Indian musician and singer Shankar Mahadevan has been honoured with a doctorate by means of Birmingham City University for his contribution to tune and the arts. The honorary rite passed off on June 23 at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire.The fifty six-12 months-old singer shared his experience and thanked Birmingham City University for honouring him. Speaking to ANI, Mahadevan said, “This is absolutely unique, I feel privileged, I experience honoured and that is just the end result of a frame of labor that I have accomplished. I would really like to thank Birmingham City University and all of the folks that decided to confer this legendary, honourable doctorate on me. All I can say is that this is an occasion which tells that I want to paintings even more difficult, come up with even more lovely songs and spread the joy of song which is Indian classical track all around the world.”

He in addition said, “When an honorary doctorate like that is conferred upon an artist that you look up to then you definately’ve a goal to attain. The teenager feels that their desires are coming real in the front in their eyes. They also begin working difficult and they might also like to achieve and would love to reach probably in which I reached nowadays. I used to look up to maestros like John McLaughlin and Ustaad Zakir Hussain like they have got come to confer this upon me. So it’s pleasant to set a type example for the subsequent technology.”

The ceremony changed into also attended by means of the stated guitarist, John McLaughlin and the tabla maestro Zakir Hussain. Taking to Instagram, the musician shared a image with them and wrote, "Met the maestros !!! What a blessing."