Vice-president Mohammad Hamid Ansari is being greeted by chief minister Naveen Patnaik as governor MC Bhandare looks on in Bhubaneswar on Thursday. Ansari has come here to take part in the 44th convocation of Utkal University to be held on Friday. Seven distinguished personalities, including Supreme Court judge Justice Ananga Pattnaik, lawyer Harish Salve, advocate and solicitor general of India Rohinton Narimanis, special public prosecutor UU Lalit, former president of the Servants of People’s Society Manubhai Patel, scientist Bansidhar Panda and cardiothoracic surgeon Ramakant Panda will be awarded Honouris Causa at the event. The university will confer 91 gold medals, nine cash prizes, and one doctorate in science to students of different subjects. As many as 192 candidates will be awarded PhD in different disciples from the university campus and 362 affiliated colleges, registrar of the university DN Jena said. Telegraph picture