Tata, Hon. KBE, and seven others were conferred with the doctorate at a congregation held in Cambridge yesterday. It was presided over by Chancellor Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.
The other recipients of the Honorary degree include George John Mitchall, lawyer (Doctor of Law), Dame Louise Napier Johnson, DBE, FRS (Doctor of Science), Sir Andrew John Wiles, KBE, MA Ph.D. FRS (Doctor of Science), Geoffrey William Hill, (Doctor of Letters), Richard Sennett (Doctor of Letters), Sir Harrison Birtwistle, (Doctor of Music), Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie (Doctor of Music).