Indian actress of film, television and theatre, Shabana Azmi who has earlier received the doctorate from Jadavpur University (2003), Leeds Metropolitan University in Yorkshire (2007) and Jamia Milia University (2008), will be getting one from Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver.

The 61-year-old actress, will be accompanied by her husband Javed Akhtar, a poet, lyricist and scriptwriter, tomorrow as she will be honoured with the doctorate. "Off to USA. I will receive Doctorate from Simon Fraser University Vancouver on June 12," she announced on twitter.

The actress has given many big hits such as Godmother, Earth and Fire, amongst the many other films.