PUNE: Pune : Federation of International Students Association-Pune (FISA-P) had organised Graduation Day recently in Pune for foreign students studying in Pune.
More than 300 Students from over 58 countries were present during this program. The purpose of the program was to give insight about celebrating and promoting the vivid diversity of culture.
Prof. Dr. Sanjay Chordiya - Founder, President & Chairman
of Suryadatta Group of Institutes was the Chief Guest for the ceremony. Other dignitaries present included Prof. Dr. Vijay Khare, Director of
International Centre at Savitribai Phule Pune University,
Shafiqullah Ibrahimi,
Acting Consul General & Head of Cultural, Consulate of Afghanistan, Dr. S P
Singh, Founder LPCPS and Prof. Nirupama Prakash, International Director,
Ajeenkya DY Patil University, Abba Oumar - President of FISA-Pune and other
student representatives.
The event started with Afghani dance & cultural program. After the cultural program. About 300 students from 58 countries including Chad, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, South Sudan, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Zambia, Nigeria, Djibouti, Turkey, Gambia, Congo, South Africa, Angola, Malawi, Srilanka, Nepal, Rwanda, Kazakhstan, Burundi, Guinea, Lesotho, Ethiopia, Maldives, Ukraine, Russia, Ivory coast, Niger, Thailand, Botswana, Mozambique, Gabon, Benin republic, Swaziland, Madagascar, Eritrea, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Morocco, Somali, Mauritius and Seychelles were present for the event.
Prof. Dr. Sanjay Chordiya welcomed all the foreign students. He said that Suryadatta has had foreign students for the last 18 years. Till now more than 250 students from 33 foreign nations have passed out from Suryadatta. Suryadatta empathises with foreign students studying in India and therefore established a common forum to facilitate the International Students’ stay and to help them to gain initial grounding for studies and stay.
