President Awards the Certificate of Honour to the Scholars of Sanskrit, Pali/Prakrit, Arabi and Persian
Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, President
of India awarded the ‘Certificate of Honour’ to the following
Scholars of Sanskrit, Pali/Prakrit, Arabi and Persian in New Delhi here today:
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SANSKRIT |
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Sl. No. |
NAME |
|
1 |
PROF. LAKSHMINARASIMHA BHATTA |
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2 |
PANDIT BHALACHANDRASHASTRY JOSHI |
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3. |
SHRI NAVALPAKKAM N. VARDACHARIAR |
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4. |
DR. BHASKARACHARYA TRIPATHI |
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5. |
SHRI SURESH AMBALAL UPADHYAYA |
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6. |
PROF. (DR.) AVANINDRA KUMAR |
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7. |
PROF. LOKESH CHANDRA |
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8. |
SHRI CHANDRASEKHAR DAS |
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9. |
DR. P.S. ANANTHANARAYANA SOMAYAJI |
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10. |
SHRI PERUKKARANAI MADABHUSHI CHAKRAVARTHY
ACHARYA |
| 11. |
DR. RAJDEV MISHRA |
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12. |
PROF. RAMJI UPADHYAY |
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13. |
SHRI SHIV PRASAD BHARADWAJ |
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14. |
PROF. MANABENDU BANERJEE |
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15. |
DR. SUNITI KUMAR PATHAK |
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PALI/PRAKRIT |
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1. |
PROF. BINAYENDRA NATH
CHAUDHURY | |
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ARABIC |
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1. |
PROF. MOHSIN USMANI |
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2. |
MAULANA HABIB RAIHAN KHAN |
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3. |
PROF. SHAFIQ AHMAD KHAN |
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PERSIAN |
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1. |
PROF. MOHD. SHARAF-E-ALAM |
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2. |
PROF. BOMBAYWALA MOHAIUDDIN GULAM
RASUL |
| 3. |
PROF. MARIA BILQUIS |
In addition, the President is also
pleased to award the Maharishi Badrayan Vyas Samman to the following scholar of
Sanskrit.
|
SANSKRIT |
|
1. |
DR. SHRINIVASA VARAKHEDI |
A scheme for the Award
of the ‘Certificate of Honour’ was introduced in the year 1958 to honour the scholars
of Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian Languages. The scheme was extended to cover Pali/Prakrit
in year 1996. The distinction is conferred on the eve of Independence Day every
year in recognition of the outstanding contribution of various scholars of eminence
over 60 years of age, in the field of Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian or Pali/Prakrit.
This scheme envisages a monetary grant of Rs. 50,000/- per annum for life,
apart from a Sanad and a shawl, which is presented by the President to each awardee.
There are 15 awards for Sanskrit, 3 each for Arabic and Persian and one
for Pali/Prakrit under the scheme.
2. Maharshi
Badrayan Vyas Samman for young scholars in the age group of 30 to 40 years in
the field of Sanskrit, Pali/Prakrit, Arabic and Persian has also been introduced
from the year 2002 as a part of the scheme. This award carries an amount of Rs. 1.00 lakh
as a one-time payment to each awardee along with a Sanad and a shawl, which is
presented by the President of India. There
are 5 awards in Sanskrit and one each in Pali/Prakrit, Arabic and Persian under
this part of the scheme.
3. A
Selection Committee had been constituted with the approval of HRM to scrutinize
the proposals and make recommendations for the awards. The constitution of the committee is as follows:-
| S.No | Name | |
| 1. | Justice M N Venkatachaliah | Chariman |
| 2. | Prof. Ramaranjan Mukherjee | Member |
| 3. | Prof. Radha Vallabh Tripathi | Member |
| 4. | Prof. Dhyanesh Narayan CHakraborty | Member |
| 5. | Prof. Narayan Hemandas Samtani | Member |
| 6. | Prof. Moinuddin Azmi | Member |
| 7. | Dr. (Mrs.) Syeda Basheerunisa Begum | Member |
| 8. | Joint Secretary (Languages) | Secretary |
Vice Chancellors of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan and Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri
Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha and Director, National Council for Promotion of
Urdu Language are Special Invitees. The
3 year tenure of the Committee had expired this year and the Committee has been
reconstituted with the approval of Hon’ble HRM for three years i.e. upto July,
2010.
VL/SB
(Release ID :40250)