Sinlung /
08 March 2010

Tripura University to Confer D Lit To Sheikh Hasina

Sheikh Hasina Agartala, Mar 8  : The Executive Council of Tripura Central University has decided to confer honorary D Lit degree on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her leadership and initiative to improve bilateral relations between India and Bangladesh.

Vice-Chancellor Prof Arunoday Saha said here today that the authority's decision had already been conveyed to the Bangladesh PMO and her consent was awaited. Non-officially she agreed to receive D Lit and letter of confirmation is expected to reach soon.

Prof Saha said Ms Hasina would be conferred the degree in the university convocation scheduled to come up in November this year.

President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has consented to be the chief guest in the function.

Appreciating Tripura University's decision of conferring an honorary D Lit on Sheikh Hasina, Tripura Industry Minister Jitendra Choudhury called the move as a way of further cementing the bilateral relation between India and Bangladesh.

He maintained that the versity had been facing problem of adequate number of faculty members and added, ''We do get competent and qualified teachers but they do not stay long enough to help us.'' Prof Saha pointed out that young professors joining the university from outside the state mostly come to gain limited experience to land better jobs elsewhere and leave whenever they find a job in a metropolitan city or mainstream states.

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