Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami was conferred a honorary doctorate by a deemed university here on Sunday.
Palaniswami was conferred the “Degree of Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa),” at the 28th convocation of the Dr MGR Educational and Research Institute.
This is the first honorary doctorate received by Palaniswami, who became chief minister in 2017.
Late chief ministers M G Ramachandran, J Jayalalithaa and M Karunanidhi had been conferred multiple honorary doctorates by various universities.
In his address, Palaniswami greeted the graduating students and others who received honorary doctorates and said it was a moment to take a pledge to fulfil responsibilities towards the growth of the entire mankind.
‘My responsibilities too have increased with the conferment of the honorary doctorate on me,’ he said. (PTI)
