Afghanisthan president receives 'Doctors of Letters' Honoris Causa degree from Indian President

Updated on: Tuesday, May 21, 2013

On the first day of his three-day visit to India, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has acknowledged the "immense contribution" of India as a friend of Afghanistan in uplifting the standard of education.

Just after receiving the 'Doctors of Letters' Honoris Causa degree from Indian President Pranab Mukherjee at the third convocation of Lovely Professional University here on Monday evening, Karzai said that India was already giving 2,000 scholarships to Afghan students.

"India has done not only that but has gone much beyond that as it has contributed two billion dollars of its tax payers money for betterment of Afghanistan by building up infrastructure there," Karzai said, who is expected to seek more military aid from India during his three day visit.

"Need of education in Afghanistan, particularly higher education, is great. Chancellor of LPU, Ashok Mittal has offered to take as many students as Afghanistan would wish to send here on scholarship," Afghan President said while expressing his gratitude for the proposal.

He said that India was fast rising in industrial and technological sectors and would be having high economic growth. "As you progress in these sectors you must remember the background of your great civilization on this earth," he said.

Even as Karzai opened his speech with Bismillah, he made it a point to greet the gathering with Namaskar and 'Sat Sri Akal'.

As Karzai received his Honoris Cause degree from India's largest university, which started just a decade back, he said that he was amazed to see its grandeur in size and the pace of its growth.

Afghanisthan president receives 'Doctors of Letters' Honoris Causa degree from Indian President

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