The Mysuru-based Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) on Friday announced that it was conferring an honorary doctorate on President Droupadi Murmu at its 18th annual convocation to be held in Mysuru on Sunday.
The university said two others were also being conferred with the honorary doctorate on the occasion. They are N. Ramachandraiah, founder chairman, Sri Lakshmi Group of Institutions (SLGI), and S.N. Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Raju, president, Children’s Education Society, and Chairman of Oxford Educational Institutions.
Announcing this at a press conference here, Vice-Chancellor Sharanappa V. Halse said the President was chosen for the honour as she happens to be the first tribal woman to become President and she had also served as a teacher.