This degree will forever be etched in my history: Tanzanian President Hassan on JNU honour
Visiting Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan who was on Tuesday conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by the Jawaharlal Nehru University said that the honour will be forever etched in her memory as it is the first award to her in a foreign country.
Speaking at JNU's Special Convocation ceremony conferring the Honorary Doctorate to her, President Hassan expressed her gratitude for the honour, which she termed added «colour» to her life history.
«Namaste everybody,» the Tanzanian President said at the beginning of her speech.
«The world says, there is no midway in falling in love with India, be it an Indian song, an Indian movie, or Indian cuisine, it is very difficult to resist an Indian charm. I experienced it when I came to India for the first time in 1998 to study in Hyderabad.
I stand here as a family member of Jawaharlal Nehru University and no more as a visiting guest. This is what makes India irresistible.
This is what makes India, the Incredible India...,» President Hassan said.
The Tanzanian President was conferred with the honorary doctorate in the presence of Union Ministers S Jaishankar and Dharmendra Pradhan, JNU Chancellor Ambassador Kanwal Sibal and the Vice Chancellor of the university Prof Santishree D Pandit.
«This degree will forever be etched in my history as the first to be awarded to me by a foreign country. Definitely, I've got one.
