Question: Certificate of Honour and Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman for the Year 2019 is not given for which of the following languages?
(a) Hindi
(b) Sanskrit
(c) Persian
(d) Pali
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- Vice President Venkaiah Naidu conferred President’s Certificate of Honour and Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman Awards at New Delhi.
- Certificate of Honour were presented to the scholars of Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, Pali, Prakrit, Classical Kannada, Classical Telugu, Classical Malayalam and Classical Odiya for the year 2019.
- For Sanskrit: Shri Sripada Satyanarayana Murthy, Shri Rajendra Nath Sarma, Prof. Ramji Thakur, Prof. Chand Kiran Saluja, Dr. Shri Krishan Sharma, Dr. V. Ramakrishna Bhatt, Vidwan Janardana Hegde, Dr. Kala Acharya, Prof. (Dr.) Harekrishna Satapathy, Pandit Satya Dev Sharma, Shri Banwari Lal Gaur, Dr. V.S. Karunakaran, Prof. Yugal Kishore Mishra, Pandit Manudev Bhattacharya and Shri Subuddhi Charan Goswami.
- For Sanskrit International: Nil
- For Pali: Dr. Uma Shankar Vyas
- For Prakrit: Prof. Kamal Chand Sogani
- For Arabic: Prof. Faizanullah Farooqi, Mohammad Iqbal Husain and Dr. Mohd. Samiullah Khan
- For Persian: Prof. Dr. Iraq Raza Zaidi, Prof. Chander Shekhar and Mohammad SidiqNiazmand
- For Classical Kannada: Shri Hampa Nagarajaiah
- For Classical Telugu; Prof. Ravva Srihari
- For Classical Malayalam: Dr. C.P. Achuthan Unny
- For Classical Odia: Pandit Dr. Antaryami Mishra
- In addition, the President is also pleased to award the Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman to the following scholars of Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, Pali, Prakrit, Classical Kannada, Classical Telugu, Classical Malayalam and Classical Odiya for the year 2019:
- For Sanskrit: Dr. Ashok Thapliyal, Prof. Sujata Tripathi, Dr. Sanju Mishra, Dr .Abhijit Hanmant Joshi and Dr. Sharachchandra Dwivedi.
- For Pali: Ms. Anoma Shriram Sakhare
- For Prakrit: Shri Ashish Kumar Jain
- For Arabic: Dr. Fauzan Ahmad
- For Classical Kannada: Shri G.B. Harisha, Shri S. Karthik and Dr. M. Byrappa
- For Classical Telugu: Dr. Addanki Srinivas, Dr. V. Triveni and Dr. D.K. Prabhakar
- For Classical Malayalam: Dr. Rajeev R.R. and Shri Santhosh Thottingal
- For Classical Odia: Dr. Subrat Kumar Prusty
- The distinction is conferred once a year on the Independence Day in recognition of substantial contribution in the field of Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, Pali, Prakrit, Classical Odiya, Classical Kannada, Classical Telugu and Classical Malayalam.
About Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman:
- The Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman distinction is conferred on persons once a year on the Independence Day (15 August) in recognition of their substantial contribution in the field of Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, Pali, Prakrit, Classical Oriya, Classical Kannada, Classical Telugu and Classical Malayalam.
- The award introduced in the year 2002, is given to selected young scholars in the age group of 30 to 45 years. The Presidential award carries a certificate of honour, a memento and a one time cash prize of Rs.1 lakh
Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharshi_Badrayan_Vyas_Samman
http://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1582056
https://mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/advertisment/presidential_awards_en.pdf