London-Professor Surya P. Subedi, QC, OBE, has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) by the University of Oxford on the basis of exceptionally insightful and distinctive publications that contain significant and original contributions to the study of law. It is the most prestigious and highest degree of the University of Oxford. Higher doctorates are earned awards of the University of Oxford whose fundamental purpose is to recognise excellence in academic scholarship.
The Oxford DCL is awarded in recognition of publications of the absolute highest quality which is substantial in scale, sustained over time, authoritative and global in its reach. Such higher doctorates are called महाविद्यावारिधि in Nepali and महामहोपाध्याय in Sanskrit.
Professor Subedi had obtained his PhD in Law (known as DPhil at Oxford) in 1993.