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TIRUNELVELI: A PhD graduate from Manonmaniam Sundaranar College refused to obtain her diploma from Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi in the course of the convocation program. The occasion, held on the V.O.C. Auditorium on the college campus, noticed TN Governor R N Ravi, who can also be the college chancellor, conferring levels on college students. Of the 37,376 college students from 104 affiliated schools and the college, 759 have been current to obtain their levels instantly from the Governor, together with 650 PhD recipients.
As per the same old follow, levels have been handed to college students earlier than they went on stage, the place the Governor would then personally current them. Nevertheless, in a shock transfer, one pupil, recognized as Jean Joseph from Kottar, Nagercoil, bypassed the Governor and obtained her diploma from Vice-Chancellor Chadrasekar as a substitute.
#WATCH | Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu | PhD pupil from MDT Hindu School refuses to obtain diploma from Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi (13.08)
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Chatting with the media, Jean Joseph defined that she took the choice as a result of she believes the Governor “has achieved nothing for Tamil Nadu or the Tamil language.”
She added, “Many others are extra certified to current levels such because the Chief Minister or the Schooling Minister. It must be the scholar’s selection from whom to obtain the diploma. My fellow college students appreciated my resolution. If it have been flawed, nobody would have congratulated me. I do not need to take my diploma from somebody who doesn’t respect our land, language, and identification.”
Jean Joseph accomplished her B.Com at Hindu School, Nagercoil, pursued MCA at Mepco School, Sivakasi, and not too long ago earned her PhD in Human Useful resource Administration from Manonmaniam Sundaranar College.
The incident comes towards the backdrop of ongoing tensions between Governor Ravi and the ruling DMK and its allies, who’ve repeatedly criticised him for his controversial remarks. Notably, Jean Joseph’s husband, Rajan, is the district pupil wing secretary of the DMK.
