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3rd ICCR Distinguished Indologist award

November 29 , 2017 2406 days 1560 0
  • 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.

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