Coimbatore: The 24th Annual Convocation of Bharathiar University (BU) would be held on 9th April .
Tamil Nadu Governor, Surjit Singh Barnala would preside over the function and Dr K Veeramani, Chancellor, Periyar Maniammal University, Thanjavur, as the chief guest, would deliver the convocation address, a university release said.
R Vairamuthu, Tamil poet and lyricist, R Lakshmipathy, Writer and publisher and T R Dinakaran, an industrialist would receive the Degree of Doctor of Literature (honoris causa) during the occasion.
Dr W Selvamurthy, distinguished scientist and Chief Controller, R and D, DRDO, would be conferred upon the Degree of Doctor of Science (honoris causa), at the function.