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Pushkin Award – Professor Meeta Narain

August 29 , 2019 1772 days 1140 0
  • Professor Meeta Narain of Jawaharlal Nehru University has been conferred the prestigious ‘Pushkin Medal – 2019’ for her contribution to Russian studies abroad.
  • Narain has contributed towards re–writing of Russian studies textbooks for graduate students after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
  • Books influenced by her are used in many former Soviet nation institutes, Europe, the US and other countries including India.

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  • The Pushkin Medal is the highest honour given to an Indian scholar by the Russian government for promoting Russian language and culture.
  • It was instituted in 1999 and named after famous Russian author and poet Alexander S. Pushkin.

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