Maha: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari conferred with honorary Doctor of Science degree

Nagpur: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has been conferred with an honorary degree of Doctor of Science (DSc) by Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidhyapeeth in Maharashtra's Akola.

Governor and Chancellor of public universities Bhagat Singh Koshyari awarded the degree to the Union minister for road transport and highways at the 36th convocation ceremony of the university.

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Former Vice-Chancellor Dr Motilal Madan, VC Dr Vilas Bhale, registrar, deans of faculty, professors, teachers and graduating students were present on the occasion.

Graduates who received gold medals and other prizes were felicitated on the occasion.

Nitin Gadkari is the current Minister for Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India. He is also the longest-serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways currently running his tenure for over 7 years.

During his adolescence, he worked for the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and the student union Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. He completed his M.Com. and L.L.B. from Nagpur University.

He addressed several meetings between private investors, contractors, builders and various trade organisations and diverted large amounts of budgeted projects towards privatisation. The Union Government appointed him as the Chairman of the National Rural Road Development Committee. 

The 36th convocation of the Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth has been organized on Thursday, July 7. This year, 3,646 students (undergraduate, postgraduate and professor) will be given various degrees by the Vidyapeeth, reports Navbharat.

On this occasion the Registrar Dr Surendra Kalbande, Director of Extension Education Dr Rajendra Gade, and Dr Kishore Bidve were present.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari wrote on Twitter: 36th Convocation Program of Dr Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola

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