Archive · 20 Nov 2025
Jadavpur University to Honor Women's World Cup Captain Harmanpreet Kaur
Jadavpur University in India wants to give a special award called an Honorary D Litt to the captain of the women's cricket team that won the World Cup.
They also want to invite a famous economist as a special guest to their big event in December.
This is the first time they're doing this since they got a new leader in November.
Jadavpur University (JU) proposes to confer an Honorary D Litt on ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup-winning captain Harmanpreet Kaur
The proposal was approved by the university's deans and the Chancellor
Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee and two other prominent personalities are invited as special guests
The university's Executive Committee will finalize the names and seek consent from the awardees
This year's convocation will be the first full-fledged one since 2021, with a full-time VC in place
- Who
- Jadavpur University, Harmanpreet Kaur, Abhijit Banerjee, Sameer V Kamat, Shivkumar Kalyanaraman
- What
- Proposed Honorary D Litt for Harmanpreet Kaur, invitation of special guests
- When
- December 24, 2023
- Where
- Jadavpur University, India
- Why
- To honor Harmanpreet Kaur's achievement and invite distinguished guests to the convocation
- Award
- Honorary D Litt
- Recipient
- Harmanpreet Kaur
- Event Date
- December 24, 2023
- Special Guest
- Abhijit Banerjee (proposed)
- Previous Convocations
- Unauthorized due to lack of full-time VC