Bengaluru: Veteran Sandalwood actor, director and producer Dwarakish was among three distinguished personalities who were conferred with Honorary Doctorate degrees by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot at the 57th Convocation of Bangalore University yesterday.

Amarnath Gowda, Attorney and Counsellor at Law and Founder-President of The Law Offices of Amarnath Gowda in Farmington Hills, Michigan, US and T. Anil Kumar, renowned artist, painter, photographer, social worker and philanthropist were also awarded with Honorary Doctorates.

At the convocation, 300 gold medals and 73 cash prizes were awarded to 167 students and 267 Ph.Ds were conferred.

In all, 34,334 candidates, including 16, 233 male candidates and 18,104 female candidates, were awarded UG, PG and Ph.D degrees.