The President is pleased to award the Certificate of Honour to the following scholars of Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic and Pali/Prakrit:

 

            SANSKRIT

           

            1.         Shri Manohar Vidyalankar

            2.         Shri S. Sambanda Sivacharya

            3.         Shri Radhasarveshwar Sharan Devacharya

            4.         Dr. Rama Shankar Tripathi

            5.         Shri V. Krishnamurthi Ghanapatigal

            6.         Shri Areyar Srirama Sharma

            7.         Dr. R. Krishnamurthi Shastri

            8.         Shri Francois Grimal

            9.         Shri Vidwan Mahamahopadhyaya Sri Raja Giriacharya

10.       Prof. Radhavallabh Tripathi

            11.       Shri Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya

            12.       Shri Chellam Srinivasa Somayaji

            13.       Prof. Vempaty Kutumba Sastry

            14.       Prof. Om Prakash Upadhyaya

                        15.       Prof. Smt. Shashiprabha Kumar

           

            SANSKRIT (INTERNATIONAL)

 

            1.         Shri Filliozat Pierre Sylvain

 

ARABIC

 

            1.         Dr. Ahamed Ibrahim Rahmathullah

            2.         Dr. Nisar Ahmad Ansari Azmi

 

PERSIAN

 

            1.         Shri Shameem Akhtar

           

 

            PRAKRIT

 

            1.         Shri Mahopadhyay Vinay Sagar

 

            In addition, the Hon’ble 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. K.S. Maheswaran

            2.         Dr. Pramod Kumar Sharma

            3.         Dr. Madhav Janardan Ratate

            4.         Dr. Vinay Kumar Pandey

           

            ARABIC

 

            1.         Dr. Aurang Zeb Azmi

 

PERSIAN

 

            1.         Dr. Atiqur Rahman

 

           

            PRAKRIT

 

            1.         Dr. Samani Sangeet Prajna

 

            The distinction is conferred once a year on the Independence Day in recognition of substantial contribution in the field of Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic and Pali/Prakrit.

 

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