Jadavpur University has proposed the name of ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup winning captain Harmanpreet Kaur as the recipient of the Honorary D Litt in its annual convocation on December 24, a senior university official said on Thursday.

The topic of Kaur as the recipient of DLitt, was broached at a special meeting of the deans of the university which was recently convened by the newly appointed full-time Vice Chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharya.

During a meeting with university Chancellor and Governor C V Ananda Bose at Raj Bhavan on Wednesday, Bhattacharya informed him about the proposal and Bose concurred verbally, the official told PTI.

The Chancellor also gave a nod to the suggestion that the state-run university invite Nobel laureate Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee as the special guest.

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