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TRADITIONAL CONVOCATION ATTIRE
Dressing up demands: Evolution of robes and how they represented different purposesAs Indians started setting up their own institutions of higher education, they also tried to Indianise their academic robes. In 1919 at the...
09 Nov, 2019, 06.51 AM IST
Javadekar appeals universities to replace 'British-inspired' convocation attire with Indian dressesAsserting that Gandhi advocated use of Khadi, Javadekar suggested that universities ask their students to come up with design options for t...
02 Oct, 2018, 09.28 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman against gowns at graduation ceremonies“I have nothing against the gown. I don’t disrespect it... but I think it is time, if we can review foreign trade policy, we can also revie...
29 Jul, 2017, 12.13 AM IST
No western attire for convocation: Dinanth BatraCommending Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh’s directions earlier this year to all state universities and universities to switch to tradition...
02 Jun, 2016, 03.13 AM IST
Universities must get rid of ‘European graduate gowns’: Uttar Pradesh governor Ram NaikRam Naik has asked all of the universities in UP to do away with western attire at their convocations and opt for traditional ethnic wear.
31 Oct, 2015, 11.45 AM IST