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PM's
'missing' degree: varsity suspends one, orders probe
Saturday July 30, 2011 10:09:22 PM,
IANS
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What
happened to PM's honorary degree?
Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh is undoubtedly one of the most
distinguished students to have ever studied at Panjab University.
But his name seems to be curiously missing from a list of those
given an honorary doctorate of law degree.
A Right to Information (RTI) inquiry
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Chandigarh:
Panjab University authorities Saturday suspended an employee and
ordered a five-member committee to probe the omission of Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh's name in the list of distinguished people
awarded honorary doctorates in the past over 60 years.
The list of 74 distinguished people, who have been awarded various
honorary degrees by the university was supplied recently by the
university to Right to Information (RTI) activist Rajinder K.
Singla.
Manmohan Singh was awarded the Doctor of Laws degree (honoris
causa) at a special convocation November 2009. But this
information was missing from an otherwise complete list of 74
names provided to the applicant.
"We have taken serious note of this lapse and the concerned
employee has been placed under suspension. Further action will be
taken as per the recommendations of the committee", PU registrar
A.K. Bhandari said here Saturday.
Manmohan Singh was a student of the university in the 1950s and
later joined service here as a lecturer in economics. He rose to
become a professor in the same department at the young age of 32
before leaving the university.
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