Now, special convocation to honour ViswanathanTNN, Aug 26, 2010, 03.49am IST HYDERABAD: A special convocation will be held in the city to bestow an honorary doctorate on world chess champion Viswanathan Anand.The honour which was denied to Anand on...
Controversy resolved
Controversy Over Chess Champ’s Nationality Lands Indian Official In A SoupAHN News Staff New Delhi, India (AHN) – A major controversy emerging over world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand’s nationality has landed the Ministry of Human Resource Development i a...
Thanks! But no thanks?
Anand refuses to accept doctorateSpecial CorrespondentsHYDERABAD, August 24, 2010 World Chess champion Viswanathan Anand has declined to accept the honorary doctorate which was to have been conferred by the University of Hyderabad (UoH) at a special convocation during the...
Anand, prove you’re Indian! Huh?
Anand, prove you’re IndianG.S. MUDUR Aug. 23: The bureaucracy has stalled an attempt by the University of Hyderabad to confer an honorary degree on chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand while he is in the southern city to attend the International...