Diplomat-turned-Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was on Saturday conferred an honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) degree at the seventh convocation of St Xavier’s University, Kolkata, which he described as his first honorary doctorate in India.
The ceremony was held at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in New Town, where degrees were awarded to 1,052 undergraduate and postgraduate students. Twenty-five PhD scholars were felicitated and 17 students received gold medals.
In a post on X, Tharoor said he was “incredibly honoured and humbled” to receive the Doctorate of Literature (Honoris Causa), recalling that he had been the university’s first convocation speaker seven years ago.
“I have earned one doctorate the hard way and received a couple of others honoris causa, but this is my first honorary doctorate in India, and it is all the more precious to receive it as a Xaverian,” he said.
A four-term MP since 2009, Tharoor said he spoke about the values he imbibed during his education at Jes​Diplomat-turned-Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was on Saturday conferred an honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) degree at the seventh convocation of St Xavier’s University, Kolkata, which he described as his first honorary doctorate in India.
The ceremony was held at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in New Town, where degrees were awarded to 1,052 undergraduate and postgraduate students. Twenty-five PhD scholars were felicitated and 17 students received gold medals.
In a post on X, Tharoor said he was “incredibly honoured and humbled” to receive the Doctorate of Literature (Honoris Causa), recalling that he had been the university’s first convocation speaker seven years ago.
“I have earned one doctorate the hard way and received a couple of others honoris causa, but this is my first honorary doctorate in India, and it is all the more precious to receive it as a Xaverian,” he said.
A four-term MP since 2009, Tharoor said he spoke about the values he imbibed during his education at Jes ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
