Kolkata: Jadavpur University (JU) will not hold a special convocation this year, where honorary DLitt and DSc degrees are conferred upon distinguished persons. Instead, it will hold the annual convocation on Dec 24.JU VC Chiranjib Bhattacharjee has written to higher education dept twice seeking a nod to convene an EC meeting to decide over the chief guest and conferring the Honoris Causa of the convocation but had not received any response. An official said, “Since we did not get the nod to hold EC, it has not been possible to discuss details about special convocation. There is hardly any time left. So, we will hold an annual convocation on Dec 24.”
