mangalore mangalore university will confer honoris causa degrees to seven persons at the 28th annual convocation to be held here on tuesday while rakesh kumar bhandari director variable energy cyclotron centre kolkata will receive d sc degree six others including m mohan alva and r chenraj jain educationists oscar fernandes former union minister and kolyur ramachandra rao artist will receive d litt degreesthe other recipients of d litt degrees are madhura m chatrapathy social worker and a s vishnu bharat chartered accountant for social service mohan alva will receive the award for education and promotion of sports and culture jain for education social work and philanthropy rao for contribution to art oscar also for social service vishnu madhura and jain are from bangalore rao and oscar from udupi and alva from moodbidrithe university will also confer one doctor of science dsc in materials science 62 doctor of philosophy phd degrees including 14 in arts 40 in science and eight in commerce there will be 30 gold medals and 56 cash prizes handed out in total there are 72ranks including 48 in pg 22 in ug 18 in arts 31 in science 14 in commerce four in law and three in education vc t c shivashankara murthy told reporters here on saturdaymangalore university in the past 27 convocations has awarded 36 honoris causa degrees including 10 d sc and the remaining d litt degrees with the latest announcement the number of honoris causa degrees will go up to 43 including 11 d sc degrees the university at its last convocation held in 2009 had awarded seven honoris causa degrees a number that the university has stuck to even during the current convocation vc saida total of 12954 candidates out of 18648 candidates who appeared for examinations conducted by the university are eligible to receive the awards at the convocation of them 950 candidates would receive the awards at the convocation and rest in absentia union minister of state for external affairs shashi tharoor will be the chief guest governor h r bhardwaj chancellor will preside