The Banaras Hindu University, India shall confer the degree of Doctor of Science (Electronics Engineering) on Akhlesh Lakhtakia, the Charles Godfrey Binder professor of engineering science and mechanics, at a convocation ceremony to be held on March 18, 2007. Lakhtakia received the D.Sc. degree for his contributions over a 5-year period on elucidating the characteristics of electromagnetic fields in many types of complex materials. The D.Sc. degree is granted for a significant body of research to BHU alumni who already possess the Ph.D. degree. Lakhtakia shall be the first recipient of the D.Sc. degree from BHU in engineering. Engineering education commenced at that university in 1918. Lakhtakia obtained a Bachelor of Technology degree in electronics engineering from its Institute of Technology in 1979. After receiving a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Utah in 1983, he joined Penn State.