​NTU President receives honorary degrees from Sungkyunkwan University and Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Professor Suresh was conferred an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from the Sungkyunkwan University in recognition of his role in advancing scientific innovation throughout his career.

In the citation read during his conferment on 12 Oct, Prof Suresh was lauded for his “enormous contributions to educational innovation and development of NTU through creative research achievements and outstanding leadership”.

Prof Suresh joins 92 other honorary degree recipients at Sungkyunkwan University, the oldest university in East Asia. Notable among its past recipients are former Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev, and Japanese academic and diplomat Sadako Ogata, now the Honorary Chair of the UN’s Advisory Board on Human Security.

Professor Chung Kyu Sang, President of the Sungkyunkwan University, said, “This conferment is the culmination of a highly competitive nomination process, and the selection committee was extremely impressed by the leading role which Prof Suresh has played in advancing scientific innovation throughout his career, including in his capacities as the President of NTU Singapore and Director of the United States National Science Foundation.”

Other past honorary degree recipients at IIT Roorkee include India’s first Prime Minister, the late Jawaharlal Nehru, and India’s decorated IT industry icon Ajai Chowdhry.