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THE PROCEDURE: (a) The Executive Council shall, from time to time, lay down the procedures to be followed at the Convocation by an ordinance. (b) The Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, the Chief Guest, recipients of Honorary Degrees, Registrar, Deans / Chairpersons of the Faculties, and members of the Executive Council / Academic Senate shall wear the academic robes prescribed and assemble at the place allotted for supplication of Graces at the appointed hour. Arrangements shall be made on the dais in the Assembly of Graces for the seating of the Chancellor, the Vice- Chancellor, and the Registrar, with the Chancellor seated at the centre. The Chief Guest, the recipients of the Honorary Degrees, the Deans / Chairpersons of the Faculties and other members of the Executive Council shall be seated opposite to the Chancellor. (c) The Graces of the Executive Council for admission of the candidates to the several Degrees shall be supplicated in the alphabetical order of the Faculties by the Dean of the School concerned. In the absence of the Chairperson of any School, the Grace shall be supplicated by the person authorized by the Vice- Chancellor. (d) The formula to be used for each Grace shall mutatis mutandis be as follows: “Mr. Chancellor, I move that a Grace of the Executive Council be passed on those persons whom the Executive Council on the reports of the Examiners has certified to be qualified for the degree of .............. and they be admitted to that degree”. (e) Whereupon the Chancellor shall put the question, “Doth it please you that this Grace be passed?” and the Executive Council assenting, the Chancellor shall say: “This Grace is passed”. (f) When all the Graces have been passed, the Chancellor, the Vice- Chancellor, the Chief Guest, the recipients of the Honorary Degrees, Chairpersons of the Faculties and members of the Executive Council and the Registrar shall proceed in procession in pairs to the hall in which the Degrees are to be conferred. (g) The Chancellor’s chair on the dais in the Convocation Hall shall be arranged in such a way that it is slightly in advance in the row of chairs where he is seated. The Chancellor shall be at the centre of the row and he is flanked on the left side by the Vice-Chancellor and on the right side by the Chief Guest. The Chief Guest shall be seated next to the Vice-Chancellor, the recipients of Honorary Degrees on either side next to the Chief Guest. The Registrar shall be seated at the right side end. The Deans / Chairpersons of the Faculties and the members of the Executive Council shall be seated in the second and third rows behind leaving full space for the presentation of the candidates. (h) The candidates shall wear the gowns, hoods, and academic caps / turbans / fezzes pertaining to the respective Degrees and shall be seated opposite to the Chancellor. (i) On the procession entering the hall, the candidates shall rise and remain standing until the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Chief Guest, recipients of Honorary Degrees, Dean / Chairpersons of the Faculties, members of the Executive Council, and the Registrar have taken their seats. (j) The Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Chief Guest, recipients of Honorary Degrees, Deans / Chairperson of the Faculties, members of the Executive Council and the Registrar having taken their places, the Chancellor shall say: “The Convocation of -------- University has been called to confer Honorary Degrees and other academic distinctions on persons upon whom the Executive Council has decided to confer them and Degrees upon the candidates who have been certified worthy of these Degrees. Let the candidates be now presented.”. (k) Honorary Degrees, if any, shall be conferred immediately after the opening of the Convocation. The recipient(s) of such degree shall be presented ordinarily by the Vice-Chancellor who shall make a recital of the recipient’s qualifications and achievements of excellence. The recipient of the Honorary Degree shall remain standing when the citation is read. (l) The Chancellor or the Vice-Chancellor, in presenting the Honorary degree, shall say to the recipient:- “By virtue of the authority vested in me as the Chancellor (or Vice- Chancellor) of the ------ University, I admit you to the degree of ………… ……..(Honoris Causa) of this University on account of your eminent position and attainments, and in token thereof you have been presented with this degree, and I authorize you to wear the Robes ordained as the insignia of your degree”. Then he shall retire to his seat. Afterwards, the other Degrees will be conferred as per the procedure laid down for convocation. STATUTE No.23 CONFERMENT OF AUTONOMOUS STATUS OF AFFILIATED COLLEGES