JNU allows questioning, felt like 19 here: 78-year-old after earning Phd from varsity

As retired postal department employee Vishnu Swaroop Saksena walked the steps leading to the stage to collect his Phd degree, the JNU convocation audience broke into a thunderous applause.

Among those who cheered were his wife, their two sons and a daughter: the sons are employed in foreign countries and the daughter is a fashion designer.

"On the first day, when I sat on the front bench," now 78-year-old JNU student says, "a woman came and asked me questions about why I am studying now (2008), what are my plans, etc. I told her, 'all these questions are irrelevant. I feel I am a 19-year-old when I am on JNU campus."
He said his "young friends" at the JNU made him feel like a 19-year-old, "I go out with them for parties and we have gone on excavations to Indore, etc. They have always made me feel young."
His youngest son, Vivek said it was a "proud" moment for the family. "This event has been like a family get together. He has worked hard for his degree."