Five Time Chess World Champion Viswanathan Anand has been conferred with the Honorary Degree Doctor of Science by Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Awarded during: 49th Convocation Ceremony
Venue: Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Awarded by: NITI Aayog Chairman Arvind Panagariya
About Viswanathan Anand:
- Country India
- Born 11 December 1969 Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu
- Title Grandmaster (1988)
He held the FIDE World Chess Championship from 2000 to 2002
Key Aspects:
- Anand thanked and remembered the day when he was conferred the Arjuna Award in 1985 and shared that this dress code in Kanpur brought back memories of that day at the Rashtrapati Bhawan
- He thanked the celebration and he insisted himself to focus on successive opportunities and goals
About IIT, Kanpur
Public Research College located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Declared to be Institute of National Importance by Government of India under IIT Act
- Director: Indranil Manna
- Chairman: Munirathna Anandakrishnan
- Founded: 1959
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