Doctorate recipient boycotts Governor Ravi, takes degree from VC

tirunelveli: a woman recipient of a doctorate boycotted governor r n ravi during the convocation ceremony of manonmaniam sundaranar university here on wednesday and received her degree from vice chancellor n chandrasekar instead.while most recipients collected their degrees from the governor and posed for photographs, jean rajan, identified later as a senior manager in a nagercoil-based company, walked past ravi and handed her certificate to the vice chancellor.governor ravi gestured for her to stand beside him and receive the degree, but she ignored the request. speaking to reporters, rajan questioned what the governor had done for the state, saying it was her choice to decide from whom to receive her degree.she alleged the governor worked against “tamil and tamil nadu” and cited that as the reason for her decision. rajan added that she believed in the “dravidian model.” reportedly, her husband is an office-bearer of the ruling dmk in nagercoil.university registrar j sacratees and other officials participated in the event.