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3rd ICCR Distinguished Indologist award
November 29 , 2017
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- 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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