Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is undoubtedly one of the most distinguished students to have ever studied at Panjab University. But his name seems to be curiously missing from a list of those given an honorary doctorate of law degree.
A Right to Information (RTI) inquiry by activist Rajinder K. Singla shows that the prime minister's name does not figure in the list of those honoured by the university with a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) degree since 1949.
However, it's common knowledge that the university had organised a special convocation for its most distinguished student Nov 3, 2009, and conferred on him the same degree.
"The university had hosted a special convocation on November 3, 2009, to award a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa), to Manmohan Singh, incurring huge public money for the event," Singla said.
The information on Prime Minister's website and the information given by University reconcile. Here the matter ends. Honorary degree to prime Minister is a non issue. It appears that some individuals have a lot of time to waste on futile and useless exercises. They are wasting time of all concerned by misusing RTI.
G. K. Ajmani Tax consultant http://gkajmani-mystraythoughts.blogspot.com/
