kolhapur the 52nd convocation ceremony of the shivaji university kolhapur suk to be held on saturday will witness the most degrees being handed out to engineering graduates this year according to an suk report with 11832 degrees engineering and technology graduates are topping the charts among the total 52160 graduates who will receive degree certificates this year students from the commerce faculty will be following second with 11287 degrees this is followed by the science stream with 9224 degrees mahesh kakade the controller of examinations coe suk said that this is the highest number of conferred degrees recorded in the history of the university of the total degrees 24360 will be conferred in presence while 27800 will sent to the students via courier apart from this as many as 301 phd and mphil scholars too will also be awarded their degrees during the event the institute of chemical technology ict vicechancellor and padmashri awardee g d yadav will be the chief guest at the event yadav was selected for the award earlier last month we will confer degrees to 26071 male candidates in all 26089 female students will get their degrees this convocation ceremony he said according to a university official the main event for the convocation ceremony will take place at the lokkala kendra on the university campus the distribution of degrees will begin as early as 730am till 1230pm and later from 5pm to 6pm to manage the crowd at exam center 2 in the campus the main event according to the officials will begin at 130pm at the university campus the officials added that the whole event will be webcast on the university website at wwwunishivajiacin for the proper management of crowd a team of volunteers has been formed to handle the crowd which is estimated at more than 50000 people the necessary security management is the top priority for the university entry will be allowed from the universitys gate number two for the general public while vips can enter from gate number one during the main event priyanka patil a student of ma english will be conferred with the coveted presidents medal for her overall excellence in the sports cultural activities academics and community services during the academic year 201415 the suk started operations in 1962 with 34 affiliated colleges and around 14000 students with five postgraduate departments on campus today the number of affiliated colleges has gone up to 282 and the student strength up to three lakh with 40 postgraduate departments on campus the university imparts education in 10 major faculties of arts social science commerce education fine arts law medicine science ayurvedic medicine engineering and technology