Shankar Mahadevan to be recognised with top university honour in UK

London: Singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan will be felicitated with an honorary doctorate from Birmingham City University (BCU) for his outstanding contribution in the field of music and the arts.

Andy Street, the mayor of West Midlands county in the UK, made the announcement during a recent trade



mission event in Mumbai.

Mahadevan, part of the music composing trio Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy and the voice behind numerous songs in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages, has been formally invited to receive BCU's highest honour at a ceremony in 2023