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Hum­ming­bird Gold Medal re­cip­i­ent Mun­gal Patasar has re­ceived an hon­orary doc­tor­ate from the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies’ Fac­ul­ties of Hu­man­i­ties, Ed­u­ca­tion, and Sport.

The renowned mu­si­cian, known for pi­o­neer­ing a fu­sion of In­di­an clas­si­cal mu­sic with Caribbean rhythms, re­ceived a Doc­tor of Let­ters de­gree on Sat­ur­day.

It is the lat­est in a se­ries of awards Patasar has re­ceived in his stel­lar ca­reer. Hav­ing been award­ed the Hum­ming­bird Gold Medal in 1994, he re­ceived a Cacique Award for Best Orig­i­nal Mu­sic a year lat­er. In 2009, he re­ceived the Queen’s Hall Award for Ex­cel­lence in Mu­sic, and in 2016 he was recog­nised by the Ma­hat­ma Gand­hi In­sti­tute for Cul­tur­al Co­op­er­a­tion for his con­tri­bu­tion to the preser­va­tion and pro­mo­tion of In­di­an cul­ture in the Caribbean.