The President of India, Sri Pranab Mukherjee awarded the 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 2014.
The recipients of the awards are listed below:
| AWARD | LANGUAGE | AWARDEES |
| Certificate of Honour | SANSKRIT |
|
| SANSKRIT (INTERNATIONAL) | Prof. Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat. | |
| ARABIC LANGUAGE |
| |
| PERSIAN AND PALI/PRAKRIT LANGUAGE |
| |
| Maharishi Badrayan Vyas Samman | SANSKRIT |
|
| ARABIC | Dr. Aurang Zeb Azmi | |
| PERSIAN | Dr. Atiqur Rahman | |
| PALI/PRAKRIT | Dr. Samani Sangeet Prajan |
ABOUT THE AWARDS:
- Introduced in 1958 by Union Ministry of Human Resource and Development to honour the scholars of Sanskrit, Arabic and Persian Languages
- The scheme was extended to cover Pali/ Prakrit in 1996
- Since 2008, the scheme was further extended to cover one international award for an NRI or foreigner for their lifetime achievement in the field of Sanskrit.
- The Maharishi Badrayan Vyas Samman for young scholars in the age group of 30 to 40 years in the field of Sanskrit, Pali/ Prakrit, Arabic and Persian was introduced from the year 2002.
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