Pl read this site you will get a lot of info

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Science

The Wikipedia link above may give a lot of information, but not specifically on how to get it as "honorary degree". In some cases it seems to be given to old Professors who supported the honoring university in some way, in some of these cases money might be involved...

I am specifically interested in doing the work in cancer genetics in any university .... if possible

It's an honorary degree given to leading professors in a field that have made a great contribution. I seem to remember that only two people have received this under the age of 40. You have to be nominated and selected by a committee.

You don't go out and seek an honorary degree - they are conferred upon someone by selection, usually based on a person's contributions to a discipline, and usually only late in their carrers, when they have established a reputation in a speciality or general area.

Saying you want to go get an honorary degree is like a soldier saying he wants to know how to get a particular medal. Such things are decided by others, your peers or colleagues who decide who is worthy of their institutions title of honorary degree.

Not at all .. In india it is done .. and i have already got the info.. thanks to peers in other fields... Like in Anna University.. :)

What you are talking about is not the same thing. There is some confusion about the abbreviation. What you are referring to is essentially another PhD classified under sciences from what I gather here: http://entrance-exam.net/difference-between-phd-and-dsc/

It is by no means the same as what the general universal understanding is, in that a DSc is an honorary degree given to the cream of the crop.

I sometimes have the impression that professors who may have directed some major research money to a distant university may get a few years later such an "honorary" degree, i.e. it may not always be related to really big research... On the other hand I think I remember that a few thousand EUR in some countries directly to a university (not Germany) may "help" as well.

Here it is:

http://www.jhsph.edu/academics/degree-programs/doctoral-programs/doctor-of-science/

That link has nothing to do with an Honorary degree. That is a regular advanced degree program for established professionals. It will require you to complete the required course(s) of study and to matriculate.

An honorary degree, literally a degree for sake of honor is given with the complete waver of courses of study, examinations, matiriculation and or residence.

This may just be an issue of language or semantics, but one does not apply for an Honorary degree, nor are is there any course of study for one.

Yes, Johns Hopkins offers advanced Ph.D. and Sc.D. degree programs, as do many schools, but you have to do the courses and work to get those degrees.

Should Johns Hopkins choose to, they may grant those named degrees to people as honorary degrees, but one cannot apply for such an award. The faculty and the board of governors of Johns Hopkins will choose and decide whom they wish to grant honorary degrees to, usually as a recognition of career achievement or in recognition of an outstanding supporter of the university (give them the funds for a building, and you may get an honorary degree).

Your original question asked about DSc (which is honorary), but your link specifically refers to Sc.D. This is essentially a PhD. It's just semantics.

Similarly, if you earn your PhD from Oxford it is listed as a D. Phil. D.Phil = PhD

here is the link for it::

http://cfr.annauniv.edu/research/regulation/DSc%20Regulations.pdf

I guess I still have no idea what you are asking about. From the very link you provided:

"The degree may also be awarded honoris causa to eminent people when the university deems worthy. D.Sc. degree shall be considered as Doctorate Degree of higher level and no supervisory guidance is necessary."

So, yes, it may be awarded, purely at the discretion of the granting institution, as an honorary degree. Otherwise, you register in the program, complete the requirements, and earn it, like any other degree (and as spelled out clearly in the very link you provided). Again, you cannot ask for or apply for an Honorary degree - they are granted, at the discretion of the granting institution, not something you can actively seek out on your own. In the context with which honorary degrees are awarded, it would be the height of egoism to go out and ask for one.

A University may grant honorary Ph.D., D.Sc./Sc.D. and even M.Sc degrees - basically any degree that an institution offers MAY be awarded, at their discretion, as an honorary degree. But each institution decides who they wish to honor with a degree awarded in honoris causa.

Yes, I agree with you Michael.. It can be both earned or given as an honour. Which ever it is. it is still a degree. And it adds to your academic record

Well, I think, any university offering doctorate programs may be allowed to give it "honoris causa", either for people who accomplished some recognition without going to a university, or, for people who already have a real doctor title. We very recently had a case in Germany, where the minister of research and education (in Germany) lost her official doctor title due to plagiarism, but during tha last decades, she got about 5 honorary doctor titles and an honorary professorship... Now, it looks like she can keep all the honorary titles, but los - even after a day in court - her real doctor title. But there are good examples, where scientific leaders and leaders of scientific institutions get a number of honorary doctor titles, so they might be proud of "Dr. h.c. mult.". I know a few european MDs who translated their two Dr. med. titles from different countries in Europe (i.e. same field, medicine) into a MD, PhD, which I think is false...

There are a number of questionable universities (I do not mean the useless diploma mills) which basically sell their 'real' doctorate degrees with distant learning courses..., maybe that is what you are looking for.

In some cases the "honorary" seems just to be related to giving money to a university...

In the UK, many universities offer DSc/Dlit (aka Senior doctorate) based on the published work you submit or as an honorary degres as someone pointed above. But the rules and regulations vary from university to university. You can either choose the university where you work or where you got your degree/PhD from to submit your published work for a senior doctorate.

Interesting discussion, following!