Roorkee: Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia was bestowed the honorary degree of Doctor of Science by IIT Roorkee on Saturday. As Ahluwalia was conferred the Honoris Causa Doctorate of Science (D.Sc.) by the IIT Roorkee management, scores of ABVP workers gathered outside the premises to protest the price rise and increase in petrol prices. The ABVP workers raised slogans against the Centre and also burnt an effigy of Ahluwalia.
Speaking on the occasion, Ahluwalia exhorted the students to work for development of the country. PTI