Award for fourth Druk Gyalpo
His Majesty the fourth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuk will be among eight eminent personalities to be conferred with ‘Deshikottama’, the highest award of the Visva-Bharati, by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the university’s annual convocation in Kolkata on December 6.
The fourth Druk Gyalpo will be conferred with the award for his efforts to herald an era of democracy in Bhutan, Visva-Bharati officials said.
Other recipients of the award include – former Visva-Bharati vice-chancellor Amlan Dutta, economist J Endrez, historian Irfan Habib and noted theatre personality Habib Tanvir.
A security drill is being chalked out for the short visit of Manmohan Singh who will be attending the Visva-Bharati convocation for the first time as its Chancellor. Seven years ago, former premier A B Vajpayee attended the annual convocation here as its chancellor.
In the wake of blast triggered by the Maoists near Salboni in West Midnapore district recently, efforts are on to tighten security in the capital during Singh’s visit. Meanwhile, sources said that a team of Special Protection Group would be arriving here shortly to get a briefing on the security arrangements and finalise the programmes.
Source:www.outlookindia.com