Good morning.

We are grateful to be able to celebrate graduation

day once more this year because we want the graduates to
remember it or mark it on their calendars for the years to come.
Despite the fact that we are still dealing with the threat of a
COVID-19 pandemic, the fact that we are here today to celebrate
graduation is a great blessing for us. It signifies the end of one
phase of one’s educational journey and the beginning of another,
more challenging phase of one’s quest for a better life and future.
Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the 1 st Graduation Rites of
Virinchi college.

Welcome Address

Please be seated. To formally start this commencement exercise,

let us hear from ……………………..for his welcome address.

VI. Presentation of Candidates for Completion for Completion

and Graduation0

Hello and good morning, ladies and gentlemen. t is me (name of the 1st host)
and me (name of the second host). It gives us immense pleasure to welcome you
all to the 13th convocation ceremony of XYZ Institute.
The Convocation day is, after all, much-awaited day of any student’s life as it
returns the effort of their entire academic endeavor. And it is steeped with a
sense of achievement and fulfillment. And most importantly, it makes them work
harder to build a successful career ahead.

Thus, we will give our 100% to make it more memorable and exciting for you
guys out there.

Welcoming the Chief Guest

Ladies and gentlemen, may I please ask you to rise as our honorable Head of
the institute Mr. XYZ and chief guest Mr. XYZ have just entered the hall.
Thank you, everyone. May you please be seated.

We welcome the head of our institute, Mr. XYZ whose contribution and hard work
towards our institute are always appreciated.

Moreover, Mr. XYZ our respected chief guest of the event, we warmly welcome
you to our today’s event. Sr, you hardly require any introduction. As your work
and contribution in the field of education and health are known to everyone here.
Hope you will have fun with us.

With that being said, let the event roll out.

Opening
Ladies and gentlemen, now may I please request Mr. XYZ the presiding officer at
the 13th convocation to declare the 13th convocation open.

After the opening

Thank you, sir.

(After a pause)

National Anthem
Well, we believe that any academic or national event is incomplete with out the
nation anthem of our beloved country. Thus, I would like to call XYZ along his
team to come on the stage and sing our national anthem.

Besides, may I please request you all to stand up and join them.

After the National Anthem

Thank you, everyone. May you please take your seats.

National Anthem
Well, we believe that any academic or national event is incomplete with out the
nation anthem of our beloved country. Thus, I would like to call XYZ along his
team to come on the stage and sing our national anthem.

Besides, may I please request you all to stand up and join them.

After the National Anthem

Thank you, everyone. May you please take your seats.
REGISTRATION
You will need to register your attendance at the ceremony with the Graduation department.  Registration closes __
hours before the ceremony.

ASSEMBLING GRADUANDS
Assemble in processional order. Your seat card will indicate your place in order.

REHEARSAL
Preparation, organization and collaboration are the keys for a successful event.

ARRIVAL OF PRINCIPAL, DEAN, HODS TO THE VENUE

ARRIVAL OF THE DIGNITARIES

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I request you to please stand/rise as the dignitaries have just entered the hall.
(AFTER THE MEMBERS OF THE PROCESSION HAVE TAKEN THEIR SEATS)
Thank you ladies and Gentlemen, you may please be seated. (If needed).

Ladies and Gentlemen, a very good evening to one and all. It gives me immense pleasure to welcome you all to the
graduation ceremony.

Talent and skills are the crops that are nurtured, groomed and given all possible opportunities to grow and bloom.
Graduation day is the celebration of the harvest of this crop. This is a much awaited event in every students life, as it
gives the returns to the efforts put in by the students throughout their academic endeavor. It is a day full of joy, a day
about pride and accomplishment, a day of celebration. It gives a sense of achievement and a sense of responsibility
towards fulfilling further commitments. It fills the heart with mixed feelings -- fulfillment and sadness, anxiety and
eagerness. Say goodbye to the comfortable and secure life within college walls. Get ready to march to the beat of the
business world.
There's a lot more to come: goals, challenges, and opportunities! Anything is possible when you just believe in
yourself.

(or)

Graduation day is always a day of rejoicing, for it marks the conclusion of an educational journey and
the commencement of another more uncertain and more difficult part of man’s quest for a better life and future.
Truly, today signifies the culmination of many years of hard work in the relentless pursuit of knowledge: knowledge
that will enable a person to embrace opportunities and take on challenges with clear vision and purpose.
Welcome to the graduation ceremony of  *******(college name).

INVOCATION 
To begin this auspicious occasion, may I invite, “……………………………….” to invoke the almighty. Ladies and
Gentlemen, may I request all of you to please stand for the invocation.
(AFTER THE INVOCATION)
Thank you; please take your seats.

ACADEMIC PROCESSION STARTS

The processions will enter Hall in the following order : Graduand procession followed by the Academic procession
(led by members of Governing Authority)  and the Platform party.

OCCUPYING THE DIAS

It is now my pleasure to introduce members of the platform party. With us we have ____. Please welcome them.

WELCOME ADDRESS & COLLEGE REPORT BY THE PRINCIPAL

To give a red –carpet welcome to everyone assembled here, may I take the pleasure of requesting our respected
Principal to welcome the gathering.
(AFTER THE ADDRESS) Thank you sir

DECLARING THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OPEN BY THE CO-CHAIRMAN

I take immense pleasure in requesting our revered Co-Chairman, the sculptor of determination and self-confidence
who incessantly chisels only the excellence of the individuals to declare the graduation ceremony open.

INTRODUCTION OF CHIEF GUEST

We deem it a privilege to introduce our esteemed Chief Guest to the august gathering.

GRADUATION DAY ADDRESS BY THE CHIEF GUEST

May I now request our esteemed Chief Guest __ to deliver graduation day address.

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES

At this point, may I call _____to present the candidates for graduation to ______ 

ADMINISTERING THE PLEDGE  

May I call on ___ to lead their fellow graduates in reciting the graduate pledge.

CONFERMENT OF THE DEGREES

The most awaited moment- yes, now it is time we acknowledged the talent of our brimming buddies.The fruit of
hard work and discipline will finally be reaped.
You will now be receiving your prized degree, a symbol of accomplishment. May I request ___ and _____ together
with our ____ to congratulate our graduates and _____  to assist in the distribution of certificates.
Candidates receiving the Baccalaureate Degree, please come forward as your name is called.

This concludes the presentation of the Baccalaureate Degrees.

SIGNING THE REGISTER OF GRADUATES

PRESENTATION OF MEMENTO TO THE CHIEF GUEST

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I request …………to felicitate the chief guest …………. with a memento
(AFTER THE MEMENTO)
Thank you 

DISSOLUTION OF THE GRADUATION CEREMONY

May I call upon _____ to declare the dissolution of the graduation ceremony.

NATIONAL ANTHEM
Let’s all stand for the National Anthem to be led by ___.

ACADEMIC PROCESSION PROCEEDS BACK TO THE ROBING CHAMBER

Congratulations to our Graduates of Batch ****(year)! We are all proud of you.! You worked hard, you succeeded,
and now you should celebrate! This day signifies a new beginning for each and every one of you. The closing hour
has finally arrived. Tomorrow, new challenges and opportunities await our graduates that will further test their
mettle as improving individuals. As they continue with their journey, may they look back to this stage in their life
with fondness and pride. Enjoy your day of celebration with your family and friends. Thank you, and good luck!

MISCELLANEOUS
The ceremony would be starting shortly. We would appreciate it if you could kindly switch your
mobile phones to silent mode. Thank you.
The manifestation of oratorical excellence is graciously seated on the dais today. The well known persona is now
ready with his weapon of eloquence to make us all spell- bound to his speech.
 
GRADUATION DAY INSTRUCTIONS
1. Cell phones and handy cams are strictly prohibited inside the auditorium.
2. The candidates awaiting the conferment of their degrees shortly, are expected maintain silence.
3.  Let not your enchantment violate the decorum of the institution in any form
4. Your professionalism is solicited throughout the program.
5. The fresh recipients of the degree are asked to take their respective seats.
6. Some of the instructions to be strictly followed by the candidates assembled here for the conferment of
their degree are;
a. To receive the degree, the candidates are asked to make use of the left side stairs to reach the stage
and climb down the right side stairs while getting back to their seats.
b. Rise up while the academic procession enters the auditorium and resume standing until the
academic procession gets settled on the dais
c. Take your seats after all the members of the academic procession get seated on the dais.
d. When the chairman administers the pledge the fresh recipients of the degree are requested to stand
and repeat the oath.
e. When the chairman confers the degree by the power vests with him, the fresh recipients of the
degree are requested to remain silent.
f. After conferment of the degree, the fresh graduates are asked take up their seats.
g. The fresh graduates are asked to rise up again while the academic leaves the auditorium after
conferment of the degree.