List of Kannada Film Artists with Honorary Doctorate Degree

List of Kannada Film Artists with Honorary Doctorate Degree: Honorary Doctorate degrees are bestowed by Universities to someone who has immensely contributed to the particular field.  We have made an attempt to list out Kannada film artist whom were conferred with Honorary Doctorate degree from different universities in India and Abroad.

These artists in their long journey in Kannada Cinema have contributed so much to the Kannada film industry in their own way. apart from these artists, Actors Sridhar and Jayamala obtained doctorate by presenting study paper to the university.

Bangalore University conferred the Doctorate to Actress Jayamala on 18 January 2008 for her thesis ‘rehabilitation of rural woman in Karnataka’.

Actors Sridhar was conferred with the Doctorate of Literature on 9th June 2014 for ‘Narthaka in Indian Dance with special reference to Bharatanatyam’ from Hampi Kannada University.

Lets check out the list of Kannada Film Artists with Honorary Doctorate Degree…

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1. Rajakumar

Occupation: Actor / Singer
Years active: ‎1954-2005
Doctorate awarded in: 1976
University: Mysore University
University Location: Mysore, Karnataka, India

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2. Vishnuvardhan

Occupation: Actor
Years active: ‎1972-2009
Doctorate awarded in: 2005
University: Bangalore University
University Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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3. B. Saroja Devi

Occupation: Actor
Years active: ‎1955-present
Doctorate awarded in: 2006
University: Bangalore University
University Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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4. Girish Kasaravalli

Occupation: Director
Years active: ‎1977-present
Doctorate awarded in: 2006
University: Kuvempu University
University Location: Shimoga, Karnataka

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5. Leelavathi

Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1958-present
Doctorate awarded in: 2008
University: Tumkur University
University Location: Tumkur, Karnataka, India

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6. K. S. Ashwath

Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1955-2007
Doctorate awarded in: 2008
University: Tumkur University
University Location: Tumkur, Karnataka, India

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7. Srinath

Occupation: Actor
Years active: ‎1967-present
Doctorate awarded in: 2008
University: The Open International University for Complementary Medicines
University Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka

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8. Baraguru Ramachandrappa

Occupation: Writer / Director
Years active: ‎1978-present
Doctorate awarded in: 2008
University: Kuvempu University
Place: Shimoga, Karnataka

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9. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan

Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1966-present
Doctorate awarded in: 2010
University: Karnataka State Open University
University Location: Mysore, Karnataka, India

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10. Sundar Raj

Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1967-present
Doctorate awarded in: 2011
University: The Open International University for Complementary Medicines
University Location: Colombo, Sri Lanka

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11. Jayanthi

Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1960-present
Doctorate awarded in: 2012
University: Mysore University
University Location: Mysore, Karnataka, India

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12. Rajesh

Occupation: Actor
Years active: ‎1963-present
Doctorate awarded in: 2012
University: Hampi University
University Location: Ballari, Karnataka, India

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13. Ambareesh

Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1972-2018
Doctorate awarded in: 2013
University: Karnataka University
University Location: Dharwad, Karnataka, India

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14. Shivaraj Kumar

Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1986-present
Doctorate awarded in: 2014
University: Vijayanagara Sri Krishnadevaraya University
Place: Ballari, Karnataka, India

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15. Hamsalekha

Occupation: Music Director
Years active: ‎1981-present
Doctorate awarded in: 2014
University: Bangalore University
University Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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16. Upendra

Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1989-present
Doctorate awarded in: 2015
University: Angkor Khemara University
University Location: Cambodia

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17. V. Ravichandran

Occupation: Actor
Years active: ‎1981-present
Doctorate awarded in: 2019
University: C.M.R University
Place: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

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18. Thriller Manju

Occupation: Stunt Director / Actor
Years active: ‎1990-present
Doctorate awarded in: 2019
University: National Virtual University for Peace and Education
University Location: Virtual

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List of Kannada Film Artists with Honorary Doctorate

Name	Year	University
Rajakumar	1976	Mysore University
Vishnuvardhan	2005	Bangalore University
Saroja Devi	2006	Bangalore University
Girish Kasaravalli	2006	Kuvempu University
Leelavathi	2008	Tumkur University
K. S. Ashwath	2008	Tumkur University
Srinath	2008	OIUCMED, Sri Lanka
Baraguru Ramachandrappa	2008	Kuvempu University
Bharathi	2010	Karnataka State Open University
Sunder Raj	2011	OIUCMED, Sri Lanka
Jayanthi	2012	Mysore University
Rajesh	2012	Hampi University
Ambareesh	2013	Karnataka University
Shivaraj Kumar	2014	VSKUB
Hamsalekha	2014	Bangalore University
Upendra	2015	AKU, Cambodia
V. Ravichandran	2019	C.M.R University
Thriller Manju	2019	NVUP

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