Meenakshi Mahadevan / CNN-IBN
Chennai: Olympics star Abhinav Bindra has now earned himself an honorary doctorate degree.
A university in Chennai has honoured the shooter, hoping that he will be an inspiration for young Indians.
India's golden boy Abhinav Bindra will henceforth be called Dr Abhinav Bindra. Chennai's SRM University has honoured India's first ever individual Olympic gold medalist with an honorary doctorate in Literature. The University also awarded him a cash prize of Rupees five 5 lakhs.
"For youngsters he is a star. So he should be focused upon so that it reaches to every youth of the country. Unless we encourage such stars how will we get our share in the Olympics in the future? That's why we decided to give this doctorate to him," said Chancellor, SRM University, T R Pachamathu.
Abhinav Bindra was joined by ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair, who received a doctorate in Science from the governor of Tamil Nadu. And though by now, Bindra has got used to the limelight and awards, he was still very happy to accept this special honour.
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