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Jamia honours Amartya Sen
Friday December 16, 2011 09:01:17 PM,
IANS
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Jamia Vice- Chancellor Najeeb Jung
confer the degree of "Doctor of Letters"( Honoris Causa) on
Prof.Amartya Sen at a special convocation, in New Delhi on
Friday.
(Photo: IANS) |
New Delhi: The Jamia
Millia Islamia (JMI) Friday conferred the degree of 'Doctor of
Letters' (D.Lit) on renowned economist and Nobel laureate Amartya
Sen in a special convocation ceremony held here.
"In awarding this degree the university not only records its deep
appreciation for his contribution to the field of economics but it
honours itself," said Jamia Vice-Chancellor Najeeb Jung speaking
to a packed house at the M.A. Ansari auditorium.
"We had planned to honour Professor Sen at our convocation held
last month but he was not available. So, we held this special
convocation ceremony," Jung later told IANS.
Praising the 91-year-old university, one of the country's oldest,
Sen said that Jamia was a union of education and tradition.
"I am delighted to receive this honour," added the economist who
was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in economic sciences and Bharat
Ratna - the highest civilian award in India - the following year.
"Jamia is a place of great education. It's a confluence of south
Asian Muslim history, national heritage, and a global academic
institution," Sen later told IANS.
Jamia Millia Islamia, an institution originally established at
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) in 1920 became a central university by an
act of parliament in 1988.
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