Sardar Patel University, one of India’s leading universities, has conferred an honorary doctorate on Lord Bhikhu Parekh. This is Lord Parekh’s 17th honorary doctorate. Professor Harish Padh, the Vice-Chancellor of Sardar Patel University, saluted Parekh’s academic achievements and his contribution to India’s and Britain’s cultural and political life. In his convocation address Lord Parekh concentrated on the nature and causes of religious terrorism and how higher education could equip students with the capacity to fight it. Gujarat governor Om Prakash Kohli who presided over the function, endorsed Parekh’s views and made insightful observations of his own on the dangers of terrorists hijacking religion
