Prestigious Indian University to Honour His Holiness the Dalai Lama
[Monday, 22 November 2010, 10:45 p.m.]
New Delhi-based Jamia Millia Islamia University will honour His Holiness the Dalai Lama during its annual convocation on Tuesday, 23 November
Dharamshala:
‘The University will confer the Degree of Doctor of Letters (Honoris
Causa) on His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of
Tibet,’ a statement by the university said Monday.
‘The University will confer the Degree of Doctor of Letters (Honoris
Causa) on His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of
Tibet,’ a statement by the university said Monday.
Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal will be the chief guest of the annual convocation.
A total of 3,529 degrees and diplomas, apart from 147 gold medals, will be awarded, IANS reported.
Jamia
Millia Islamia, an institution originally established at Aligarh in
United Provinces, India in 1920 became a Central University by an act
of the Indian Parliament in 1988. In Urdu language, Jamia means
‘University’, and Millia means ‘National’. Jamia later moved to New
Delhi in 1925.
Millia Islamia, an institution originally established at Aligarh in
United Provinces, India in 1920 became a Central University by an act
of the Indian Parliament in 1988. In Urdu language, Jamia means
‘University’, and Millia means ‘National’. Jamia later moved to New
Delhi in 1925.
The
story of its growth from a small institution in the pre-independence
India to a central university located in New Delhi—offering integrated
education from nursery to research in specialised areas—is a saga of
dedication, conviction and vision of a people who worked against all
odds and saw it growing step by step. They “built up the Jamia Millia
stone by stone and sacrifice by sacrifice,” said Sarojini Naidu, the
nightingale of India.
story of its growth from a small institution in the pre-independence
India to a central university located in New Delhi—offering integrated
education from nursery to research in specialised areas—is a saga of
dedication, conviction and vision of a people who worked against all
odds and saw it growing step by step. They “built up the Jamia Millia
stone by stone and sacrifice by sacrifice,” said Sarojini Naidu, the
nightingale of India.
