Humanitarian and spiritual leader Amritanandamayi Devi was recently awarded with an honorary Doctorate of Letters (D.Litt. Honoris Causa) by the University of Mysore.
The honorary doctorate was officially presented to Amma by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Mysore, Prof. G. Hemanatha Kumar, at a function held in Amritapuri Ashram in Kollam, Kerala.
It was done so in the presence of Ashwin Kumar Choubey, the Union Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, V.P. Mahadevan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor, University of Kerala; Prof.Lingraja Gandhi, Registrar, University of Mysore, and other dignitaries.
Accepting the honor, she said, “Through this honour, I see the interest that the University of Mysore has in upholding its alignment with the ideal of manavasevamadhavaseva—‘Service to humankind is service to God.”