51st Honorary Doctorate Degree For Odisha’s Achyuta Samanta
Bhubaneswar: KIIT and KISS Founder Prof. Achyuta Samanta has been conferred with an honorary doctorate by Assam’s Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva University.
Prof. Samanta was conferred with D.Litt. by the university on the occasion of its fifth convocation ceremony for his outstanding contribution to the field of education and social service.
He received the honour from Gulab Chand Kataria, Governor of Assam.
This is the 51st doctorate for Prof. Samanta.
Expressing his gratitude to the Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva University for the recognition, Prof. Samanta said it will motivate him to do more.
Union Minister of State for External Affairs Dr Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Chancellor Bhabendra Nath Deka, Vice-Chancellor Dr Mridul Hazarika and Registrar Prof. Mrinal Kumar Borah were present at the convocation ceremony.
