Students to wear Himachali attire during convocation

Instead of wearing dreary black gowns during convocation ceremony, degree holders of Himachal Pradesh university will now wear colourful Himachali dress while receiving their degrees.
The Executive Committee of the University which met here today accepted the recommendations of the committee set up by Vice chancellor Prof A D N Bajpai to suggest alternative dress for convocation.
The committee has recommended colourful Himachali dresses to be donned by degree holders at the time of convocation.
The EC also approved Rs 177.50 crore budget for 2016-17, leaving uncovered deficit of Rs 20.36 crore.
The expenditure of the University has been pegged at Rs 177.50 crore against an income of Rs 157.13 crore which included government grant of Rs 90 crore and Rs 67.13 crore from its own resources by the University.

The Vice chancellor said that the thrust would be on research and academic activities and problems faced by students due to implementation RUSA (Rashtriya Uchhatar Shiksha Abhiyan) would be sorted out.