This university changed a student's surname from 'Kite' to 'Patang'

A student of 160-year-old Mumbai University received her convocation certificate with the literal Marathi translation of her surname instead of her actual surname

Nikita Kite, a Bachelor of Mass Media (BMM) graduate from Ramnarain Ruia College at Matunga was surprised to see her surname as 'Patang' in Marathi

The error was brought to the notice of the varsity, when Kite tweeted her erroneous degree certificate and tagged the university's official handle

As reported in a recent TOI report, while the English script on the certificate correctly displays the student's surname as Kite (pronounced kee-tay), the Devanagari script has 'Patang' ('kite' in Marathi) in its place

Explanation from the varsity:

According to the university, the reason for the peculiar error is the



software that generates degree certificates.

While commenting on the situation, Deepak Wasave, the officiating controller of the examination said, "The software identifies the words which find an entry in the dictionary and translates them into Marathi."

"We manually verify every certificate before issuing it, but somehow missed the error in this case," adds Wasave.

Furthermore, this is not the first case that has come to light.

List of few similar cases:

Suhas Pednekar, principal of Ramnarain Ruia College, said two of its graduating students have found errors in their degree certificates

The surname of another student from the same college, Deepali Thakurdesai, has erroneously appeared as 'Thakurbhai' in the Marathi script on her certificate, TOI reported.