Asked to bow before chief guest at annual convocation, PGIMER graduates see red

Chandigarh | Thursday | 17th January, 2019

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A circular asking the PGIMER graduates to “bow before the chief guest and director before returning to their seats” at the annual convocation scheduled for February 4, has raised many eyebrows. This year, the doctors will receive their degrees from Union Health Minister J P Nadda, the chief guest. I don’t see anything wrong in extending this general courtesy to the chief guest,” he said. I will speak to the PGIMER director about it,” he said. “It is different if the chief guest is the President or Prime Minister..