NewZNew (S A S Nagar) :  312 students of Universal group of Institutions received degrees at the PHD Chambers,Sector 31, Chandigarh. Ambassador Deepak Vohra, Veteran diplomat & Special Advisor to prime minister of Republic of Guinea Bissau & Lesotho was Chief Guest at the moment, who delivered the Convocation address presented degrees to MBA, BBA, BCA, B.Tech, B. ed & Diploma of Eng. students .The convocation began with lighting of the lamp followed by Saraswati Vandana.

Chairman of Universal Group Dr. Gurpreet Singh welcomed the chief Guest and other dignitaries and congratulated the students having their degrees. Addressing the students on the occasion, Dr. Gurpreet Signh advised them to work hard for achieving their set goals in life.

While speaking at the moment, the Chief Guest Deepak Vohra motivated the students to acquire excellence in their chosen fields to move forward in their lives and contribute to nation building. Ambassador Deepak Vohra also urged the students to step out of restricted thinking and explore the opportunities in the current global scenario. He further added that the students should shoulder the responsibility of carrying the Nation forward by measuring up to the increased

He further added that Challenges to education today is to shift from a localized factory model to one that prepares its students to function in an increasingly interconnected and rapidly changing globalized world. Education must prepare youth for integration into societies and economies from highly diverse, linguistic, ethnic, religious, racial and cultural backgrounds. Children should be taught ‘to learn how to learn’ in view of the availability of enormous amount of information now available through the internet.