Mangalore, March 31: Nine students of various Medical and Dental colleges of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi have bagged a total of 14 gold medals at the convocation of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) on Wednesday at Bangalore.
Dr Roopashree from Yenepoya Medical College (Mangalore) bagged five gold medals in MBBS with a score of 79.80 per cent.
Roopashree bagged two gold medals for securing highest marks in final year MBBS, one gold medal each for securing the highest marks in MBBS course for a woman student, highest marks in all pre-clinical subjects of MBBS course and highest marks in final year MBBS subjects.
Dr Salma Suhana from Fr Muller Medical College bagged two gold medals.
Dr Muhammad Hafizulla Shareef and Dr Jasmain Sara Abraham of Yenepoya Medical College, Dr Ghare Khan Mihika Darshan from AJ Institute of Dental Sciences, Dr Supriya Bhat from Udupi Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College, Dr Bhat Rahmi Eshwara from AB Shetty Memorial Dental College, Mangalore, Jyothi Pinto of Sridevi College of Physiotherapy and Riya Jose of Laxmi Memorial College of Nursing bagged one gold medal each.
The 13th convocation of RGUHS had 26,425 candidates being awarded degrees, which included 14 candidates who were awarded PhD degrees. Under the faculty of medicine, 4,684 candidates received their degrees, while 2,659 candidates from the faculty of dentistry received their degrees.
HIV cell
RGUHS Vice-Chancellor Dr S Ramananda Shetty, while delivering his report on the university, said it had established an HIV cell, which was the first of its kind in the country.
“Under this programme, affiliated colleges have established HIV cells, which help in the prevention of HIV infection, treatment of the affected and education of HIV patients, under the guidance of the university. Shetty pointed out that the university had obtained certificate of accreditation from ISO.
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