RGUHS celebrates 25th convocation, Pass percentage of UG students rises by 2.01 percent

Bengaluru: The pass percentage of the undergraduate medical students at Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) has significantly improved for the 2022-23 academic year, showing a rise of 2.01% as compared to the previous three years' performance. 

The pass percentage for 2022-2023 is 84.26%, which has increased from the percentages recorded during 2021-22 and 2020-21, which was around 82%. The officials have highlighted the change in evaluation system as the reason behind the improved performances. 

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On 10th June, RGUHS celebrated its 25th annual convocation at the J.N. Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru during which 49,560 eligible candidates would receive their degrees. There are around 41,700 candidates in undergraduates courses, 7,351 in postgraduate courses, 51 in Ph.D., 150 in super specialty courses, 22 in postgraduate diploma courses, 227 in fellowship courses, and nine in certificate courses. Around 97 students have received 108 gold medals, out of which 85 are girls and 12 are boys. 

The chief guest of the event was Justice Prasanna B. Varale, Chief Justice, High Court of Karnataka, who delivered the convocation address, with Governor of Karnataka and Chancellor of University, Thaawarchand Gehlot conferring the degree to the students. Dr. Sharanprakash Patil, Minister for Medical Education and Skill development was also present at the event.  

Speaking about the revised evaluation system, Dr. M.K. Ramesh, Vice Chancellor of RGUHS said, "This year, we have implemented the ‘best of two concept in the evaluation system. Best of two means, we will conduct two evaluations at a time, and of the two, the best marks will be considered for results." 

Further, he added, "Earlier also, we used to conduct two evaluations, and in case of more than 15% of marks deviation, we would conduct a third evaluation. Then we considered the average marks from the two. But this year, for the first time we conducted a main evaluation, and then we conducted a revaluation before the result. Then we will consider the marks of the best of two for the results." 

The honorary doctorate degree, ‘Doctor of Science’ was given to space scientist and Padma Vibhushan K. Kasturirangan, P. Satish Chandra, former director of NIMHANS, and M.K. Sudarshan, Chairman of Covid Task Force, reports the Hindu. 

The toppers were K. Deepti, from PES College of Pharmacy, Bengaluru in Pharma-D courses, and Rajani Panta from Padmashree Institute of MLT, Bengaluru in Allied Health Science Courses. Dr. K. Deepti, three gold medals in Pharm-D course said, "We are from Ballari and settled in Hyderabad, Telangana. Through the KCET, I got a government quota seat in the PES College of Pharmacy as a ‘Horanadu Kannadiga’. I never expected this rank. I studied normally in college, but now I feel very happy. I am planning to pursue a master’s in cancer medicine at Queen’s University at Belfast."