COMMENCEMENT OF 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 :

Rector & Registrar

Members of AC Members of AC

Members of BOM Members of BOM

Deans Deans

Advisor Dean & Director, CRIT

Chief Guest Vice Chancellor

Chancellor

• 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.

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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 Seventh Convocation of IIS (deemed to be 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 IIS (deemed to be

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 Seventh 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 Seventh 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.”

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• 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 and the
merit position holders of different programmes at the postgraduate and undergraduate levels
for award of degrees in person. Thereafter position holders of different Career Oriented and
Skill Development Programmes shall be presented for the award of Advanced Diplomas in
person and then 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 Ph.D. Degree 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.”

Presenting of the Ph.D. degree recipients and merit position holders of different
Programmes by the Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences for award of
degrees/diplomas in person and then all the graduands in the faculty for conferment
of degrees/ diploma

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 IIS (deemed to be University),
the candidates whose names are herewith submitted for award of Ph.D. Degree; the
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 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 IIS (deemed to be

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. 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 Abhishika
Sharma, Meenakshi Rathore, Shivangi Padmaker and Vanshika Bhatia

For receiving the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Social Sciences in person, I call upon
Deepak Sharma, Preeti Agrawat and Sapna Newar

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: Ranu Burad, Akshita Bakliwal and Shilpa Kaushik

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Arts (Journalism &
Mass Communication) are: Diksha Mittal, Shriya Rajpal, Rama Choudhary, Kritika
Sharma and Bhanupriya Saini
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• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Social Work are:
Sonali Shrivastava and Arpita Hundawal

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Visual Arts are:
Chhavi Sharma, Sanjoli Jain and Jyoti Singh Chauhan

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:
Deepti Singh and Chanchal Jain

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Arts (English) are:
Mudita Choudhary, Richa Rathore, Shivangi Nathawat, Mariyam Khan and Akila
Muralidhar

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Arts (Psychology) are:
Anjali Singh Ranjeerot , Anjali Malik, Mansha Taneja, Kamini Wadhwani and Priyancy
Goyal

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Arts (Sociology) are:
Mamta Solanki, Deepali Ratra, Diksha Sinwar, Aditi Katara and Khushboo Godara

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: Mikky Jha, Priyanshi Rander, Monali Gupta, Radhika
Gupta, Anulekha Khandelwal, Garima Jain, Nida Khan, Priyul, Shaily Somani and Ayushee
Jain

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Visual Arts are:
Srishti Katiyar, Keerti Sharma, Shikha Agarwal, Sania Khan and Rajika Parnami

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: Anuja Mathur, Palak Jain, Pragati Sharma, Harshita Sharma and Aashi Jain

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in
English are: Anushka Yadav, Lavanya, Shubhangi Bhatnagar, Radhika Sharma and Mamta
Jangid

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• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in
Political Science are: Madhavi Krishna Gaur, Harshita Sharma, Prakruti Mishra, Mahak
Chhabra and Vartika Mishra

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in
Psychology are: Anju Udawat, Priyanshi Rathore, Archana Soni, Kirti Maheshwari and
Aditi Koli

• Position holders in their order of merit for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Arts are:
Surbhi Goyal, Vanya Sharma, Manisha Bajiya, Neha Yadav, Ayushi Gupta, Mehak Sood,
Muskan Narang, Riya Sharma, Bharti Gaba, Akshita Dayma

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: Shreya
Gupta, Jaya Bhati, Loveleen Sidana, Lata Khatri and Gargi Garg

• Position holders in the Advanced Diploma Programme in Mass Communication and

Video Production are: Harshita Sharma and Madhavi Purohit

• First Position holder in the Advanced Diploma Programme in Visual Arts (Applied Art)
is: Devika Shekhawat

• 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

• 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 graduands of Arts and Social Sciences please rise.”

• 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:

• “Mr. Chancellor, permit me to present to you in accordance with the grace passed by
the Academic Council and the Board of Management 404 candidates of the faculty of
Arts and Social Sciences for conferment of their degrees and diplomas.

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

• “By virtue of the authority vested in me as the Chancellor of IIS (deemed to be

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.

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 Ph.D. Degree 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 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.”

Presenting of the Ph.D. degree recipients and merit position holders of different
programmes by the Dean, Faculty of Commerce and Management for award of
degrees/ diplomas in person and then all the graduands in the Faculty for
conferment of degrees/ diplomas

A. 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 IIS (deemed to be University),
the candidates whose names are herewith submitted for award of Ph.D. Degree; 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
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 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 IIS (deemed to be

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
Deepika Kaurani, Meenu Joshi, Mitali Gupta, Nishi Bhardwaj, Shivani Lal, Shivangani
Rathore and Yamini Srolia

For receiving the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy in Management, in person, I call upon
Avni Sharma, Dhiraj Chauhan, Geeti Sharma, Isha Sharma, Jasleen Kaur Bajwa, Neha
Shekhawat, Nidhi Purohit and Shilpi Saxena

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: Harshita Rathi, Shivani Jain, Aishwarya Oscar,

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 Koyal Arora, Shafali Shah, Surbhi Gupta, Neetika Mathur, Poonam Jain, Unnati Kasat and
Monali Sajnani

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Business

Administration in Human Resource Management (Semester Scheme) are: Shubhra
Sharma, Simran Phutela, Pratiksha Jain, Cheshta Arora, Chahat Banka, Priya Lalwani,
Archana Singh, Puneet Brar, Harshita Yadav and Ashi Mangtani

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Business

Administration in International Business (Semester Scheme) are: Arushi Bhatia, Dolly
Jain, Nidhi Somani, Anjali Lakhi and Shreya Jain

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: Priyanka, Mudra Jain, Vratika Chouhan, Saumya Niharika
and Kanika Jain

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Commerce (Business
Studies) are: Mansi Jhorar, Yamini Agrawal, Shikha Mertia, Swati Chhabra and Ayushi
Gangwal

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Commerce (Financial
Studies) are: Jeenam Jakhar and Mahak Jain

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: Sonal Rathi, Shreya Partani, Aanchal Khatwani, Aashi Jain, Muskan
Nachrani, Karishma Mangtani, Shreya Goyal, Shreya Hissaria, Surbhi Agarwal, Apeksha
Kulshrestha and Sonali Kumari

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:

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Commerce

(Honours) Applied Accounting & Finance are: Rushali Sachdeva, Aashna Lalwani, Ritu
Murjani, Meemansa Garg and Diksha Jain

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Commerce

(Honours) with Proficiency in Chartered Accounting are: Yukti Sharma, Anjali Garg and
Neetu

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 • Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Commerce
(Honours) with Proficiency in Company Secretaryship are: Dimple Gangwal, Aashima
Sharma and Anjali Jain

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Commerce

(Honours) in Accounting and Taxation are: Simran Makker, Ruby Pagariya, Anisha
Gadia, Ayushi, Jyoti, Shruti Parakh, Ambuja, Muskan Garg, Shreya Parakh and Bharti
Kumari

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Commerce

(Honours) in Business Studies are: Laveena Sankhla, Malika Mathur, Sukhman
Randhawa, Shivangi Mathur, Preksha, Garima Agrawal, Priyanka Mehta, Stuti Kabra,
Shreya Surana and Nandini Dhoundiyal

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Commerce

(Honours) in Financial Studies are: Pragati Rajoria, Saloni Suneja, Vasundhara, Khushboo
Nachrani, Meenakshi Damariya, Riya Jain, Navya Vasisth, Aarti Agarwal, Garima Agrawal
and Priyal Jain

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Commerce

(Honours) in Human Resource Management are: Riddhi Goyal, Deepika Goyal, Aditi
Toshniwal, Muskan Bindlish and Riya Jain

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Commerce

(Honours) in International Business are: Prachi Kothari, Muskan Goyal, Anushka Gupta,
Tanya Yadav and Sonali Agarwal

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Commerce

(Honours) in Marketing and Retail Management are: Pragya Goyal, Shivani Jain and
Shivanjali Vashistha

• Position holders in their order of merit in the Bachelor of Commerce programme are:
Shrasti Singh, Mansi Bansal, Jyoti Jangid, Shruti Sharma, Shivani Rajawat, Saloni Sodhani,
Pooja Legha, Sukita Jhalora, Kirti Chauhan and Shilpa Sharma

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.

• Position holders in the Advanced Diploma Programme in Banking Insurance and

Equity Services are: Riya Jain, Aanchal Sharma, Ratisha Yadav, Ashi Gupta and Ankita
Sharma

• Position holders in the Advanced Diploma programme in International Business are:

Jenika Jaiswal, Ritika Badera and Rai Shailja Vinay

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
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B. CONFERMENT OF DEGREES AND DIPLOMA ON ALL THE GRADUANDS OF
THE FACULTY OF COMMERCE & MANAGEMENT

• 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 graduands of Commerce & Management please rise.”

• 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 in the Faculty of Commerce and Management for
conferment of their degrees/diplomas 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 832 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 IIS (deemed to be

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.”

After conferment of degrees 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.

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 by the Chancellor. I request the Dean to present the recipients of the
Ph.D. Degree first and then the Merit Position holders of different programmes at
postgraduate 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

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 faculty may be presented for conferment of their degrees and diplomas by the
Chancellor.”

Presenting of the Ph.D. degree recipient and the merit position holders of different
programmes by the Dean, Faculty of Science for award of degrees/ diplomas in person and
then all the graduands in the Faculty for conferment of degrees / diplomas

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 IIS (deemed to be University),
the candidates whose names are herewith submitted for award of Ph.D. Degree; 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,
and then all the graduands in the faculty of Science for conferment of their degrees/
diplomas.”

• The Chancellor will accord permission in the following words:

• “By virtue of the authority vested in me as the Chancellor of IIS (deemed to be

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 Science 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

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 vii) Advanced Diploma in COSD programme

• The Dean will announce:

“For receiving the Degrees of Doctor of Philosophy in Science, in person, I call upon Anita
Chauhan, Anita Yadav, Deepika Singh, Keshu Lal Jawaria, Kirti Joshi, Mamta Dadhich, Preeti
Tiwari, Priyanka Mathur, Priyanka Verma, Ruchi Middha, Shweta Singh and Sonal Jain

Now I invite the Merit Position holders of Professional programmes at the Postgraduate level
in the Faculty of Science for receiving their degrees in person.

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Computer

Applications are: Khushboo Bhardwaj, Jyoti Gupta, Aditya Sharma, Surya Pratap Singh
and Anchal Mehta

Now I invite the Merit Position holders of other programmes at the Postgraduate level in the
Faculty of Science for receiving their degrees in person:

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Science

(Biotechnology) are: Aishwarya Tanwar, Apoorva Kagla, Kritika Katuva, Yasha Singh and
Shivangi Singh Shishodia

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Science (Botany) are:
Surbhi Kumawat,Yamini Sharma, Swasti Verma, Shweta Soni and Seema Kanwar

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Science (Chemistry)
are: Pooja, Pranshi Bansal, Anjali Sharma, Rinkey Gupta and Komal Gupta
• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Science
(Environmental Science) are: Stuti Bhatnagar, Rajita Patni and Sawni Gupta

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Science (Home
Science) in Foods and Nutrition are: Ruchika Gahlot, Damini Soni, Archita Kala, Srishti
Mathur and Diksha Mittal

• Position holder in their order of merit in the programme Master of Science (Home Science)
in Human Development are: Gunjan Jhamb and Nikita Sharma

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Science (Geography)
are: Mallika Choudhary, Sonal Choudhary and Nidhi Agarwal

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Science

(Mathematics) are: Anju, Nisha Kumari and Suman Choudhary

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Science

(Microbiology) are: Meenakshi Rajput, Kavya Nigam, Manju Yadav, Sehal Mishra and
Varsha Nair

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• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Science (Physics) are:
Asmaa Singhal, Swati Agarwal, Siddhi Kaushal, Ruchi Kapoor and Santosh Kumawat

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Master of Science (Zoology) are:
Karuna Agrawal, Deepali Sharma, Kusum Rani, Baby and Samiksha Shekhawat

I now invite the Merit Position holders of Professional programmes at the undergraduate
level in the Faculty of Science for receiving their degrees in person.

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Computer

Applications are: Vrashti Jain, Srishti Dwivedi, Kritika Jangid, Mansi Maheshwari and
Garima Agarwal

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Science (Fashion
Technology) are: Aditi Vyas, Sonali Khariwal, Jyoti Yadav, Stuti Gupta and Shreya Garg

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Science (Jewellery
Design and Technology) are: Unnati Agarwal, Ayushi Bhadani, Ayesha Naseem, Akshi
Modi and Sushmita Mandawaria

I, now invite the merit position holders of Honours and Pass Course programmes at the
undergraduate level in the Faculty of Science for receiving their degrees in person.
• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Science (Honours) in
Chemistry are: Sakshi Jain, Asmat, Deeksha Gopaliya, Monika Jangir and Alisha Grover

• Position holders in their order of merit in the programme Bachelor of Science (Honours) in
Zoology are: Aditi Lohia, Rashmi Singh, Shefali Parashar and Ankita Kanwar

• First Position holder in the programme Bachelor of Science (Home Science) is: Chetana

• Position holders in their order of merit in the Bachelor of Science programme are: Anchal
Phutela, Tamanna Balwada, Himani Tripathi, Mayanka Mehrish, Poornima Mohanan, Nidhi
Maharwal, Radhika Lohiya, Palindhi Verma, Sonakshi Puri and Tanisha Ameriya

Now I invite the Merit Position holders of Advanced Diploma courses of Career Oriented and
Skill Development programmes in the Faculty of Science for the award of diplomas, in
person.

• Position holders in the Advanced Diploma Programme in Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics
are: Alisha Grover and Chetna Soni

• Position holders in the Advanced Diploma Programme in Integrated CAD & Graphic
Designing are: Devanshi Jain and Riya Nandwani

• 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:
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 • The Dean, Science Faculty, will then request the degree recipients of Science Faculty to
rise:

“All graduands of Science, please rise.”

• 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 546 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 IIS (deemed to be

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

• 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:

• “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
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 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.”

• The Chancellor will accord permission for the same by saying:

“I Permit.”

• Rector & Registrar will announce :

“I request the Chief Guest, Shri Manu Agarwal, Founder and CEO, Naaptol.com, to 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:

• Ranu Burad for securing First position in M.A./M.Com./M.Sc. Fashion Technology

• Diksha Mittal for securing First position in M.A. Journalism and Mass Communication

• Sonali Shrivastava for securing First position in Master of Social Work

• Chhavi Sharma for securing First position in Master of Visual Arts

• Deepti Singh for securing First position in M.A./ M.Sc. Economics

• Mudita Choudhary for securing First position in M.A. English

• Anjali Singh Ranjeerot for securing First Position in M.A./M.Sc. Psychology

• Mamta Solanki for securing First position in M.A. Sociology

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

• Mikky Jha for securing First position in B.A. Journalism and Mass Communication

• Srishti Katiyar for securing First position in Bachelor of Visual Arts

• Anuja Mathur for securing First position in B.A./B.Sc. (Honours) Economics

• Anushka Yadav for securing First position in B.A. (Honours) English

• Madhavi Krishna Gaur for securing First position in B.A. (Honours) Political Science

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• Anju Udawat for securing First position in B.A./B.Sc. (Honours) Psychology

• Surbhi Goyal for securing First position in Bachelor of Arts

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

• Harshita Rathi for securing First position in MBA (Trimester Scheme)

• Shubhra Sharma for securing First position in MBA (Human Resource Management)
(Semester Scheme)
• Arushi Bhatia for securing First position in MBA (International Business) (Semester
Scheme)

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

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

• Jeenam Jakhar for securing First position in M.Com. (Financial Studies)

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

invite:

• Sonal Rathi for securing First position in Bachelor of Business Administration

• Rushali Sachdeva for securing First position in B.Com. (Hons.) Applied Accounting &
Finance

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

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

• Simran Makker for securing First position in B.Com. (Hons.) Accounting and Taxation

• Laveena Sankhla for securing First position in B.Com. (Hons.) Business Studies

• Pragati Rajoria for securing First position in B.Com. (Hons.) Financial Studies

• Riddhi Goyal for securing First position in B.Com. (Hons.) Human Resource
Management

• Prachi Kothari for securing First position in B.Com. (Hons.) International Business

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

• Shrasti Singh for securing First position in Bachelor of Commerce

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

• Khushboo Bhardwaj for securing First position in Master of Computer Applications

• Aishwarya Tanwar for securing First position in M.Sc. (Biotechnology)

• Surbhi Kumawat for securing First position in M.Sc. (Botany)

• Pooja for securing First position in M.Sc. (Chemistry)

• Stuti Bhatnagar for securing First position in M.Sc. (Environmental Science)

• Ruchika Gahlot for securing First position in M.Sc. Home Science (Foods & Nutrition)

• Mallika Choudhary for securing First position in M.A./M.Sc. (Geography)

• Anju for securing First position in M.Sc. (Mathematics)

• Meenakshi Rajput for securing First position in M.Sc. (Microbiology)

• Asmaa Singhal for securing First position in M.Sc. (Physics)

• Karuna Agrawal for securing First position in M.Sc. (Zoology)

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

• Vrashti Jain for securing First position in Bachelor of Computer Applications

• Aditi Vyas for securing First position in B.Sc. (Fashion Technology)

• Unnati Agarwal for securing First position in B.Sc. (Jewellery Design and Technology)

• Sakshi Jain for securing First position in B.Sc. (Honours) Chemistry

• Aditi Lohia for securing First position in B.Sc. (Honours) Zoology

• Chetana for securing First position in Bachelor of Science (Home Science)

• Anchal Phutela for securing First position in Bachelor of Science

• For award of Merit Certificate, I invite Gunjan Jhamb for securing First position in M.Sc.
Home Science (Human Development)

The University also offers 36 Career Oriented and Skill Development Courses which are
progressive in nature, aiming 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 Plaques
and Merit Certificates:
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• Riya Jain for securing First position in Banking Insurance and Equity Services

• Alisha Grover for securing First position in Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics

• Shreya Gupta for securing First position in Fashion Designing

• Devanshi Jain for securing First position in Integrated CAD & Graphic Designing

• Jenika Jaiswal for securing First position in International Business

• Harshita Sharma for securing First position in Mass Communication and Video
Production

• Devika Shekhawat for securing First position in Visual Arts (Applied Art)

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 Surbhi Goyal of
Bachelor of Arts

• Shiv-Saraswati Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining Highest marks in the Faculty of
Commerce and Management at the undergraduate level is being awarded to Sonal Rathi of
Bachelor of Business Administration

• Shiv-Saraswati Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining Highest marks in the Faculty of
Science at the undergraduate level is being awarded to Unnati Agarwal 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 Diksha Mittal

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

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

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

• Pawan Bansal Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining Highest marks in Master of
Commerce is being awarded to Priyanka of M.Com. (Accounting & Taxation)

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

• Radhey Shyam Badhalia Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining Highest marks in Master of
Visual Arts is being awarded to Chhavi Sharma
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• Radhey Shyam Badhalia Memorial Gold Medal for obtaining Highest marks in Bachelor
of Visual Arts is being awarded to Srishti Katiyar

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

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

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

• Aditi Sanghi Memorial Award for outstanding performance in Sports is being awarded to
Pooja Chopra

AWARD OF DEGREES AND DIPLOMAS IN ABSENTIA

• 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.

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 (deemed to be
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 lives 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)

• The Rector & Registrar will then announce:

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 “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.”

• 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

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

• 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.

DISSOLUTION OF THE CONVOCATION PROCEEDINGS

• The Rector & Registrar will then seek permission of the Chancellor for Convocation to be
dissolved in the following words:

“Mr. Chancellor, kindly permit for dissolution of the 7th Convocation.”

• The Chancellor will say:

“I do permit.”

• The Rector & Registrar will then request the Vice Chancellor to dissolve the Convocation
by saying :

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

• The Vice Chancellor will then dissolve the Convocation in the following words:

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

NATIONAL ANTHEM

• The compère will announce :

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

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 • 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.

RETURN OF THE PROCESSION

• The compère will announce:

“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:

• 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

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

GROUP PHOTO

• The members of the Academic Procession will assemble for a group photograph and then
proceed for lunch.

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