The British College marks Graduation Ceremony 2023 with 407 graduates

Kathmandu: The British College has successfully conducted the Graduation Ceremony 2023 at The Hyatt Regency Hotel, to celebrate the conferment of awards for Leeds Beckett University (LBU) and The University of the West of England (UWE).

The British College welcomed a total of 407 graduates and their families this year. The College hosted two ceremonies. One with Business students graduating in the morning from BBA, MBA, BHM, MIBM. The second one is with EMBA and IT students graduating in the afternoon with a BSc (Hons) in Computing and an MSc. IT.

Distinguished guests from Nepal and the UK attended both sessions. Paul Cleves (long-standing MBE TBC Advisor and Vice President of British Education Group) presented the Student Excellence awards.

Mahendra Kandel, the Executive Director of The British College, inaugurated the ceremony by lighting the Panas. Rajen Kandel, CEO and Founder of the College, opened the event with a welcome speech. Kandel said, ‘It is a testament to how much, we have grown that we now have to have two ceremonies. And I would like to congratulate every one of the graduates here today who have now become members of the TBC alumni. We can’t wait to see what they go on to do next.’

Then, special guests delivered inspiring speeches, including Heidi Tavakoli, Deputy Head of the Mission-British Embassy, Advisors to the College, Michael Rutland OBE, Prof Fergus Lyon, and the John Edward Hollister Montagu, 11th Earl of Sandwich, also sent a video message from the UK.

Representatives from the partner British universities also spoke at the event, including Prof Akintola Akintoye, Dean of the School of Built Environment and Engineering at Leeds Beckett University, and Dr. Paul Bennett, Dean of Partnerships and International and Interim Head of Business and Management at UWE.

Prof Akintola Akintoye, Dean of the School of Built Environment and Engineering at Leeds Beckett University, said, ‘This is a great day of international collaboration between Leeds Beckett and The British College. And we are committed to continuing to strengthen these ties as we produce more and more graduates around the world.’

Dr. Paul Bennett, Dean of Partnerships and International and Interim Head of Business and Management at UWE encouraged the student body to thank their families as he spoke of the long-standing partnership between UWE and TBC and welcomed the graduates as members of their alumni community.

The ceremony was a symbol of academic excellence, international collaboration, and the bright future that awaits The British College‘s Class of 2023 graduates. The College remains committed to nurturing talent and producing global leaders.