Convocation Orgenised

S.No.	Convocation	Year/Date	Chief Guest
01	1st Convocation	Feb.17.1966	Shri D.P. Mishra, Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh
02	2nd Convocation	Jan. 05. 1967	Shri K.C.Reddy, Kuladhipati & Governor of Madhya Pradesh
03	3rd Convocation	Mar.11.1969	Rashtrakavi & Padma Bhushan Shri Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
04	4th Convocation	Feb.14.1970	Shri Y.B.Chouhan, Home Minister, Government of India
05	5th Convocation	Apr.25.1971	Shri S.N.Sinha, Kuladhipati & Governor of Madhya Pradesh
06	6th Convocation	Feb.27.1983	Prof. A.M. Khushro, Ex-Vice-Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University,
07	7th Convocation	Mar.02.1984	Prof. Raish Amhed, Chairman, University Grants Commission, Delhi
08	8th Convocation	Nov.08.2001	Shri Arun Jaitley, Minister Law & Justice, Government of India
09	9th Convocation	May.12.2003	Shri Nitesh Kumar, Minister for Agricuture, Government of India
10	10th Convocation	Jan. 28. 2004	Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, President of India
11	11th Convocation	Apr.16.2005	Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Ex. Prime Minister, Government Of India
12	12th Convocation	Feb.27. 2006	Dr. Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Knowledge Commission
13	13th Convocation	Jan. 27. 2007	Dr. R. Chidambaram, Principal Scientist Adviser to the Government Of India
14	14th Convocation	Jan. 10. 2008	Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Atomic Energy Commission of India
15	15th Convocation	Jan. 12. 2009	Dr. G. Madhwan Nayar, Chairman ISRO
16	16th Convocation	Jan. 17. 2010	Padma Shri Govind Swarup, GMRT
17	17th Convocation	Feb.02.2011	Dr. K. Radhakrishnan Chairman, ISRO
18	18th Convocation	Jan. 14. 2012	Dr. T.Ramasami, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
19	19th Convocation	Feb.24.2013	Prof. VedPrakash, Chairman, University Grants Commission New Delhi
20	20th Convocation (Golden Jubilee)	July 26. 2014	Shri Pranab Mukherjee, President Of India
21	21st Convocation	Feb.21. 2015	Prof. Goverdhan Mehta, Lilly Jubilant Chair Professor, University Of Hyderabad
22	22nd Convocation	Aug. 10. 2016	Padma Vibhushan Dr. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, Emeritus Professor, IUCAA Pune
23	23rd Convocation	May.9. 2017	Padmabhushan Prof. Asis Datta, Distinguished Emeritus Scientist

List of Honoris Causa Recipients

S.No.	Convocation	YEAR	Name of Honoris Causa Recipients
01	1st Convocation	1966	Shri D.P.Misra, Chif Minister, Madhya Pradesh
02	4th Convocation	1970	Justice M. Hidaytulla, Chief Justice of India
03	9th Convocation	2003	Shri Yeshwant Sinha, Foreign Minister, Government of India
			Dr. Manmohan Singh, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha,
			Shri B.H.Brij Kishor, Chairman
			Shri Pardesi Ram Verma, Hindi & Chhattisgarhi Writer
			Shri Jaidev Baghel, Bronce Metal Artist, Kondagaon Bastar
04	12th Convocation	2006	Padma Bhushan Shrimati Tijan Bai, Pandwani Gayika,
			Prof. Joseph H. Hamiltan, University Scientist ( America)
05	13th Convocation	2007	Dr. R.Chidmbram, Principal Scientific Adviser, Government Of India
			Krishi Pandit Narayan Bhai Chouda
06	14th Convocation	2008	Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission & Secretary, Atomic Energy Dept. Government Of India
07	15th Convocation	2009	Dr. G.Madhvan Nayar, Chairman, ISRO
08	16th Convocation	2010	Padma Shri Dr. Govind Swarup, Ex. Director, National Radio For Radio Astrophysics, T.I.F.R.Bombey
09	17th Convocation	2011	Dr. K. Radhakrishnan , Chairman,ISRO
10	18th Convocation	2012	Dr. T.Ramasami, Secretary, Science and Technology Dept. Government Of India
11	19th Convocation	2013	Prof. VedPrakash, Chairman ,University Grants Commission
12	21st Convocation	2015	Prof. Goverdhan Mehta,Lilly Jubilant Chair Professor, University Hyderabad
13	22nd Convocation	2016	Padma Vibhushan Dr. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, Emeritus Professor, IUCAA Pune
14	23rd Convocation	2017	Padmabhushan Prof. Asis Datta, Distinguished Emeritus Scientist

Break up of degree awarded during convocation

S.No.	Convocation	YEAR	No. of Ph.D. Degree awarded
01	10th Convocation	2003-04	93
02	11th Convocation	2004-05	121
03	12th Convocation	2005-06	86
04	13th Convocation	2006-07	87
05	14th Convocation	2007-08	115
06	15th Convocation	2008-09	142
07	16th Convocation	2009-10	158
08	17th Convocation	2010-11	136+D.Lit 01
09	18th Convocation	2011-12	114+D.Lit 02
10	19th Convocation	2012-13	119+D.Lit 01
11	20th Convocation	2013-14	184
12	21th Convocation	2014-15	78
13	22nd Convocation	2015-16	215
14	23rd Convocation	2016-17	120