The President of India has awarded the Certificate of Honour to the following scholars of Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, Arabic and Persian:

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.
the awardees are —

SANSKRIT
1.
SHRI R.VENKATRAMAN
2.
SHRI VISWANATHA GOPALA KRISHNA
3.
SHRI JIYA LAL KAMBOJ
4.
DR. BHAVENDRA JHA
5.
PROF. PRIYATAM CHANDRA SHASTRI
6.
PROF. GURUPAD K.HEGDE
7.
PROF. S.T. NAGARAJA
8.
SHRI SANATAN MISHRA
9.
SHRI SRISTI LAKSHMI PRASANNANJANEYA SARMA
10.
PROF. (MRS.) LAXMI SHARMA
11.
PROF. BISWANATH BHATTACHARYA
12.
PROF. RAMNARAYAN DAS
13.
DR. RAMSHANKER AWASTHI
14.
SHRI HRIDAYA RANJAN SHARMA
15.
PROF. (DR.) JANAKI PRASAD DWIVEDI

SANSKRIT (INTERNATIONAL)
1.
MR. FERNANDO TOLA

ARABIC
1.
SHRI ABDUL MUSABBIR BHUIYA
2.
SHRI SAYYAD ASAD RAZA HUSSAINI
3.
SHRI BADR-E-JAMAL ISLAHI

PERSIAN
1.
HKM. SYED GHULAM MEHDI RAZ
2.
CHOWDHRY WAHHAJ AHMAD ASHRAF
3.
MOULVI H. REHMAN QABLI

PALI
1.
SMT. BELA BHATTACHARYA

PRAKRIT
1.
DR. DAMODAR SHASTRI

Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman

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

SANSKRIT
1.
DR. MAHANAND JHA
2.
DR. SUNDAR NARAYAN JHA
3.
DR. G.S.V DATTATREYA MURTHY
4.
DR. VISHWANATH DHITAL
5.
DR. SHANKAR RAJARAMAN

ARABIC
1.
DR. MD. QUTBUDDIN

PERSIAN
1.
DR. HASEEN UZ ZAMAN

PALI
1.
DR. UJJWAL KUMAR

PRAKRIT
1.
DR. YOGESH KUMAR JAIN

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.
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