Rahul Dravid the wall of Cricket honored with Doctorate

Dr.Rahul Dravid

 Rahul Dravid, Eminent cricketer and former India captain, K.H. Muniyappa, Union Minster of State and Qamarul Islam, Minister for Minority Welfare are among the 12 selected by Gulbarga University for honorary doctorate.

Vice Chancellor E.T. Puttaiah said in Gulbarga on Wednesday that the doctorates will be conferred at the 32nd convocation of the varsity to be held on February 20.

Principal Scientific Advisor to the Union government and chairperson of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet, R Chidambaram, will deliver the convocation address.

The others selected for the honorary doctorates are: Brahmakumari Didi Ratan Mohini, Mount Abu; Sri Channaveera Shivacharya, Harkud, Bidar; Dalit activist Shivaram Mogha, Gulbarga; Shivanand Swami of Sonna, Gulbarga; PWD contractor Dhareppa Uppar, Bangalore; Mohan Manghanani of New Horizon Education Society, Bangalore; Rajashekhar Hatagundi, editor of Kannada weekly Agni, Bangalore; businessman Krishnaji Kulkarni of Gulbarga, and Sharad Rampure of Hyderabad Karnataka Education Society, Gulbarga.

The other persons who will receive the honorary doctorate are Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises K.H. Muniyappa; Municipal Administration and Waqf Minister Qamarul Islam; Rajyogini Brahmakumari Dadi Ratan Mohini; Sri Chennaveera Shivacharyaru of Samsthan Hiremath; Sri Shivanand Swamigalu of Siddalingeshwar Viraktamath; Dalit leader Shivaram Mogha; Editor of Agni Rajasekhar Hatagundi; secretary of the Hyderabad Karnataka Education Society Sharad Rampure, chairman of the New Horizon Educational Institution Mohan S. Manghnani; entrepreneur Krishnaji Kulkarni and contractor Dhareppa Uppar.

Defending the decision to confer the doctorate on so many people, Prof. Puttaiah said the university had received a total of 46 applications. The final list was selected by Governor H.R. Bhardwaj, who is also Chancellor of the university.

Prof. Puttaiah said that Ph.D and M. Phil would be awarded to 115 and 90 scholars respectively.

A total of 157 meritorious students who stood first in their respective courses would receive gold medals and cash prizes.

Sumita Pujari, a student of Doddappa Appa MBA Institute, topped the university by bagging eight gold medals and securing the first rank in MBA.

Hussain Basha came second by winning seven gold medals and securing the first rank in M.Sc. Mathematics.

Eminent scientist and Principal Scientific Advisor to the Union government R. Chidambaram will deliver the convocation address.


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