LUCKNOW, Aug. 27 -- Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU) vice-chancellor prof Mittal announced that Union defence minister Rajnath Singh will be the chief guest at the 11th Convocation Ceremony of the University on August 29. A total of 8,551 graduating students spanning the academic years 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026, alongside 19 backlog candidates, will receive their degrees.

This was revealed during a press conference held at the university on Wednesday.

Female scholars have outperformed their male counterparts, securing 342 out of the total 508 gold medals to be conferred across four graduating years.

Under the open category, female students claimed 153 gold medals compared to 77 by male students. Similarly, in the SC/ST cat...