Dr Palmee Borthakur, youngest sister of Zubeen Garg, accepted the D. Litt. title conferred by Cotton University on behalf of her late brother
Cotton University on Tuesday (Dec 9) confered the honorary Doctor of Literature or Doctor of Letters (D. Litt.) on heartthrob Zubeen Garg (posthumously) during its 4th Convocation Ceremony held at the Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati.
Zubeen Garg’s sister Dr Palmee Borthakur accepted the D. Litt. title on behalf of her late brother.
Eminent academician Prof. Ranjit Kumar Dev Goswami was also conferred with the D. Litt. title at the same ceremony which was attended, among others, by Governor of Assam and Chancellor of Cotton University Lakshman Prasad Acharya and Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Apart from the honorary degrees, ace Assam sprinter Hima Das was awarded her Bachelor’s degree in Sports Science at the convocation function.
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