By TwoCircles.net news desk,
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia has decided to confer the honoris causa degrees upon some eminent personalities at its Annual Convocation on October 30, 2008.
They are Dr Kapila Vatsyayan (Social Historian), Shabana Azmi (Actor), Nasiruddin Shah (Actor) and E Sridharan (Managing Director, Delhi Metro).
The Executive Council of Jamia took a unanimous decision to honour these personalities for their contribution to civic society. Prof U R Ananthamurthy, eminent writer, litterateur, shall be the Guest of Honour at the Convocation.
A weeklong festival, called Talimi Mela, will also be organized at the Jamia from October 29-November 4. The Mela will include dance, drama, music, food melas, book fair, public lectures and a host of cultural extravaganzas.