Convocation

  • The Institute shall hold a convocation ceremony every year or after two years or as found convenient. Degree certificates shall be awarded at the convocation ceremony to the students who have successfully completed a degree course conducted by this Institute. The student shall apply for award of the degree certificate at the convocation in the prescribed application form and pay the necessary fees. Those students who apply for award of the degree certificate in-presentia shall be awarded the same at the convocation ceremony while students who apply for it in-absentia shall be sent the degree certificates by post.
  • The degree shall be conferred on the student with the approval of the Chancellor and the Director. It shall be signed by the Chancellor and/ the Director of the Institute.
  • As laid down in the Rules of the Institute, the Chancellor shall preside over the convocation ceremony and deliver the Chancellorial Address. The Chief Guest for the function shall be selected by the Management Council on the recommendation of the Academic Council. He shall be an eminent personality. He may be an eminent scholar in the subjects being studied at the Institute, or an administrator in the State or Central Governments such as a ministerial person, secretary, etc. He shall deliver the Convocation Address.
  • Since the degree certificate is very essential for a student in advancement of his career, the Institute shall be prompt in holding the convocation and awarding degree certificates to the students in time. In case, during a particular year, it is not possible for the Institute to hold a convocation function, in order to avoid delay in the award of degree certificates to the students, the Institute may present the certificates directly to the students. This provision may be made use of only under exceptional circumstances.

The 12th Convocation of Deccan College Postgraduate and Research Institute (Deemed to be University), Pune, took place on its 201 st Foundation Day, i.e. Thursday, 6th October 2022. Hon'ble Shri. Chandrakant Patil, Minister of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra, graced the occasion virtually as Chief Guest Hon'ble Prof. Jayant Udgaonkar , Director , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) , Pune , graced the occasion as Guest of Honour.

The function was presided over by Hon'ble Dr. Bibek Debroy, Chancellor, Deccan College . In total 241 students (15 belonging to MA Linguistics, 140 belonging to MA Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, 20 belonging to MA in Sanskrit and Lexicography, 03 belonging to M.Phil. in Linguistics, 17 belonging to M.Phil. in Archaeology, 01 belonging to M.Phil. in Sanskrit and Lexicography, 02 belonging to Ph.D. in Linguistics, 29 belonging to Ph.D. in AIHC and Archaeology and 14 belonging to Ph.D. in Sanskrit and Lexicography) were conferred degrees on this very special day. On this occasion , Prof. H.D. Sankalia Gold Medal, Dr. Amrit & Sau. Vimala Ghatage Cash Prize of Rs.10,000/- , Prof. Dinkar Khanderao Deshpande Memorial Cash Prize of Rs.10,000/- , Dr. G.G. Mujumdar Cash prize of Rs. 7500/- , Smt. Shantabai Dhavalikar Cash Prize of Rs.5000/-, Prof. M.S. Mate’s Cash Prize of Rs.2000/- , Sir Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar Cash prize of Rs. 2000/- , Late Shri. Manohar Vishnu Deshpande Cash prize of Rs. 2000/- and many such important prizes were also awarded to the meritorious students who had taken degrees during the academic years 2019-2022. The welcome speech was given by Prof. Pramod Pandey, Vice-Chancellor and vote of thanks was proposed by Prof. Prasad Joshi, Pro Vice-Chancellor.


University announces the following prizes for the M.A. and Ph. D. degree examinations in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Linguistics and Sanskrit & Lexicography held every year. The prizes are awarded at the Convocation of the University.


A.I.H.C. & Archaeology :
  1. Prof. H. D. Sankalia Gold Medal : Consisting of a Gold Medal who stood first in order of merit at the M.A. examination in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
  2. Smt. Shantabai Dhavalikar Cash Prize : Consisting of cash prize of Rs.5000/- who stood first in order of merit at the M.A. examination in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
  3. Prof. M. S. Mate’s Cash Prize : Consisting of cash prize of Rs.2000/- for securing highest marks in the paper entitled Arc. 401: Art and Architecture Part II (600 AD – 1200 AD) for the M.A. degree examination in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
  4. Dr. Malti Nagar Cash Prize : Consisting of a cash prize of Rs.1000/- who has obtained highest marks in the paper entitled Arc-403: Ethnoarchaeology, for the M.A. examination in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
  5. Prof. S.N. Rajaguru Cash Prize : Consisting of a cash prize of Rs.1000/- who has obtained highest marks in the paper entitled Arc-408: Environmental Archaeology (Geoarchaeology), for the M.A. examination in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
  6. Shri Katragadda Subbaiah Memorial Cash Prize : Consisting of a cash prize of Rs.1000/- who has obtained highest marks in the paper entitled Arc-203: Protohistory of South Asia, for the M.A. examination in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
  7. Shri Katragadda Chinahanumantha Rao Memorial Cash Prize : Consisting of a cash prize of Rs.1000/- who has obtained highest marks in the paper entitled Arc-306: Environmental Archaeology (Bioarchaeology), for the M.A. examination in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
  8. Robert Bruce Foote Memorial Cash Prize : Consisting of a cash prize of Rs.1000/- who has obtained highest marks in the paper entitled Arc-104: Prehistory of South Asia: Palaeolithic and Mesolithic, for the M.A. examination in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
  9. Prof. R.V. Joshi Memorial Cash Prize : Consisting of a cash prize of Rs.1000/- who has obtained highest marks in the paper entitled Arc-102: Science in Archaeology, for the M.A. examination in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
  10. Sir Alexander Cunningham Memorial Cash Prize : Consisting of a cash prize of Rs.1000/- who has obtained highest marks in the paper entitled Arc-405: Historical Archaeology of India, for the M.A. examination in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
  11. Dr. G. B. Deglurkar Cash Prize : Consisting of cash prize of Rs.1000/- for securing highest marks in the paper entitled Arc- 302: Ancient Indian Iconography for the M.A. degree examination in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
  12. Gurudev R. D. Ranade Memorial Cash prize : Consisting of cash prize of Rs.1000/- for securing highest marks in the paper entitled Arc-308: Advanced Archaeological Theory and Research Methodology for the M.A. degree examination in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
  13. Colonial Philip Meadows Taylor Memorial Cash prize : Consisting of cash prize of Rs.1000/- for securing highest marks in the paper entitled Arc- 312: Cultural Heritage Management for the M.A. degree examination in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology. 14. Dr. Raymond Allchin Memorial Cash prize : Consisting of cash prize of Rs.1000/- for securing highest marks in the paper entitled Arc-103: Introduction to Archaeology for the M.A. degree examination in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
  14. Dr. Raymond Allchin Memorial Cash prize : Consisting of cash prize of Rs.1000/- for securing highest marks in the paper entitled Arc-103: Introduction to Archaeology for the M.A. degree examination in AIHC and Archaeology.
  15. Prof. Iravati Karve Memorial Cash Prize : Consisting of a cash prize of Rs.500/- who has obtained highest marks in the paper entitled Arc-204: Social and Economic History of India (Upto 1200 C.E.), for the M.A. examination in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
  16. Prof. S. B. Deo Memorial Cash Prize : Consisting of a cash prize of Rs.500/- who has obtained highest marks in the paper entitled Arc-201: Religious History of India, for the M.A. examination in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
  17. Dr. Z. D. Ansari Memorial Cash Prize : Consisting of a cash prize of Rs.500/- who has obtained highest marks in the paper entitled Arc-202: Methods in Archaeology, for the M.A. examination in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
  18. Dr. Shobhana Gokhale Cash Prize : Consisting of a cash prize of Rs.500/- who has obtained highest marks in the paper entitled Arc-402: Ancient Indian Numismatics, for the M.A. examination in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
  19. Dr. Mrs. Madhur Mohini Mathur Cash Prize : Consisting of a cash prize of Rs.500/- who has obtained highest marks in the paper entitled Arc-303: Ancient Indian Palaeography and Epigraphy, for the M.A. examination in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
Linguistics :
  1. Shri K.Y. Kale Memorial Cash Prize : Consisting of a cash prize of Rs.1000/- for standing first in order of merit at the M.A. examination in Linguistics.
  2. Prof. S.M. Katre Memorial Cash Prize : Consisting of a cash prize of Rs.1000 for securing highest marks in the paper entitled LX-302: Languages of South Asia, at the M.A. examination in Linguistics.
  3. Dr. Mulchand Khubchandani Cash Prize : Consisting of cash prize of Rs. 1000/- for securing highest marks in the paper entitled LNG- 203: Sociolinguistics, at the M.A. examination in Linguistics.
  4. Late Dr. Suhasini Laddu and Late Dr. S. D. Laddu Cash prize: Consisting of cash prize of Rs. 1000/- for securing highest marks in the paper entitled LNG- 302: Historical Linguistics, at the M.A. examination in Linguistics.
  5. Linguistics Department Cash Prize : Consisting of a cash prize of Rs.800/- for securing second highest aggregate marks in the M. A. examination in Linguistics.
  6. Linguistics Department Cash Prize : Consisting of a cash prize of Rs.700/- for securing third highest aggregate marks in the M. A. examination in Linguistics.
Sanskrit & Lexicography :
  1. Dr. Amrit and Sau. Vimala Ghatage Cash Prize : Consisting of cash prize of Rs.10,000/- who stood first in order of merit at the M.A. examination in Sanskrit and Lexicography.
  2. Prof. Dinkar Khanderao Deshpande Memorial Cash Prize : Consisting of cash prize of Rs.10,000/- who stood first in order of merit at the M.A. examination in Sanskrit and Lexicography.
  3. Smt. Mahadevi P. Bhatta Cash prize : Consisting of cash prize of Rs.1500/- who stood first in order of merit at the M.A. examination in Sanskrit and Lexicography.
  4. Late Kumari Susheela Lakshman Shewale Cash Prize: Consisting of cash prize of Rs.1,000/- who stood Second in order of merit at the M.A. examination in Sanskrit and Lexicography.
  5. Late Dr. Suhasini Laddu and Late Dr. S. D. Laddu Cash prize : Consisting of cash prize of Rs. 1000/- for securing highest marks in the paper entitled SL- 307: Sanskrit Linguistics for the M.A. degree examination in Sanskrit & Lexicography.
Special Prizes :
  1. Dr. G. G. Mujumdar Cash prize : Consisting of cash prize of Rs. 7500/ the student who completed his/her Ph.D. research in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology in the topic related to pottery.
  2. Sir Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar Cash prize : Consisting of cash prize of Rs. 2000/- for M.A. student who scores the highest marks from amongst the students standing first in the M.A. examinations held by this University in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Linguistics and Sanskrit & Lexicography.
  3. Late Shri. Manohar Vishnu Deshpande Cash prize : Consisting of cash prize of Rs. 2000/- student who scores the highest marks from amongst the students standing first in merit in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology.
  4. Late Judge Eknath Subrao Kulkarni Cash prize: Consisting of cash prize of Rs. 1000/- for M.A. student who scores the highest marks from amongst the students standing first in the M.A. examinations held by this University in Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Linguistics and Sanskrit & Lexicography.
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