Dhankhar happy economist Abhijit Banerjee to be conferred D

Asking the media not to always go for negative news, West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday said he is happy that Nobel Prize winner in economics Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee will be conferred honorary D Litt in the convocation of Calcutta University.

The university last month decided to confer the D Litt (honoris causa) on Banerjee at its annual convocation to be held on January 28.

Higher Education Minister Partha Chatterjee on Tuesday asserted that if necessary the CU Convocation will be held without the governer as he has been "consistently making statements targetting the state government."
Asked to comment on this, Dhankhar who is also Chancellor of all the state universities, said, "Why should you ask such negative questions.... Anyone who can be there, I think, has to be there (at the Convocation)."
Terming the economist as "one of the most brilliant minds in the world' he said, "It is a moment of great pride for all of us. Let us not look into negative aspects, none can have two opinions about it."