Santhosh Hegde, Sudha Murthy to be conferred honorary doctorate

Seven eminent persons, including Karnataka Lokayukta justice N Santhosh Hegde, chairperson of Infosys Foundation Sudha Murthy and ISRO Chairman K  Radhakrishnan will be conferred honorary doctorates by Tumkur University.

Hegde and Sudha Murthy will be conferred LL.D (Doctor of Laws) and K Radhakrishnan and P Sadananda Maiya, Director, MTR
Foods will be conferred D.Sc (Doctor Of Science) during the third annual convocation to be held on March three, S C Sharma, Vice Chancellor of Tumkur University, told reporters.

T A Dasappa, an educationist from Tiptur in Tumkur district, Yadalam N Gangadhar Setty, a philanthropist and Shatavadhani R Ganesh, a literary wizard will be conferred D.Litt (Doctor of Literature), during the convocation.

Outlining the progress of Tumkur University, the vice chancellor said the University will introduce 17 job oriented courses from the next academic year.

The University has at present has 20 post graduate disciplines, he said, adding the University which had no research centres, now boasts of 29 such centres in the fields of Arts, Commerce, Science & Technology and Engineering.
 
The University has entered into an Memorandum of  Understanding with the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), National Law School of India (both from  Bangalore), Tata Institute of Social Changes (TISC), Mumbai and Mangalore University, he said.