With a glittering career spanning six decades, Sharmila has won National Film Awards and Filmfare awards for her performances in various films
London:
Veteran actress Sharmila Tagorehas been given an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from EdinburghNapier University for her outstanding contribution to Indiancinema.
The 67-year-old actress, who is the great grand-niece ofnoted poet Rabindranath Tagore, joined leading figures fromthe world of foreign affairs, education and almost 1000students at the ceremony to collect the award.
"It is indeed a privilege to be conferred an HonoraryDegree by Edinburgh Napier University. It recognises thesignificant influence of Indian Cinema on the global culturalarena and the small role that I have played in its history. Aswe celebrate a hundred years of Indian Cinema, this is both ahappy and humbling moment," Sharmila said while accepting herDoctorate.
The honour comes just months after the University'sInstitute for Creative Industries opened The Scottish Centrefor Tagore Studies (ScoTs), the first centre of its kind inthe UK.
ScoTs promotes Indian culture, education, philosophy, artand literature by highlighting the legacy of RabindranathTagore, the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for literaturein 1913.
With a glittering career spanning six decades, Sharmilahas won National Film Awards and Filmfare awards for herperformances in films like Apur Sansar', 'Kashmir Ki Kali','An Evening in Paris', 'Aradhanaand Amar Prem.
"Sharmila has had an astonishing career and her films areenjoyed all over the world. She is an excellent ambassador forIndian culture and at the same time, through her variouscharity endeavours, is a strong advocate for the educationalrights of children in India," said Professor Dame JoanStringer, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh NapierUniversity.
The 67-year-old actress, who is the great grand-niece ofnoted poet Rabindranath Tagore, joined leading figures fromthe world of foreign affairs, education and almost 1000students at the ceremony to collect the award.
"It is indeed a privilege to be conferred an HonoraryDegree by Edinburgh Napier University. It recognises thesignificant influence of Indian Cinema on the global culturalarena and the small role that I have played in its history. Aswe celebrate a hundred years of Indian Cinema, this is both ahappy and humbling moment," Sharmila said while accepting herDoctorate.
The honour comes just months after the University'sInstitute for Creative Industries opened The Scottish Centrefor Tagore Studies (ScoTs), the first centre of its kind inthe UK.
ScoTs promotes Indian culture, education, philosophy, artand literature by highlighting the legacy of RabindranathTagore, the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize for literaturein 1913.
With a glittering career spanning six decades, Sharmilahas won National Film Awards and Filmfare awards for herperformances in films like Apur Sansar', 'Kashmir Ki Kali','An Evening in Paris', 'Aradhanaand Amar Prem.
"Sharmila has had an astonishing career and her films areenjoyed all over the world. She is an excellent ambassador forIndian culture and at the same time, through her variouscharity endeavours, is a strong advocate for the educationalrights of children in India," said Professor Dame JoanStringer, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh NapierUniversity.
