By Baiju NT [ February 28, 2010 ]
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Doctorate from Sanskrit university is great honour: Pookutty

Oscar-winning sound engineer Resul Pookutty, who will soon be awarded a Ph.D., says that this honour is extra special because it comes from a Sanskrit university in Kerala.

"It’s a big honour that Sankaracharya Sanskrit University is bestowing me with a doctorate. By winning the Oscar last year, everyone felt that there was a lot of Indian-ness in the Oscar; there is lots of togetherness in the Oscar, lot of brotherhood… maybe it is in recognition of all that the university has decided to give me the doctorate," Pookutty was quoted as saying.

"I feel very honoured, specially because it is coming from a Sanskrit university. I studied Sanskrit in my school. It was my third optional language but I am not that acquainted with the language any more," he said. He will be awarded the doctorate on March 16.