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Higher Education Minister M.C. Sudhakar has written to Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot, requesting him to represent an adept committee to formulate the required rules and regulatory guidelines applicable to each State, private, and peculiar universities, truthful arsenic to guarantee adherence to azygous standards successful the conferment of honorary doctorates.
In his letter, the Minister said that universities are empowered to confer honorary degrees upon distinguished persons successful designation of their outstanding contributions successful assorted fields nether the provisions of the Karnataka State Universities Act, 2000.
“However, concerns person precocious been raised successful the nationalist domain and connected the level of Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council regarding instances wherever aggregate universities person conferred honorary doctorates upon the aforesaid individual, and the lack of azygous criteria oregon limits governing specified conferments,” helium added.
In bid to sphere the dignity, credibility, and sanctity of honorary degrees, it has go indispensable to germinate azygous regulatory guidelines applicable to each nationalist universities successful the State, helium opined.
“It is submitted that during the Vice-Chancellors’ Conference held connected February 21, it was decided to represent an adept Committee to framework rules for the azygous behaviour of convocations successful universities and to formulate guidelines for a azygous world calendar and assemblage events.” However, the Minister stated that the contented relating to the conferment of honorary doctorates could not beryllium taken up for treatment during the said meeting.
“In this regard, it is projected to represent an adept committee to analyse the existing practices relating to the conferment of honorary doctorates and to urge suitable guidelines to guarantee transparency and azygous standards crossed universities successful the State,” the Minister said successful his letter.
