Calicut University to confer honorary doctorates on October 6

The University of Calicut will confer honorary doctorates on filmmaker Sathyan Anthikad, industrialist P.K. Ahmed and scientist Eluvathingal Davis Jemmis at a ceremony to be held on October 6. Mr. Anthikad and Mr. Ahmed will be conferred the D.Litt., while National Chair Professor, Dr. Jemmis, will receive the D.Sc. The ceremony will be held at the university’s open auditorium at 10.30 a.m.

University Chancellor and Keralam Governor, Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, and Pro-Chancellor and Higher Education Minister Roji M. John are expected to attend the function, Vice-Chancellor Prof. (Dr.) P. Ravindran said at a press conference at the university headquarters on Friday.

Mr. Anthikad, a filmmaker, screenwriter and lyricist from Anthikad in Thrissur district, has been associated with Malayalam cinema for more than five decades. He began writing while still a school student and has received a National Film Award and five Kerala State Film Awards.