Subsequent his two Oscars, it is the third doctorate for him.
Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman, Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and Chandrayaan project director M. Annadurai were on Saturday (August 1) conferred with honorary doctorates by Anna University in Chennai.
Governor and university chancellor Surjit Singh Barnala gave away the honourary degrees at a unique convocation.
The degrees were conferred on Rahman and Annadurai for their accomplishment in the realm of music and space technology correspondingly and on Stalin for his involvement to the state's administration, Anna University Vice Chancellor P. Mannar Jawahar said.
This is the third doctorate for Rahman after he won two Oscars for Hollywood movie "Slumdog Millionaire". The first was from Aligarh Muslim University and the second from London's Middlesex University.
This is the first honourary doctorate conferred on Stalin, 56, a graduate of Madras University.
Honorary doctorates from Tamil Nadu universities are in general given to chief ministers of the state with current M. Karunanidhi, as also M.G. Ramachandran and Jayalalitha who have earlier occupied the post, among the major politicians to have been conferred the honour while in power.
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