MUMBAI – After being labelled a traitor by Indian extremists in wake of thePulwama attack, the king of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan has been denied by theIndian govt an honorary doctorate requested by the Jamia Millia Islamia(JMI) for their alumni.
According to media reports, a request was sent to the Human ResourceDevelopment (HRD) Ministry by the university seeking an honorary doctoratefor Shah Rukh Khan.
HRD responded that the Bollywood star cannot be awarded another honorarydegree as he had already received the honorary doctorate from Maulana AzadNational Urdu University (MANNU) in 2016.View image on Twitterlink[image: View image on Twitter]link
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HRD further explained that no law prohibits giving multiple honorarydoctorates to the same individual but such a practice is discouraged.
Shah Rukh Khan who studied in the Mass Com program of the institute from1988-90 failed to complete the degree on account of shortage of attendance.
Shah Rukh Khan was also awarded an honorary doctorate from the Universityof Edinburgh in 2015.
