Jaipur : The picturesque JK Lakshmipat University (JKLU) campus in Jaipur basked in the glory of successful students on Sunday as 295 graduates received degrees and diplomas across engineering, management and design disciplines at the 13th Annual Convocation of the university.
Female graduates outshone their male peers as they grabbed 9 out of 10 gold medals that were conferred to outstanding students.
Mr. R. Gopalakrishnan, renowned author, corporate advisor, and former Director of Tata Sons Limited, graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and congratulated the whole graduating class.
Noting the excellence exhibited by the female graduates, he said, “Unless this country can get more economic output out of women, it is quite unlikely that our GDP growth will surpass 9 or 10 percent. If women’s employment increases and their contribution to the economy grows, our GDP will go up. This is the most gratifying thing about the future in India.”
“How to stay relevant is a challenge that everybody will face over the years. Try to stay up to date with all the latest technology like AI, but also try to learn a new language. Your performance and your success in your professional and personal lives will depend not on your technical knowledge, but your ‘human knowledge.’ How well you get along with people will play critical role in your life,” he said.
The event coincided with JKLU’s Founder’s Day, which is celebrated on the birth anniversary of visionary leader and entrepreneur Lala Lakshmipat Singhania.
JKLU Pro Chancellor, Mr. Harsh Pati Singhania welcomed all dignitaries, guests and students at the ceremony and highlighted the JK Group’s 140-year legacy of excellence and nation-building while paying rich tribute to Lala Lakshmipat Singhania for pioneering contribution to India’s industrial growth and social transformation.
Delivering the Founder’s Day speech, Mr. Singhania said, “Lala Lakshmipat Singhania believed that quality education is the right of every citizen of our country. He inspired the JK Group to set up numerous education institutions and research centres in the fields of sociology, applied physics, radiology and cancer much before most businesses recognized the term corporate social responsibility. The JK Group runs 40 schools, five institutes for vocational studies and five higher education institutes, imparting education to over 50,000 students.”
“In an increasingly dynamic and technology-driven environment where facts evolve rapidly, what truly endures is the capability to question, reason and envision new possibilities. At its core, education is about building intellectual agility, the ability to approach unfamiliar challenges with curiosity, assess evidence with sound judgement and innovate with a sense of responsibility,” he said.
Calling learning as a “life-long mandate”, he advised the students to continue investing in their own growth.
JKLU Vice Chancellor Professor Vijaysekhar Chellaboina presented the annual report, featuring the university’s academic progress and achievements over the past year.
Out of the 295 degrees and diplomas awarded at the 13th convocation, 103 were Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech), 94 Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), 49 Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA), 40 Bachelor of Design (B.Des), 3 Master of Design (M.Des), 5 PhD and 1 PG Diploma.
Wishing the students success, Professor Chellaboina said, “As you move ahead, remember that your personal and professional lives are not separate journeys. A meaningful professional life is the foundation of a stable personal life. The world of work is changing at a breathtaking pace. Today AI is redefining skills; tomorrow something else will. One thing is certain, what you learned in university is your starting point, not your entire toolkit. You will have to learn, unlearn and relearn throughout your life.”
“Over the years, I have learned something simple but powerful: skills fade, talent evolves but your character endures. And if I could leave you with three qualities that will carry you through every challenge, they would be: Sensitivity, the insight to sense situations deeply and understand people; humility, the grace to stay grounded no matter how high you rise; and curiosity, the spark that keeps you alive, relevant and growing,” he added.
The gold medalists were Manasvi Jain (B.Tech CSE Topper), Poorna Bhati (Best B.Tech Student), Khushi Agarwal (BBA Topper), Kavisha Gupta (Best BBA Student), Shruti Kumari (B. Des. Integrated Communication Topper), Naomika Dwidesh & Jasmine Kaur (Best B.Des Students), Trisha Roy (BCA Topper & Best Student) and Anay Sinhal (Dr. Kavita Choudhary Award for Best Outgoing Student in B.Tech. CSE).
Dignitaries present at the ceremony included Members of JKLU’s Board of Management and Academic Council, Directors of the Institutes of Engineering and Technology, Management, and Design. JKLU’s Registrar & CFO, CA KK Maheshwari, and Controller of Examinations, Dr Umesh Gupta were among the dignitaries.
Founded in 2011, JKLU has earned national and global recognition through prestigious awards and rankings. It was recently rated AAA+ in India’s Best Engineering Institutes category by Careers360.
Its Engineering programme was ranked 54th among all private universities in India and the BBA programme was ranked 70th among all universities in India by India Today. IIRF ranked JKLU 64th in India and 9th in Rajasthan among new age private universities (overall ranking).
In the global Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, JKLU was ranked No. 1 in Rajasthan for SDG 8 (decent work and economic growth) and No. 2 in Rajasthan for SDG 5 (gender equality).
The Institute of Design was honored with the prestigious Don Norman Design Award (DNDA) in Education this year for transforming learning and cultivating the next generation of humanity-centred designers.
