Mumbai,
(PTI)
Yashwantrao
Chavan
Maharashtra
Open
University
(YCMOU)
will
honour
legendary
playback
singer
asha
bhonsle.
The
77-year-old
singer
will
be
conferred
with
D
Lit
degree
by
the
Nashik-based
varsity
at
its
17th
convocation
ceremony
on
March
1.
"The
Board
of
Management
has
decided
to
bestow
an
honorary
D
Lit
on
world-famous
playback
singer
asha
bhonsle," YCMOU
Regional
Director
Pradeep
Dabali
told
media
persons
yesterday.
Fifty-seven
prisoners
from
Maharashtra's
different
jails
and
seven
visually
impaired
persons
will
be
among
56,419
students,
who
will
be
awarded
degrees
and
diplomas,
YCMOU
officials
said.
Governor
and
Chancellor
of
the
University
K
Sankaranarayanan,
Vice-Chacellor
of
Indira
Gandhi
National
Open
University
(IGNOU)
Rajshekhar
Pillai,
Nashik
Guardian
Minister
Chhagan
Bhujbal,
Minister
for
Higher
education
and
Technology
Rajesh
Tope
and
YCMOU
Vice-Chancellor
R
Krishnakumar
will
be
present
on
the
occasion,
Dabali
said.
Last
year,
as
many
as
1,23,974
students
belonging
to
the
backward
classes
and
1,22,242
women
benefited
from
the
open
learning
system
of
YCMOU,
he
said.
The
university
has
forged
MoUs
with
Maharashtra
Police,
Indo-Tibetan
Border
Police
and
Naval
Dockyard.
It
has
launched
an
MBA
for
police
officers,
he
said.
Course
have
also
been
developed
for
the
Mumbai
Dabbawalahs,
house-maids,
bus,
truck
and
autorickshaw
drivers,
Dabali
said.