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Record of Honoris Causa Degrees w.e.f. 1949 - Panjab University Chandigarh ਪੰਜਾਬ ਯੂਨੀਵਰਸਿਟੀ ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ पंजाब विश्वविद्यालय चंडीगढ़ पंजाब यूनिवर्सिटी चंडीगढ़ Chandigarh India


S.No.Date of ConvocationName of Recipient of Honris Causa DegreeDegree
1. �05/Mar/1949Justice Mehr Chand MahajanDoctor of Laws
2. �05/Mar/1949Sardar Vallabhbhai PatelDoctor of Laws
3. �05/Mar/1949Sh. Chandulal Madhavlal TrivediDoctor of Laws
4. �01/May/1949Bhai Vir SinghDoctor of Oriental Learning
5. �06/Jan/1951Dr. Gopi Chand BhargavaDoctor of Laws
6. �06/Jan/1951His Highness Maharaja YadvendraDoctor of Laws
7. �06/Jan/1951Dr. Rajendra PrasadDoctor of Literature
8. �19/Dec/1959Dr. C. D. DeshmukhDoctor of Literature
9. �23/Dec/1961Dr. Bhai Jodh SinghDoctor of Literature
10. �23/Dec/1961Dr. Ajudhia Nath KhoslaDoctor of Science
11. �07/Jan/1962Dr. F. Cyril JamesDoctor of Literature
12. �22/Dec/1962Sh. Narhari Vishnu GadgilDoctor of Laws
13. �19/Dec/1964Dr. M. C. ChaglaDoctor of Laws
14. �18/Dec/1965Sh. Swaran SinghDoctor of Laws
15. �23/Dec/1967Dr. Prem Nath KirpalDoctor of Literature
16. �16/Mar/1968Dr. Raul PrebischDoctor of Literature
17. �27/Jul/1968Dr. William George ArcherDoctor of Literature
18. �14/Feb/1969Padma Vibhushan Dr. Hargobind KhuranaDoctor of Science
19. �25/Oct/1969Dr. Gurdial Singh DhillonDoctor of Laws
20. �05/Feb/1972Dr. B. N. ChakravartyDoctor of Laws
21. �03/Jan/1973Smt. Indira GandhiDoctor of Laws
22. �06/Sep/1973Her Imperial Highness Princess Ashraf PahalviDoctor of Literature
23. �12/Mar/1975His Excellency Mr. Mohammed DaoudDoctor of Laws
24. �31/Oct/1975Mr. Shridath Surendranath RamphalDoctor of Laws
25. �14/Nov/1976Dr. Jose Maria RudaDoctor of Laws
26. �18/Mar/1978Dr. Nagendra SinghDoctor of Laws
27. �18/Mar/1978Professor Satish DhawanDoctor of Science
28. �01/Mar/1980Dr. Gopal Swarup PathakDoctor of Laws
29. �01/Mar/1980Dewan Anand KumarDoctor of Science
30. �12/Mar/1983Justice Sankar Prasad MitraDoctor of Laws
31. �12/Mar/1983Sh. Jagan Nath KaushalDoctor of Laws
32. �12/Mar/1983Dr. Manmohan SinghDoctor of Literature
33. �12/Mar/1983Sh. P. L. TandonDoctor of Literature
34. �10/Mar/1984Sh. B. K. NehruDoctor of Literature
35. �31/Mar/1985Justice M HidayatullahDoctor of Laws
36. �07/Mar/1987Smt. Amrita PritamDoctor of Literature
37. �07/Mar/1987Professor Abdus SalamDoctor of Science
38. �07/Mar/1987Professor Yash PalDoctor of Science
39. �30/Apr/1988Justice R. S.PathakDoctor of Laws
40. �30/Apr/1988Professor D. S. KothariDoctor of Science
41. �17/Oct/1999Sh. Inder Kumar GujralDoctor of Laws
42. �17/Oct/1999Dr. Amartya Sen*Doctor of Literature
43. �17/Oct/1999Dr. Mulk Raj AnandDoctor of Literature
44. �17/Oct/1999Dr. Ashok VijhDoctor of Science
45. �27/Dec/2000Professor Jagdish N. BhagwatiDoctor of Literature
46. �28/Dec/2001Dr. Justice A.S.AnandDoctor of Laws
47. �28/Dec/2001Hon'ble Herb Dhaliwal (Mr. Harbance Singh Dhaliwal)Doctor of Laws
48. �28/Dec/2001Mr. N. R. Narayana MurthyDoctor of Science
49. �28/Jan/2003Dr. Ranjit Kumar ChandraDoctor of Science
50. �13/Dec/2003Professor G. C. PandeyDoctor of Literature
51. �13/Dec/2003Dr. Krishnaswamy KasturirangamDoctor of Science
52. �13/Dec/2003Lt. Gen. J. F. R. Jacob.Doctor of Science
53. �14/Feb/2005Sh. Ashwani KumarDoctor of Laws
54. �14/Feb/2005Dr. Sardara Singh JohlDoctor of Literature
55. �14/Feb/2005His Excellency Triloki Nath ChaturvediDoctor of Literature
56. �04/Feb/2006Sh. Kapil SibalDoctor of Laws
57. �04/Feb/2006Sh. Montek Singh AhluwaliaDoctor of Literature
58. �07/Mar/2007Sh. Rajendra Kumar SabooDoctor of Literature
59. �07/Mar/2007Dr. T. S. KlerDoctor of Science
60. �07/Mar/2007Professor S. P. AgarwalDoctor of Science
61. �16/Jan/2008Dr. Pritam SinghDoctor of Literature
62. �16/Jan/2008Professor G. K. ChadhaDoctor of Literature
63. �16/Jan/2008Sh. Yash ChopraDoctor of Literature
64. �16/Jan/2008Dr. Rajinder K. PachouriDoctor of Science
65. �29/Mar/2009Dr. Ved MehtaDoctor of Literature
66. �29/Mar/2009Professor Amrik SinghDoctor of Literature
67. �29/Mar/2009Dr. Naranjan S. DhallaDoctor of Science
68. �29/Mar/2009Professor Martanda VermaDoctor of Science
69. �03/Nov/2009Dr. Manmohan SinghDoctor of Laws
70. �24/Mar/2010Sh. H. K. DuaDoctor of Literature
71. �24/Mar/2010Dr. A. R. KidwaiDoctor of Science
72. �24/Mar/2010Professor Goverdhan MehtaDoctor of Science
73. �14/Feb/2011Sh. Khushwant SinghDoctor of Literature
74. �14/Feb/2011Professor C. N. R. RaoDoctor of Science
75. �14/Feb/2011Professor Shenggen FanDoctor of Science
76. �16/Dec/2011His Excellency N. N. VohraDoctor of Laws
77. �16/Dec/2011Sh. Som Nath ChatterjeeDoctor of Laws
78. �16/Dec/2011Smt. Sushma SwarajDoctor of Laws
79. �10/Mar/2013Professor Anish Kapoor*Doctor of Literature
80. �10/Mar/2013Professor Romila ThaparDoctor of Literature
81. �10/Mar/2013Professor Ashoke Sen, FRSDoctor of Science
82. �10/Mar/2013Professor M. S. Raghunathan, FRSDoctor of Science
83. �09/Mar/2014Professor Gurdial SinghDoctor of Literature
84. �09/Mar/2014Professor R. P. BambahDoctor of Science
85. �14/Mar/2015Shri Kailash SatryarthiDoctor of Laws
86. �14/Mar/2015Dr. M. S. Swaminathan#Doctor of Science
87. �14/Mar/2015Professor Manjul BhargavaDoctor of Science
88. �14/Mar/2015Professor Venkatraman Ramakrishnan **Doctor of Science
89. �13/Mar/2016Professor Harkishan SinghDoctor of Science
90. �13/Mar/2016Sh. Shiv Nadar **Doctor of Science
91. �25/Mar/2017Professor Murli Manohar JoshiDoctor of Literatrue
92. �25/Mar/2017Dr. Nuruddin Farah (Recommended in 2016)Doctor of Literature
93. �25/Mar/2017Dr. Narinder Singh Kapany*Doctor of Science
94. �25/Mar/2017Professor G. S. KhushDoctor of Science
95. �04/Mar/2018Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar (Recommended in 2017)Doctor of Laws
96. �04/Mar/2018Smt. Sumitra Mahajan**Doctor of Laws
97. �04/Mar/2018Professor M. M. SharmaDoctor of Science
98. �04/Mar/2018Professor Sir Tejinder Singh VirdeeDoctor of Science
99. �28/Apr/2019Dr. Sudha N. Murty$Doctor of Literature
100. �06/May/2022Dr. Krishna Ella%Doctor of Science
101. �06/May/2022Professor Ajay Kumar SoodDoctor of Science
102. �06/May/2022Smt. Suchitra Ella≠Doctor of Science
103. �20/May/2023Justice Ranjan GogoiDoctor of Laws
104. �20/May/2023Dr. Gagandeep Kang**Doctor of Science
105. �07/Mar/2024Professor Unnat P. PanditDoctor of Laws
106. �07/Mar/2024Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan **Doctor of Science
107. �07/Mar/2024Professor Balram BhargavaDoctor of Science
108. �12/Mar/2025Sushri Nivedita Raghunath BhideDoctor of Literature
109. �12/Mar/2025Dr. R. J. Hans-GillDoctor of Science
110. �12/Mar/2025Shri Kamlesh D. Patel**Doctor of Science

* Degree not received yet.
**Did not attend the Convocation.
#Recommended in 2011, Received in 2014.
$Recommended in 2019, Received in 2023
%Recommended in 2022, Received in 2024
≠Recommended in 2022, Received in 2024


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