: President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday paid compliments on the academic excellence of girls for outnumbering boys in bagging gold medals in their respective disciplines.
Delivering his address at the 27th convocation of the Pondicherry Univesity here, the President, also the Visitor of the university under the provisions of the Act through which the varsity was established in 1985, presented gold medals to a token number of graduates.
He said, "I had the privilege of presenting the gold medals to only 10 students and I noticed that nine of them were girls."
He commended the contribution of the Chief Minister of Puducherry V Narayanasamy in creating a 'conducive environment for growth of education in the state.'
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