Honorary doctorate for Rahman

August 13th, 2009 LONDON - Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman has joined hands with Britain's Middlesex University for a programme focussing on blending Asian and Western music.

August 3rd, 2009 A.R. Rahman received an honorary doctorate along with Deputy Chief Minister MK Stalin and Indian Space Research Organisation scientist M Annadurai in a special convocation ceremony that was held at the Anna University, in keeping with the birth centenary of late Chief Minister Annadurai. All the leading politicians and well known people in the field of education attended this event.

August 1st, 2009 CHENNAI - Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman, Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister M.K.

July 31st, 2009 A.R.Rahman’s six year old son Alim has sung a full song for the film Couples Retreat for which Rahman is going to set the music. Couples Retreat is a romantic comedy Hollywood film which is directed by Peter Billingsley.

July 23rd, 2009 Gowthan Menon is a disappointed man, after hearing the recent media stories regarding his conflict with music maestro A R Rahman on financial basis relating to the music to be composed by the music director of his upcoming flick Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya starring Salimbarasan and Trisha in lead roles. Speaking to the media, Gowtham puts his point of view, expressing his point of view, “not me, but even Rahman himself was completely disappointed on reading such gossips.

July 11th, 2009 LONDON - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan pitched for greater harmony among South Asian people as he accepted an honorary doctorate from a British university, saying governments were best left to their own agendas. We belong to - I know it's a bit of a clich but - one world.

July 10th, 2009 LONDON - Shah Rukh Khan becomes Dr Shah Rukh Khan Friday. The Bollywood superstar is to be presented an honorary doctorate in arts and culture by Britain's Bedfordshire University at a ceremony in London for his contributions to culture.

July 10th, 2009 LONDON - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan Friday became Dr. Shah Rukh Khan.

June 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has been nominated to receive an honorary doctorate in arts and culture from Britain's University of Bedfordshire. Shah Rukh, the first foreign actor to be conferred the Malaysian title of Datuk - akin to a British knighthood - last year, will receive his first doctorate July 10.

June 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Former James Bond star Sean Connery has been bestowed with an honorary degree by a university in Edinburgh in his native Scotland. The veteran actor was presented with an honorary doctorate from Edinburgh Napier University in a ceremony in his hometown Friday, reports imdb.com.

June 11th, 2009 MUMBAI - The much-hyped 'authorised biography' of A.R. Rahman by author Kamini Mathai has kicked up a storm even before its release because the music maestro says there is "nothing authorised" about it.

June 7th, 2009 ALIGARH - Oscar-winning music maestro A.R. Rahman was Sunday conferred an honorary doctorate by the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) at its 59th convocation.

June 5th, 2009 A R Rahman have become an international figure after winning the Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire and various Indian and International institutes are competing with each other to honour this music maestro and invite him to give a guest lecture. On 7th of June, A R Rahman will be honoured with a doctorate by the Aligarh Muslim University.

June 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - Being voted one of the 100 most influential people by Time magazine has seen his popularity soar. Oscar-winning Indian composer A.R.

June 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Australia's Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has asked Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan to reconsider his decision to decline a honorary doctorate in the wake of a series of racist attacks on Indian students in that country. In a letter in response to Bachchan's denial to the doctorate Saturday, QUT vice chancellor Peter Coaldrake has expressed his respect for Big B's decision.