Sankeerthana C of PG department of biochemistry with nine gold medals to her kitty stole the limelight at the 62nd annual convocation of Karnatak University  here on Monday. The biochemistry department has the maximum donors instituting gold medals.K Sannidhi (Mathematics) and Salihabanu Allibhai (Kannada) bagged seven gold medals each followed by Tejaswini Gangayya B ( (MSc Zoology), Vishwanath Kattimani (MA Political Science) and Kaveri Kachari (MA Journalism) who were richer by six medals each.Wajeeda Mithaigar (BSc Chemistry) and Veena Yashwant (M Lib Sc) bagged five medals each while Chetana Hegde(BEd), Shweta Hegde (LLB), Shashikala Mudigoudar and Shridevi Mulgund (MA English) won four each.

B G Nadagouda (M Com), B Archana (LLM), Laxmi Morabad (MA Statistics), Tenpa Dolma (Geography), Baretto Avilla (Microbiology), Shankar Bhat (MSc Physics), Chidambar Takkalaki (Sanskrit) and Shobha Hoolikatti (Philosophy) secured three medals each while Roopa Nayak (BA English), Daneshwari Dalal (BA Kannada), Manjula Hadli(BA Pol Sc), Geeta Shetty (BSc Geology), Kishore Vernekar (MCA) Hanumantappa Magdum (MEd), Trivikram Manuvachari (MSc Geology), Vinayak Kamat (MSc Inorganic Chemistry), Vandana Namannavar (Botany), Shivanand Bhavikatti (Linguistics), Mary Njogu (Economics), Sujata Asode (History), Abidali Salodgi (Urdu) and Nagabhushan Guddadmath (M Music) finished with two medals each.

In all, 95 candidates shared 181 gold medals. A total of 40,976 graduates and post graduates were conferred degrees at the convocation.