Legendary Sachin Tendulkar has refused to accept honorary D. Lit by Jadavpur University. The award will now be presented to iconic Indian boxer MC Mary Kom.
“We had decided to confer the honorary D. Lit to Mr Sachin Tendulkar. We approached him but recently he has sent us a mail mentioning that he will not be able to accept the honour citing Nitigoto (ethical) reasons.” said Suranjan Das, Jadavpur University, Vice-Chancellor speaking to media persons.
“He mentioned that he don’t accept such honour from any university. He even refused to accept a similar honour from Oxford University. He actually meant that since he hasn’t earned it, it would not be right for him to accept the D. Lit” added Das.
Sachin had previously rejected a similar award, when he turned down the honorary D. Sc. In 2011, which was announced by the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS).
