President of India awarded Certificates of Honour to eminent scholars

Question: Recently who has been awarded with Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman in Pali / Prakrit language?
(a) Prof. Lakshmishwar Jha
(b) Vinay Kumar Pandey
(c) DR. Dhammadeep Pandhari Wankhede
(d) DR. Ratna Mohan Jha
Ans (c)
Related facts:

  • On 11 March 2016 the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee awarded Certificates of Honour to eminent scholars of Sanskrit, Pali/Prakrit, Arabic and Persian and the Maharishi Badrayan Vyas Samman to young scholars for the year 2015.

The following is the list of scholars awarded the Certificate of Honour.

  • In Sanskrit a total of 15 persons have been awarded Certificates of Honour.
  • They are: Dr. (Mrs.) Shashi Tiwari 2. Mr. Lakshmishwar Jha 3. Prof. Sudhakar Dixit  4. Prof. G. Mahabaleshwara Bhat 5. Mr. S.M. Veeraraghavachar 6. Veda Ratna Keshav Sitaram Jogalekar 7. Mr. A. Haridas Bhat 8. Pt. Shrikrishna Shastri Kashinath Shastri Joshi (Kodanikar) 9. Dr. Ramkishor Shukla 10. Mr. Gullapalli Venkatanarayana Ghanapathi 11. Mr. Hari Dutt Sharma 12. Prof. Om Prakash Pandey 13. Dr. Kailash Chandra Dave 14. Pt. Jagannath Shastri Telang 15. Dr. Vachaspati Maithani
  • SANSKRIT (INTERNATIONAL): Asko Parpola
  • ARABIC: Dr.A. Nizarudeen 2. Prof. Mohammad Hassan Khan
  • PERSIAN: Dr. Ghulam Rasool Jan 2. Prof. (Dr.) Mohammad Munawwar Masoodi  3. Prof. Ihsan Karim Burke
  • PALI/PRAKRIT: Pradyumna Dubey

 The following is the list of young scholars awarded the Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman:

  • SANSKRIT: Dr. Viroopaksha V. Jaddipal  2. Dr. Ratna Mohan Jha  3. Dr. Bishnupada Mahapatra 4.  Dr. Prasad Prakash Joshi 5.  Dr. Deviprasad Mishra
  • ARABIC: Heifa Shakri
  • PERSIAN: Imran Ahmed Chaudhry
  • PALI/PRAKRIT:  Dr. Dhammadeep Pandhari Wankhede

Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=137761
http://presidentofindia.gov.in/press-release-detail.htm?2106
http://pibphoto.nic.in/documents/rlink/2016/mar/p201631102.pdf