New Delhi, June 19 (IBNS) Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Tuesday conferred Certificates of Honour to scholars of Sanskrit, Sanskrit (International), Persian, Arabic languages and Pali/Prakrit.
The awards are announced once a year on Independence Day in recognition of substantial contribution in the field of Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic and Pali/Prakrit.
The following is the list of scholars who were awarded today. The awards ceremony was for the years 2010 and 2011.
The awards for 2010 are as follows:-
SANSKRIT
1. Prof. V. Swaminathan
2. Prof. Umashanker Sharma ‘Rishi’
3. Dr. Shankar Dev Sharma Avtre
4. Prof. Vijay Pandya Devshanker
5. Shri H.V. Nagaraja Rao
6. Pandit Moti Ram Shastri
7. Dr. Deviprasad Khanderao Kharwandikar
8. Shri Bhubaneshwar Kar
9. Pandit Madan Mohan Sharma
10. Shri G. R. Ramachandra Sastri
11. Prof. Sitanath Dey
12. Dr. Kapil Deva Dvivedi
13. Dr. Ganesh Dutt Sharma
14. Dr. Jaydutt Upreti
15. Smt. Gouri Dharmapal
SANSKRIT (INTERNATIONAL)
1.Prof. Csaba Tottossy
PERSIAN
1. Dr. S. M. Talha Rizvi “Burque”
2. Dr. Muhammad Yousuf
ARABIC
1. Prof. Mohd. Abdul Majeed
2. Saeed Ahmad Palanpuri
3. Prof. Ashfaq Ahmad Nadvi
PALI/PRAKRIT
1. Dr. Udai Chandra Jain
The awards for 2011 are as follows:-
SANSKRIT
1. Prof. Kaniyambakkam Elayavilli Govindan
2. Dr. Nod Nath Mishra
3. Dr. Satya Dev Choudhary
4. Dr. Manibhai Ishvarbhai Prajapati
5. Dr. Vijay Pal
6. Pt. Keshav Ram Sharma
7. Shri Somayaji Vidwan Samba Dixit
8. Prof. Rahas Bihari Dwivedi
9. Prof. Krishna S. Arjunwadkar
10. Prof. (Dr.) Sadashiva Praharaja
11. Prof. Indra Datt Uniyal
12. Dr. Satya Vrat Varma
13. Sri V. Raghunatha Sastrigal
14. Prof. Amar Nath Pandey
15. Prof. Pratap Banerjee
SANSKRIT (INTERNATIONAL)
1. Shri Huang Baosheng
PERSIAN
1. Prof. Mohammad Iqbal
2. Prof. Hafiz Mohammed Ziauddin Alias Shamsi Tehrani
3. Dr. Md. Mansoor Alam
ARABIC
1. Dr. Mohammad Atiqur Rahman
2. Prof. Zainus Sajidin Siddiqi
3. Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah
PALI
1. Prof. Angraj Chaudhary
In addition, the President is also pleased to award the Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman to the following scholars of Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic and Pali/Prakrit:-
SANSKRIT
1. Dr. Braj Bhushan Ojha
2. Dr. Somanath Dash
3. Dr. Sampadananda Mishra
4. Dr. Veernaryana N.K. Pandurangi
5. Dr. Dharmendra Kumar Singhdeo
PERSIAN
1. Dr. Shahid Naukhez Azmi
ARABIC
1. Dr. Mujeebur Rahman
PALI
Dr. Mahaveer Prabhachandra Shastri
The distinction is conferred once a year on the Independence Day in recognition of substantial contribution in the field of Sanskrit, Pali/Prakrit, Arabic and Persian.