The President of India, conferred the 3rd Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Distinguished Indologist Award to Professor Hiroshi Marui of Japan at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
It is awarded to him for his exemplary contribution to Indology and as President of the Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies, he has made a significant contribution to Indology in Japan.
Indology is academic study of history, cultures, languages and literature of India and is a subset of Asian studies.
ICCR Distinguished Indologist Award is an annual award instituted by ICCR. It carries prize amount of US$ 20000.
The first award was given to Prof. Heinrich Freiherr Von Stietencron of Germany in 2015. Prof. Yu Long Yu of China was awarded in 2016.