IGNOU
CONVOCATIONS
|
Convocation |
Held
on |
Chief
Guest |
Designation |
Honoris
Causa Awarded | Number of Degrees / Diplomas / Certificates Awarded |
|
FIRST |
21.02.1989 |
SHRI
RAJIV GANDHI |
PRIME
MINISTER |
DR.
SHRIDATH S RAMPHAL, | 1171 |
|
SECOND |
27.04.1991 |
DR.
S.D. SHARMA |
VICE-PRESIDENT |
-- | 3807 |
|
THIRD |
25.04.1992 |
SHRI
ARJUN SINGH |
MINISTER
FOR HRD |
-- | 4907 |
|
FOURTH |
05.05.1993 |
SHRI
R. VENKATARAMAN |
FORMER
PRESIDENT OF INDIA |
PROF.
G. RAM REDDY, | 4444 |
|
FIFTH |
16.04.1994 |
PROF.
JAMES A MARAJ |
PRESIDENT,
COL |
PROF.
JAMES A MARAJ, PRESIDENT, COL | 7580 |
|
SIXTH |
06.05.1995 |
SHRI
MADHAV RAO SCINDIA |
MINISTER
FOR HRD |
-- | 9246 |
|
SEVENTH |
11.05.1996 |
JUSTICE
R.N. MISRA |
CHAIRMAN,
NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION |
-- | 12301 |
|
EIGHTH
|
08.03.1997 |
PROF.
MADHU DANDAVATE |
DY.
CHAIRMAN, PLANNING COMMISSION |
-- | 16149 |
|
NINTH |
07.03.1998 |
SHRI
KRISHAN KANT |
VICE-PRESIDENT |
-- | 25080 |
|
TENTH |
14.03.1999 |
DR.
KARAN SINGH |
MEMBER
OF PARLIAMENT |
MS.
MAHASWETA DEVI, EMINENT WRITER & SOCIAL WORKER | 33119 |
|
ELEVENTH |
04.03.2000 |
SHRI
K.C. PANT |
DY.
CHAIRMAN, PLANNING COMMISSION |
PROF.
V.C. KULANDAI SWAMY,
FORMER VC, IGNOU | 53328 |
|
TWELFTH |
03.03.2001 |
PROF
M G K MENON |
EMINENT
SCIENTIST |
-- | 62369 |
|
THIRTEENTH |
21.03.2002 |
PROF.
MURLI MANOHAR JOSHI |
HON’BLE
MINISTER FOR HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT |
-- | 78074 |
|
FOURTEENTH |
22.02.2003 |
SIR
JOHN DANIEL |
ASSTT
DIRECTOR GENERAL, UNESCO AND FORMER VICE-CHANCELLOR, UK OPEN UNIVERSITY |
1. SIR JOHN DANIEL | 81931 |
|
FIFTEENTH |
21.02.2004 |
DR.
K. KASTURIRANGAN |
FORMER
CHAIRMAN, INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS; AND FORMER SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT
OF SPACE, GOVT. OF INDIA; AND |
1.
FIELD MARSHAL S.H.F.J.
MANEKSHAW 2.
H.H. SHAIKH KHALIFA BIN SALMAN AL-KHALIFA | 74603 |
|
SIXTEENTH |
05.03.2005 |
His
Excellency Dr. A.P. J. Abdul Kalam |
President
of India |
1.
Dr. Kamil Idris, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organisation
(WIPO), Geneva 2.
Dr. G. Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO | 71298 |
|
SEVENTEENTH | 18.02.2006 | Dr.
Anil Kakodkar | Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India |
Sh.
N.R. Narayana Murthy, | 75174 |
| EIGHTEENTH | 17.3.2007 | Hon'ble
Justice K. G. Balakrishnan | Chief
Justice of India | Prof.
M. S. Swaminathan, Renowned Agricultural Scientist | 111699 |
| NINETEENTH | 16.2.2008 | Hon'ble Shri M. Hamid Ansari | Vice
President of India | 1.
Prof. C. N. R. Rao 2. Dr. Anil Kakodkar 3. Prof. M.S.Valiathan 4. Pandit Shiv Kumar 5. Prof. Rahman Rahi 6. Prof. Indira Goswami . | 101346 |