JNU to confer alumni award to Sitaraman and Jaishankar
India TodayJawaharlal Nehru University on June 12, 2019, said it would confer its Distinguished Alumni Award to Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. The Executive Council of the JNU approved a proposal to bestow the award on Finance Minister Ms. Sitharaman and External Affairs Minister Mr. Jaishankar, during the third convocation of the university to be held in August this year, Registrar Pramod Kumar said in a statement. Qualifications of Ms Nirmala Sitharaman Current finance minister of India Ms. Sitharaman completed her M.A and M. Phil degrees from the School of Social Sciences and School of International Studies respectively. Qualifications of Mr Jaishankar Prasad External affairs minister Mr. Jaishankar completed his M.Phil and doctoral research in the School of International Studies where he specialised in nuclear diplomacy, the university said.