After the Union Human Resource Development Ministry raised doubts about the nationality of Anand, who has an Indian passport but lives in Spain, the University of Hyderabad had to delay the function of conferring the honor on him.
Under the name of his ministry, as contained in the dispute, the Minister of Human Resources Development Kapil Sibal spoke with Anand and apologized to him.
The minister said that the degree will be conferred on Anand on a date of your convenience.
Talking about the achievements of Anand, Sibal said the country is proud of him
"We are willing to grant the honorary doctorate to Anand. The PhD only been delayed and not denied that the Ministry of Human Resource Development has raised doubts about the nationality of the chess champion," said the Head of Department of Mathematics at the Rajat Tandon University.
"We learned from some place in July this year that the HRD Ministry is suspected nationality.We Anand sent several explanations for them, but have not yet cleared the file related to the award of an honorary doctorate," he said.
The executive committee of the Congress of Mathematics and University of Hyderabad is with deep sadness that the special convocation to confer a degree of honrary Viswanathan Anand did not take place due to the insensitive bureaucratic obstruction. The organizing committee has expressed its deep apology to Anand.
Despite repeated follow-up by the university, the Ministry of Human Resource Development did not submit the proposal (to confer the degree) for signature by the President of India.
When contacted Mr Anand said: "I've always played under the Indian flag, held an Indian passport right from the moment I took my first trip abroad. I do not understand the problem. I am in Hyderabad to play against the mathematical Congress and to enjoy so let's leave it at that. "
Coinciding with the International Mathematics Conference here today, the University intended to honor Anand, along with Harvard University David Mumford. Following the controversy, Tandon said the university plans to perform a function tonight in honor of Anand, but the champion refused to accept in view of the controversy.
Noting that were left "very embarrassed" by the whole issue, Tandon, also the organizing secretary of the International Congress of Mathematicians course, apologized to Anand about it.
Earlier Tandon said that even after a number of clarifications, including the presentation of your copy of passport, the ministry has kept the file pending.
"The honorary degree to Viswanathan Anand has stagnated or has only been delayed.But denied.It are very embarrassed by this," he said. A senior university official had said they were puzzled by the actions of the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
"There has been a great deal of correspondence between the University and the Ministry on the fact issue.In, wife Aruna Anand was faxed a copy of the passport from the Ministry Anand. But even so, officials of the Ministry still does not respond, "was the official said.
The issue was also placed before the President of India for consideration as she was a visitor of the Central University.
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