AMN

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

SANSKRIT

1.
Dr. (Mrs.) Shashi Tiwari
2.
Shri Lakshmishwar Jha
3.
Prof. Sudhakar Dixit
4.
Prof. G. Mahabaleshwara Bhat
5.
Sri S.M. Veeraraghavachar
6.
Veda Ratna Keshav Sitaram Jogalekar
7.
Shri A. Haridas Bhat
8.
Pd. Shrikrishna Shastri Kashinath Shastri Joshi (Kodanikar)
9.
Dr. Ramkishor Shukla
10.
Shri Gullapalli Venkatanarayana Ghanapathi
11.
Shri Hari Dutt Sharma
12.
Prof. Om Prakash Pandey
13.
Dr. Kailash Chandra Dave
14.
Pd. Jagannath Shastri Telang
15.
Dr. Vachaspati Maithani

SANSKRIT (INTERNATIONAL)

1. Shri Asko Parpola

ARABIC

1.
Dr. Nizarudeen A.

2.
Prof. Mohammad Hassan Khan

PERSIAN

1.
Dr. Ghulam Rasool Jan

2.
Prof. (Dr.) Mohammad Munawwar Masoodi

3.
Shri Ihsan Karim Burke

PALI
1.
Prof. Pradyumna Dubey

In addition, the Hon’ble President is also pleased to award the Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman to the following young scholars of Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic and Pali/Prakrit.

SANSKRIT

1.
Dr. Viroopaksha V. Jaddipal

2.
Dr. Ratna Mohan Jha

3.
Dr. Bishnupada Mahapatra

4.
Dr. Prasad Prakash Joshi

5.
Dr. Deviprasad Mishra

ARABIC

1.
Dr. Heifa Shakri

PERSIAN

1.
Dr. Imran Ahmed Chaudhry

PALI

1.
Shri Dhammadeep Pandhari Wankhede

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.