lucknow the exstudents of the lucknow university will pay a tribute to their alma mater by organising a kavi sammelan on november 24 as a part of the convocation week celebration the convocation week of the university will begin from november 21 and will culminate on november 27 with the convocation day the kavi yatra as named by university officials will be presided over by surya kumar pandey who was a student of 1973 batch its a nice gesture by the university towards its former students this brings us back to the university campus that i certainly miss in our time we used to form small groups and have literary programmes now it is a huge thing even the participation of girls has increased which is a good sign said pandeythe convocation week will begin with a walk from its new campus to the old campus some students of netaji subash chandra bose girls degree college will also participate in the walk besides the university has also organised a lecture series where universitys vc manoj k mishra pro vc un dwivedi pradeep srivastva from cdri ajai agarwal from ficci and others will participate various cultural festivals will enthral the audience in the evening on various days the students of arts college will organise an art workshop on november 22 kaushik basu chief economic adviser to the goi will grace the university on its foundation day november 25