Friday, January 14, 2011

"Doc* Saab--Namaskar!"--Fake Honorary Doctorate Degrees

I read an article on The Economist (CLICK HERE) about why a PhD may not always be the best academic goal and may even be a "waste of time!" and potentially "reduce earnings." The article also talks about the recent increase in doctoral degrees awarded around the world. At that point I remembered reading something similar about Nepal as well...
Anyone have a degree from “Greenford International University” located in “Central United States?” If yes, it is a fake! This is not breaking news; however, I did not hear much about it after reading the report by Mr. Guna Raj Luitel on MyRepublica (CLICK HERE) a few months back and wanted to follow up on it. A quick Google search revealed the picture (see below) of the ceremony posted on Nepali World News (CLICK HERE) along with the original news article. I do not know what has come of the media exposure of these individuals, however, the article points out that “after the news was carried in Nagarik, famous artist duo of our country Madhan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bansha Acharya, popularly known as Maha jodi, extended their apology to the public and their well-wishers for accepting the honorary PhD from GIU. Both of them have also requested the government bodies to investigate about this so-called university. Following in their footsteps, a media owner also declared that he had returned the PhD degree. Until now, however, our two political leaders Deputy Prime Minister Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar and senior leader of CPN-UML K P Sharma Oli who had also been conferred ‘honorary’ degrees are conspicuously silent. Perhaps, their love of being called Dr supersedes their responsibility of being public figures.”


source: http://www.nepaliworldnews.com/page.php?id=260
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