The University of Guyana yesterday announced its 2024 list of awardees of honorary doctorates in this year’s convocation exercises and it includes businessman Chris Fernandes, broadcaster Vic Insanally and Baron Foods founder, Ronald Ramjattan among others.
The others to be honoured are Guyanese Toronto-based surgeon and medical innovator Dr. Narendra Chetram Singh; CEO and Founder of Hansib Publishing Arif Ali; Creole Linguistics and English Language Specialist Professor Ian Robertson; finance and management specialist Ralph Bazilio; child rights activist and social worker Ann Greene; historian and consumer advocate Patrick Parbhu Dial; veteran Guyanese musician and culturalist Eze Rockliffe and cultural icon Pauline Thomas aka “Auntie Comesee”.
Synopses on each awardee were provided by UG in a release.