Darnal receives gold medal

The Purbanchal University (PU) has awarded the ‘Om Prakash Goel Gold Medal’ to journalist Sushil Darnal. He received the medal for securing the top position in the examinations for the ‘Masters of Arts in Mass Communications and Journalism (MAMCJ)’ in 2020.

Darnal, who studied at Polygon College in Kathmandu, achieved a GPA of 3.39 to earn this distinction. He has been practicing journalism at the Rastriya Samachar Samiti (RSS), the semi-government news agency of Nepal, for the past 13 years.

At a ceremony organized on the occasion of Purbanchal University’s 10th Convocation on Saturday, Minister for Education, Science, and Technology Devendra Poudel, along with the Founder and Executive Director of the Tilganga Eye Foundation, Prof Dr Sanduk Ruit, jointly presented the gold medal to Darnal.