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Convocation

2023

Saturday, 1 July 2023

Chief Guest & Honorary Doctorates

Chief Guest Sri Gopalkrishna Gandhi delivered the keynote address

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GOPALKRISHNA GANDHI

Former Governor of West Bengal

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Dr Sujatha Rao was conferred with a Honorary Doctorate for her contribution to Public Health

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SUJATHA RAO

Former Union Secretary, GOI

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Dr Suchitra Ella was conferred with a Honorary Doctorate for her contribution to Science and Entrepreneurship

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SUCHITRA ELLA

Managing Director, Bharath Biotech

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Recipients of Honorary Doctorates

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Graduates

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GOPALKRISHNA GANDHI

Gopalkrishna Gandhi (b. 1945) read English Literature and History at St Stephen’s College, Delhi University, India and, entering the Indian Administrative Service, held administrative positions in Tamil Nadu and at the national headquarters. He was Secretary to the President of India, Director of The Nehru Centre in the High Commission of India, London, High Commissioner for India in South Africa, Lesotho, Sri Lanka, and Ambassador of India in Norway and Iceland. He was Governor of West Bengal from 2004 to 2009 and briefly acted as Governor of Bihar, also during the same period. Distinguished Professor of History at Ashoka University, Sonepat, India, Gopalkrishna Gandhi and his wife Tara, who is an ornithologist and nature conservationist, live in Chennai and Bengaluru, spending as much time as both can in the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu.

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SUJATHA RAO

K Sujatha Rao served as Union Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for the Government of India until 2010, where she was involved in the first-ever national programme for non-communicable diseases; the process for a national policy for use of antibiotics; and introducing vaccines in public health. Previously she was Director General of the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) from 2006-2009, where she was instrumental in establishing systems and building up NACO with a capacity to implement programs with a five-fold budget increase. She has represented India on boards of the WHO, Global Fund and UNAIDS. Ms Rao was previously a Takemi Fellow for International Health at the Harvard School of Public Health (1993). She is currently the first Gro Harlem Brundtland Senior Leadership Fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health.

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SUCHITRA ELLA

Suchitra Ella is the Managing Director of Bharat Biotech, which she co-founded with Dr Krishna M Ella in 1996. With experience in Customer Operations, Finance, Marketing and Business Development, she is a strong pillar of support and guidance at Bharat, overseeing a wide range of operations in the company.

Suchitra Ella is also the Chairperson of CII - Southern Region and Indian Women Network. She serves on the Boards of ISB Well Wisher’s Trust and United Way Hyderabad—an International Charity Partner focused on social empowerment in local communities, with focus on livelihoods, health and education. She was a former Board member of TTD. She strongly believes in corporate citizenship and social responsibility, and she spearheads the CSR initiatives of the company.

Suchitra Ella holds a BA in Economics and Social Sciences from the University of Madras. She followed this up with a Diploma in Business Development from UWCU—Madison, Diploma in Real Estate Management from University of South Carolina, and Post-graduate Diploma in Patent Law from NALSAR—Hyderabad.

Several awards have been conferred on her, including Padma Bhushan, India's third highest Civilian Award, South Indian Business Achievers Award 2016, Zee TV Best Women Entrepreneur Award, SAARC Women Entrepreneur Award, Women in Healthcare Award - Golden Jubilee Biotech Park for Woman Society, FICCI FLO Influential Women Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Biotech Industry, to name a few.

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