GNDU convocation-renowned Cardio surgeon Dr. Naresh Trehan ,actor Pankaj Kapur to be honoured
Gurpreet Kaur/ royalpatiala.in/ Amritsar
Dr. Naresh Trehan, an Indian national, is a renowned Cardiovascular & Cardiothoracic surgeon and Chairman & Managing Director, Medanta Heart Institute, Gurugram and an eminent actor, director, writer and poet; Pankaj Kapur will be honoured with Doctor of Medicine- In the Faculty of Medical Sciences and Doctor of Philosophy – In the Faculty of Visual Arts & Performing Arts respectively in the 46th Annual Convocation of the Guru Nanak Dev University. This convocation will be held on March 05, 2020 (Thursday) in the Dasmesh Auditorium of Guru Nanak Dev University.
Prof. Karanjeet Singh Kahlon, Registrar of the University said that” GNDU convocation-renowned Cardio surgeon Dr. Naresh Trehan ,actor Pankaj Kapur to be honoured and Governor of Punjab and Chancellor of Guru Nanak Dev University, Shri. VP Singh Badnore will be chief guest on this occasion”. He said that King George Medical College Graduate, Dr. Naresh Trehan is subsequently trained and practiced at New York University Medical Center Manhattan USA from 1971 to 1988, where he obtained a Diplomat from the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery. He said that Dr Naresh Trehan is the Chairman & Managing Director and Chief Cardiac Surgeon, MedantaTM-The MediCity.
Prof. Kahlon said that An actor, director, writer and poet; Pankaj Kapur’s name has been synonymous with creative excellence for more than four decades. Pankaj Kapur has successfully straddled the fields of theatre, television and movies, and won several accolades and awards on the way while always winning the hearts of the audience. Today, Pankaj Kapur is universally recognised as an actor of rare calibre, one of the few who is gifted with the art of characterisation by getting under the skin of the character, and portraying those characters as real and relatable, with each character being unique and distinct from the other.
Pankaj Kapur has won several awards for his illustrious work. In the medium of films, Pankaj Kapur has won three national awards for actin in Raakh, Ek Doctor Ki Maut, and Maqbool, apart from one Filmfare award, one Zee cine award and one Jagaran award for his contribution to films. In the television medium, Pankaj Kapur has won a whopping 12 awards. Pankaj Kapur has thus served the world of art with sincerity and dedication for over four decadesand continues to do so with the same passion ,love and conviction.
