category Regional, chandigarh, , tags Regional, chandigarh, , DW BUREAU Chandigarh Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker S. Kultar Singh Sandhwan and Animal Husbandry, Fisheries Dairy Development Minister S. Laljit Singh Bhullar today conferred the degrees to the students of PhD, Masters and Bachelors programmes during the third Convocation at Guru Angad Dev Veterinary Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana. During the ceremony, while S. Rupinder Singh Sodhi, President of the Indian Dairy Association was bestowed upon Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) for his praiseworthy contribution in developing the cooperative sector within the Indian dairy industry, a total of 315 degrees, 102 merit certificates and 17 gold medals were conferred on students who have successfully completed their academic programmes. Congratulating the students who received degrees after successfully completing the rigorous academic and research programmes in the university, their teachers and parents, Speaker S. Kultar Singh Sandhwan exhorted the students to work with honesty and dedication, keeping high targets to achieve fruitful results in life. He encouraged students to render their valuable services to the citizens of the country, invoking them to take up all types of challenges gracefully in their professional life so as to make significant contributions to uplift the livestock sector and, thereby, gearing up for progress of the country. He inspired the house to value their mother language for more impressive results in the professional and social life. Addressing the gathering, Punjab Cabinet Minister S. Laljit Singh Bhullar highlighted the contribution of GADVASU in producing knowledgeable, erudite and cultured citizens for the nation through chiseling their intellectual, technical and social skills. He also lauded the contribution of the livestock sector in the socio-economic development of the country and giving an impetus to the overall growth of the agriculture sector. While appreciating the achievements of girl students in academics, he stated that girl must be treated at par with the boys as they are the pillars of the family. (editor dailyworld.in)