LADAKH: In the stark, silent stretches of Ladakh where snow-capped peaks meet the sky, a quiet but significant milestone unfolded as 14 students graduated across three postgraduate programmes during the first convocation of Sindhu Central University (SCU) here.

At Central Institute of Buddhist Studies, 14 students from the first batch of Sindhu Central University were felicitated on Tuesday during the institution’s maiden convocation ceremony in presence of Chief Secretary of Ladakh Pawan Kotwal and other executive members of the university.

Director of IIT Madras and Chair of Executive Council and Academic Council of SCU, V Kamakoti, recalled that the university was established under the Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2021, and its foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 20, 2024.