In all, 163 students of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) received their certificates on completion of their courses on the Graduation Day programme held here on Tuesday.
This included 71 candidates who completed their graduation, 88 candidates who completed their post-graduation and 4 scholars who completed their PhD. Of these 12 candidates also received various gold medals instituted by the alumnae and philanthropists.
N.K. Lokanath, Vice Chancellor, University of Mysore, delivered the Graduation Day address and lauded the services of AIISH since its inception in 1966 and said that the Institute started operations with 1 PG department and has expanded immensely since then. He said communication disorders are a huge problem in the society and before the establishment of AIISH, people lived with them in the absence of any remedy.
