) Under Graduate Pass course degrees

         vii Postgraduate Diploma in Management

         viii) Advanced Diploma in COSD programmes

The Dean will announce:

“For receiving the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy in Commerce, in person, I call upon

Sukhmeet Bhullar

For receiving the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy in Management, in person, I call upon Divya Mehta, Khushboo Sharma, Nidhi Dixit, Nivedita Singh, Parul Singh, Ragini Shrimali, Shashi Shekhawat, Shivi Saxena, Surbhi Mittal and Vandita Sharma

Now I invite the Merit Position holders of Professional programmes at the Postgraduate level in the Faculty of Commerce and Management for receiving their degrees in person:

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Business Administration (Trimester Scheme) are: Shruti Partani, Sneha Sukhlecha, Bhawya Prajapati, Mahak Maheshwari, Pooja Sharma, Ankita Luhadia, Preetam Kumar Jain, Kajol Parashar, Kaveri Vashishtha and Shruti Chhabra

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Business Administration in Human Resource Management (Semester Scheme) are: Deepinder Kaur Grewal, Niyanta Jain, Harsha Sangtani, Ankita Choudhary, Neha Dubey, Sonali Garg, Anita Jhamtani, Prerna Rathore, Laxmi Panchal and Vrinda Sharma

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Business Administration in International Business (Semester Scheme) are: Lakshita Goel, Himani Sharma, Karishma Sharma, Sonu Kanwar and Ankita Agarwal

• First Position holder in the programme Master of Business Administration in Retail Management (Semester Scheme) is Shristy Taksali

• Now I invite the merit position holders of other programmes at the Postgraduate level in the Faculty of Commerce and Management for receiving their Degrees in person:

•  Position holders in their order of merit in the programme  Master of Commerce (Accounting and Taxation) are: Appala Swami, Madhvi Solanki and Vinti Mathur

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme  Master of Commerce (Business Studies) are: Ritu, Komal Preet Kaur, Ajita Tyagi, Vaishali Rathore and Neelu Lamba

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme  Master of Commerce (Financial Studies) are: Bhargavi Singh Tanwar, Sonal Jain and Akanksha Shukla

Now I invite the merit position holders of Professional programmes at the Undergraduate level in the Faculty of Commerce and Management for receiving their Degrees in person.

• Position holders in their order of merit in the Bachelor of Business Administration programme are: Ritika Khandelwal, Juby Sunny, Vaishali Khandelwal, Anmol Yadav, Shipra Shah, Surbhi Jain, Amrisha Singh, Mrinalini Jain, Nidhi Marodia and Parkhi Jain

Now I invite the merit position holders of Honours and Pass Course programmes at the Undergraduate level in the faculty of Commerce and Management, for receiving their Degrees in person:

• First Position holder in the programme Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) with Proficiency in Chartered Accounting are Sunidhi Jain, Somiya and Aastha Luhadiya
• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) with Proficiency in Company Secretaryship  are: Samriddhi Srivastava, Princy Khetan, Saloni Mishra, Ritika Paliwal and Vibhuti Lakhani
• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Accounting and Taxation are: Karnika Jhunjhunwala, Sakshi Balani, Aeshna Chhabra, Mahak Raswant, Aditi Jain, Ayushi Middha, Akanksha Agarwal, Medhavi Jaswani, Preksha Baradia and Isha Gupta
• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Business Studies are: Chhavi Goyal, Prakrati Agrawal, Bhanu Prajapati, Shruti Jain, Huzefa Wahid, Shefali Sharma, Megha Katta, Nikita Soni, Pratibha Moolchandani and Ayushi Goyal

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Financial Studies are: Ira Saxena, Chetna Rathore, Muskan Arora, Mahima Hirani, Yamini Sharma, Shabnam Goyal, Sajal Maheshwari, Manisha Aggarwal, Jiveeka Bumb and Anjana Tundwal
• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Human Resource Management are: Saloni Gupta, Shivani Sharma, Harshita, Parul Goyal and Sonali Rana
• Position holder in the programme Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in International Business are: Tanishka Pant, Parli Jain, Tanisha Agrawal, Rashi Sharma and Anisha Dudi
• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Marketing and Retail Management are: Arthi Choudhary, Pritika Jalan, Shreya Goyal, Sakshi Goyal and Suhani Mathur
• Position holders in their order of merit in the Bachelor of Commerce programme are: Samiksha Jain, Aishwarya Singh, Khushi Khandelwal, Ritambara Shekhawat, Shrutika Sharma, Neetu Kumawat, Simran Daga, Shabnam Khan, Navroj and Aditi Nagori

Now I invite the Merit Position holders of Advanced Diploma courses of Career Oriented and Skill Development programmes in the faculty of Commerce and Management for the award of Diplomas, in person.

·         First Position holder in their order of merit in the Advanced Diploma programme in International Business is : Kirti Goyal

As soon as their names are called out by the Dean, the recipients of degrees/diplomas will go in person, one by one, on the dais, receive degrees/diplomas from the Chancellor/Chief Guest/Vice-Chancellor, bow slightly to show respect and then come back to take their seats

B.   Conferment of Degrees and Diploma on all the graduands of the Faculty of Commerce & Management

     “All graduands of Commerce & Management please rise.”

“Mr. Chancellor, permit me to present to you in accordance with the grace passed by the Academic Council and the Board of Management 797 candidates of the faculty of Commerce and Management for conferment of their degrees and diplomas.

The Chancellor will confer degrees on them in the following words:

 “By virtue of the authority vested in me as the Chancellor of The IIS University, I admit you to the different degrees and diplomas, as mentioned by the Dean, Faculty of Commerce and Management of this University, on being declared qualified for the same by the University. I direct you to prove worthy of the same throughout your life by acts and behavior appropriate for your Degree/Diploma. In token thereof, you have been presented with these Degrees/Diplomas and I authorize you to wear the robes as the insignia of your Degree/Diploma.”

• The Dean will then request all the degree/diploma recipients in the faculty of Commerce and Management to rise, for conferment of their degrees, in the following words:
  • All the graduands of the Faculty of Commerce and Management will stand up with degrees/diplomas in their hands and will remain standing till the Chancellor has conferred degrees/diplomas on them.
  • The Dean, will present all the graduands of the Faculty of Commerce and Management for conferment of their degrees/diplomas in the following words:

Science

• The Rector & Registrar will say:

 “In my capacity as the Rector & Registrar of the University, I request the Dean, Faculty of Science, to present the graduands in the Faculty of Science for conferment of their Degrees and Diplomas by the Chancellor. I request the Dean to present the recipients of the Research Degree of Ph.D. first and then the Merit Position holders of different programmes at Post Graduate level and thereafter Merit Position holders of the Professional, Honours and Pass course programmes at Undergraduate level in the Faculty of Science for award of Degrees in person. The Merit Position holders of different Advanced Diploma Courses of Career Oriented and Skill Development programmes may then be presented for the award of Diplomas in person. After that, all the graduands in the faculty may be presented for conferment of their Degrees and Diplomas by the Chancellor.”

A.                Award of degrees in Person

• The Dean, Faculty of  Science will seek permission of the Chancellor in the following words:

“Mr. Chancellor, permit me to present to you in accordance with the grace passed by the Academic Council and the Board of Management of The IIS University, the candidates whose names are herewith submitted for award of Research Degree of Ph.D.; Merit Position holders of different programmes at Postgraduate level; Professional, Honours and Pass Course programmes at the Undergraduate level and different Advanced Diploma courses of Career Oriented and Skill Development programmes in the Faculty of Science of this University for the award of Degrees and Diplomas, in person.”

• The Chancellor will accord permission in the following words:

       call out the names of the recipients of degrees in the following order:

         i)   Ph.D. Degree

         ii) Postgraduate Degrees ( Professional programmes) subject wise in alphabetic order

iii) Postgraduate Degrees subject wise in alphabetic order

 iv) Under Graduate Professional Degrees subject wise in alphabetic order

 v) Under Graduate Honours Degrees subject wise in alphabetic order

         vi) Under Graduate Pass course degrees

            vii) Advanced Diploma in COSD programme

·                     As soon as their names are called out by the Dean, the recipients of Degrees will go in person, one by one, on the dais, receive Degrees/Diplomas from the Chancellor/Chief Guest/Vice-Chancellor,  bow slightly to show respect and then come back to take their seats.

B.        Conferment of degrees and diplomas on all the graduands of the Faculty of Science:

The graduands of the Faculty of Science will stand up with degrees in their hands. The graduands of other faculties will remain seated. The Science graduands will remain standing till the Chancellor has conferred degrees on them.

·                  The Dean, Faculty of Science, will then present all the graduands of Science Faculty for conferment of degrees on them. He will say:

“Mr. Chancellor, permit me to present to you in accordance with the grace passed by the Academic Council and the Board of Management 542 candidates of the faculty of Science for conferment of their degrees and diplomas

 The Chancellor will confer degrees/diplomas on them in the following words:

 “By virtue of the authority vested in me as the Chancellor of The IIS University, I admit you to the different degrees and diplomas as mentioned by the Dean, Faculty of Science of this University, on being declared qualified for the same by the University. I direct you to prove worthy of the same throughout your life by acts and behaviour appropriate for your degree/diploma. In token thereof, you have been presented with these degrees/diplomas and I authorize you to wear the robes as the insignia of your Degree/Diploma.”

After conferment of degrees/diplomas by the Chancellor, graduates will express their gratitude to the Chancellor by bowing slightly and then take their seats, on being directed by the dean.

 19. Awards and Gold Medals

“Mr. Chancellor, permit me to present to you in accordance with the grace passed by  the Academic Council and the Board of Management, the graduates whose names are herewith submitted for the award of University Gold Medals and Merit Certificates for academic excellence in different programmes of various faculties of this University and Endowment Awards to the candidates fulfilling the conditions and criteria of such  awards.”

 “I request the Chief Guest, Gen. V.K.Singh, to kindly award Merit Certificates and Gold Medals to the toppers of different programmes. I will first announce names of the recipients of the University Gold Medals for Academic Excellence in different programmes Faculty wise:

From the Postgraduate programmes in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, I invite:

•            Ankita Gupta for securing First position in M.A./M.Com./M.Sc. Fashion Technology

•            Akarti Chandrawat and Meenakshi Khandelwal for securing First position in M.A. Journalism and Mass Communication

•      Alpana Rai for securing First position in Master of Visual Arts

•      Divyanka Sharma for securing First position in M.A./ M.Sc. Economics

•      Shivani Arora for securing First position in M.A. English

•      Yashasvini Rathore for securing First Position in M.A./M.Sc. Psychology

•      Divyanshi Bhatt for securing First position in M.A. Sociology

From the Undergraduate programmes in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, I invite:

•           Bhavika Shekhawat for securing First position in Bachelor of Arts (Journalism and Mass Communication)

•           Anupma Agarwal for securing First position in Bachelor of Visual Arts

•           Kenisha Somra for securing First position in B.A./B.Sc. (Honours) Economics

•                     Megha Sharma for securing First position in B.A. (Honours) English

•                     Latika Yadav for securing First position in B.A. (Honours) Political Science

•                     Pooja Varshney for securing First position in B.A./B.Sc. (Honours) Psychology

·                     Mehal Poonia for securing First position in Bachelor of Arts

From the Postgraduate programmes in the Faculty of Commerce and Management, I invite:           

•         Shruti Partani for securing First position in MBA (Trimester Scheme)

•         Deepinder Kaur Grewal for securing First position in MBA (Human Resource Management) (Semester Scheme)

•         Lakshita Goel for securing First position in MBA (International Business) (Semester Scheme)

•           Appala Swami for securing First position in M.Com. (Accounting and Taxation)

•         Ritu for securing First position in M.Com. (Business Studies)

•         Bhargavi Singh Tanwar for securing First position in M.Com. (Financial Studies)

From the Undergraduate programmes in the Faculty of Commerce and Management, I invite:

•           Ritika Khandelwal for securing First position in Bachelor of Business Administration

•           Sunidhi Jain for securing First position in B.Com. (Hons.) with Proficiency in Chartered Accounting

•           Samriddhi Srivastava for securing First position in B.Com. (Hons.) with Proficiency in Company Secretaryship

•           Karnika Jhunjhunwala for securing First position in B.Com. (Hons.) Accounting and Taxation

•           Chhavi Goyal for securing First position in B.Com. (Hons.) Business Studies

•           Ira Saxena for securing First position in B.Com. (Hons.) Financial Studies

•           Saloni Gupta for securing First position in B.Com. (Hons.) Human Resource Management

•           Tanishka Pant for securing First position in B.Com. (Hons.) International Business

•           Arthi Choudhary for securing First position in B.Com. (Hons.) Marketing and Retail Management

•           Samiksha Jain for securing First position in Bachelor of Commerce

•           For award of Merit Certificate, I invite Shristy Taksali for securing First position in MBA (Retail Management) (Semester Scheme)

From the Postgraduate programmes in the Faculty of Science, I invite:

• Abhilasha Gupta for securing First position in Master of Computer Applications        
• Priyanka Yadav for securing First position in M.Sc. (Biotechnology) 
• Sonalpreet Kaur for securing First position in M.Sc. (Botany)      
• Angelina Mary for securing First position in M.Sc. (Chemistry)
• Khem Kanwar for securing First position in M.Sc. (Environmental Science)
• Saumya Gautam for securing First position in M.Sc. Home Science (Foods & Nutrition)
• Nandini Kumawat for securing First position in M.Sc. Home Science (Human Development)
• Sona Kumari for securing First position in M.Sc. (Mathematics)
• Disha Pamecha for securing First position in M.Sc. (Microbiology)
• Chetna Yadav for securing First position in M.Sc. (Physics)
• Preeti Sharma for securing First position in M.Sc. (Zoology)

From the Undergraduate programmes in the Faculty of Science, I invite:

• Palak Goyal for securing First position in Bachelor of Computer Applications
• Pradeshika Semar for securing First position in B.Sc. (Fashion Technology)
• Deepali Rathore for securing First position in B.Sc. (Jewellery Design and Technology)
• Sonakshi Songra for securing First position in B.Sc. (Honours) Multimedia & Animation
• Riya Gupta for securing First position in B.Sc. (Honours) Chemistry
• Tejinder Kaur Chhabra for securing First position in B.Sc. (Honours) Zoology
• Shailja Dhabria for securing First position in B.Sc. (Home Science)
• Nifeeya Singh for securing First position in Bachelor of Science

The University also offers 36 Career Oriented and Skill Development Courses which are progressive in nature, offered to equip students with the skills to meet the requirements of various professional fields. Students pursuing regular degree programmes are eligible for enrolment in these courses. 

I invite the highest scorers of Advanced Diploma courses on the dais for the award of Merit Certificates:

• Vritika Vijay for securing First position in French

•  Ritika Kabra for securing First position in Fashion Designing

•  Kirti Goyal for securing First position in International Business

• Namandeep Kaur for securing First position in Jewellery Designing

• Rubel Agrawal for securing First position in Mass Communication and Video Production

• Monica Sharma for securing First position in Visual Arts in Sculpture

• Ajita Sethi for securing First position in Food Science & Quality Control

• Brijneeta Gupta for securing First position in Web Technology & Web Designing

I will now present the recipients of Endowment awards:

• Shiv-Saraswati Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining Highest marks in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the Undergraduate level is being awarded to Pooja Varshney of Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) Psychology

• Shiv-Saraswati Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining Highest marks in the Faculty of Commerce and Management at the Undergraduate level is being awarded to Ritika Khandelwal of B.B.A.

• Shiv-Saraswati Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining Highest marks in the Faculty of Science at the Undergraduate level is being awarded to Deepali Rathore of B.Sc. (Jewellery Design and Technology)

• Dr. Shanta-Narendra Bhanawat Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining Highest marks in Master of Arts (Journalism and Mass Communication) is being awarded to Akarti Chandrawat and Meenakshi Khandelwal

• Dr. Shanta-Narendra Bhanawat Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining Highest marks in Bachelor of Arts (Journalism and Mass Communication) is being awarded to Bhavika Shekhawat

• Hukam Kaur-Nand Ram Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining Highest marks in Master of Science (Physics) is being awarded to Chetna Yadav

• K.M. Sahai Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining Highest marks in Economics (Honours) is being awarded to Kenisha Somra

• Pawan  Bansal Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining Highest marks in Master of Commerce is being awarded to Ankita Gupta of M.Com. (Fashion Technology)

• Prem Chand Bakshi Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining Highest marks in Chemistry at the Undergraduate Level is being awarded to Nifeeya Singh

• Radhey Shyam Badhalia Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining Highest marks in Master of Visual Arts is being awarded to Alpana Rai

• Radhey Shyam Badhalia Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining Highest marks in Bachelor of Visual Arts is being awarded to Anupma Agarwal

• Ram Pyari-Surji Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining Highest marks in Physics at the Undergraduate level is being awarded to Nifeeya Singh

• J.P. Gupta Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining Highest marks in Mathematics at the Undergraduate Level is being awarded to Nifeeya Singh

• O.P. Bansal Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining Highest marks in Mass Communication & Video Production (Advanced Diploma) is being awarded to Rubel Agrawal

• Aditi Sanghi Memorial Award for outstanding performance in Sports is being awarded to Nivedita Rathore

Award of Degrees and Diplomas in Absentia

For this purpose the Rector & Registrar will request the Chancellor in the following words:

“Mr. Chancellor, I now request that in accordance with the grace passed by the Academic Council and the Board of Management, the candidates whose names are herewith submitted in the record of Degrees and Diplomas, but who could not be present in the Convocation, be admitted to their respective Degrees/Diplomas in Absentia.”

The Chancellor will confer degrees/diplomas on all such candidates in absentia by saying:

“By virtue of the authority vested in me as the Chancellor of the IIS University, I admit all those graduands of this University, who could not attend the Convocation to receive in person their degrees/ diplomas. I authorize them also to wear the robes ordained as the insignia of their degree/diploma and direct them in absentia to prove worthy of the same throughout their life by the acts and behaviour appropriate for their degrees and diplomas.”

Administration of the Oath

     (A sheet containing the Oath will be provided to all graduates)

 “May I request the Hon’ble Vice Chancellor to initiate and bless the graduates who have been conferred with the degrees and diplomas and the awardees of University Gold Medals, Merit Certificates and Endowment Award and administer the Oath to them.”

      The Rector & Registrar will say:

     “All graduates please rise.”

Convocation Address

• After a brief audio-visual presentation on the Chief Guest, the Vice-Chancellor will invite the Chief Guest to deliver the Convocation Address

Dissolution of the Convocation Proceedings

      “Mr. Chancellor, kindly permit for dissolution of the Convocation.”

      “I do permit.”

     “Mr. Vice-Chancellor, kindly dissolve the Fourth Convocation of the University”.

“With the permission of the Chancellor, I hereby dissolve the Fourth convocation of the University.”

 National Anthem

     “I request all to rise for the National Anthem.”

Return of the Procession

“The Academic procession will now leave the Convocation hall. You are all  requested to keep standing till all the members of the procession have left the  hall.”

 The return of the procession will be in the following order:

Convocation hall and after returning the academic dress all the designated counter proceed for lunch.

Group Photo

• The Dean, will then present the graduands for the award of degrees in person. He will
  • The Dean will announce:
  • The Dean, Science Faculty, will then request the degree recipients of Science Faculty to rise:
  • The Rector & Registrar will then request the dignitaries on the dais to award the University Gold Medals along with Merit Certificates to the toppers of different programmes and Endowment Award to the eligible graduate selected as per the conditions and criteria of the concerned award
  • She will invite the respective graduates one by one for receiving the Gold Medal / Endowment Award. The respective graduates will reach the stage when called by the Rector & Registrar, receive the gold medal / Endowment Award, bow slightly to show respect and then come back to take their seats
  • Before presenting the candidates, the Rector & Registrar will seek the permission of the Chancellor by saying:
  • The Chancellor will accord permission for the same by saying:
  • Rector & Registrar will announce :
  • The Rector & Registrar will then request the Chancellor to confer the degrees/diplomas on the graduands who have qualified for the award of various degrees/diplomas but have not been able to attend the Convocation.
  • The Rector & Registrar will then announce:
  • All the graduates and awardees will then rise and keep standing at their places to receive the initiation, blessings and the Oath.
  • The graduates will repeat the Oath sentence by sentence as the Vice Chancellor administers it to them. Thereafter, the graduates will bow slightly to express their  gratitude and take their seats
  • After the Convocation Address by the Chief Guest, Vice Chancellor will present memento to the Chief Guest
  • Thereafter, the Rector & Registrar will propose a Vote of Thanks.
  • The Rector & Registrar will then seek permission of the Chancellor for Convocation to be dissolved in the following words:
  • The Chancellor will say:
  • The Rector & Registrar will then request the Vice Chancellor to dissolve the Convocation by saying : 
  • The Vice Chancellor will then dissolve the Convocation in the following words:
  • The compère will announce :
  • All present in the hall will rise and remain standing till the National Anthem is over.
  •  The graduates and others will keep standing till all the members of the academic procession have left the Convocation hall.
  •  The compère will announce:
  • The guests may leave the hall 5 minutes after the procession has left the Convocation hall and proceed for lunch. 
  • The graduates may leave the Convocation Hall 5 minutes after the guests have left the
  • The members of the Academic Procession will assemble for a group photograph and then proceed for lunch.