Dr. Muthusami Kumaran, Associate Professor of Nonprofit Management & Community Organization, Department of Family, Youth & Community Sciences, CALS has just received an Honorary Doctorate for his lifetime service to build the capacity of global NGO sector and for the work on his book “Managing A Million Missions: Strategic Capacity Building for NGOs.” It was awarded by the World Academy of Arts and Culture (based in California and approved by UNESCO) during one of its annual events the World Congress of Poets held November 20 - 25 in the city Madurai, India. In addition to his two earned Ph.D.s, this becomes Dr. Kumaran’s third doctorate. Dr. K says “this year’s 43rd World Congress of Poets and the award ceremony were originally planned to be held in Taiwan, but moved to the historical South Indian cultural hub of Madurai due to a few unavoidable reasons. Receiving the Honorary Doctorate from the World Academy of Arts and Culture in Madurai was an incredibly humbling experience…especially because, Madurai happens to be the city of my birth! I was honored with this Doctorate at a venue which is actually just two kilometers from Madurai General Hospital where I was born some six decades ago…so, it was full circle in so many ways!” Dr. Kumaran is currently in India for a research project.
