Chandigarh, 11 March
The University of Engineering & Management, Jaipur, on its 9th Convocation decorated Dr. Jernail S. Anand, a noted contemporary author, from Punjab, Chandigarh, with Doctor of Philosophy (honoris causa )degree for his extraordinary contribution to World Literature and Poetry. The Chief Guest on this occasion was Sh Kapil Garg, IPS former DGP of Rajasthan.
In his thanksgiving address, Dr. Anand appreciated the gesture of the University towards Literature and Poetry. He said that sciences like Engineering and Management were necessary to make the youth capable of world class professionalism, while Literature is essential for improving the quality of life viz a viz the spiritual being of man. Both the streams must come together so that we have a complete human being. He added that the focus should be not on creating successful men, but on great human beings.
Dr. Jernail S. Anand, a celebrated and award winning author of 161 books, was recently honoured with Charter of Morava, the highest international award in creativity by Serbian Writers Association, Belgrade. His name has been engraved on the Poets’ Rock in the heart of Serbia. Dr. Anand has authored 9 epics, and he is the creator of Lustus, a phenomenal neo-mythological figure which has made this epic, the book of the millennium and Dr. Anand, like Daniel Defoe, the greatest satirist of our times.