His role in producing the world’s cheapest car, the Nano, has earned for Ratan Tata, chairman of the Tata Group, an honorary degree from the University of Cambridge. Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who is chancellor of that ancient seat of learning, conferred on Tata the Doctor of Law degree on June 21, 2010, as per a report in the online edition of The Economic Times dated June 26. Tata was among eight individuals similarly honored.
Dr Rupert Thomson from the Faculty of Classics read out the citation for Tata which was in Latin. The citation read: "Buying a car......