INDOLOGY

Sept. 9, 2018

President Ram Nath Kovind, while addressing the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic said that Indology has a significant role in making of Modern India.

About:

Indology is the academic study of the history and cultures, languages, and literature of India.
It means studying Indian society using concepts of Indian civilization, instead of concepts of European sociology.
ICCR Distinguished Indologist Award:
- It is an annual award instituted in 2015 by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).
- Cash prize: US$ 20,000.
- It is given to a person for one’s exemplary contribution to Indology.
- Past Recipients:

2015	Prof. Heinrich Freiherr Von Stietencron	Germany
2016	Prof. Yu Long Yu	China
2017	Prof. Hiroshi Marui	Japan

Source : All India Radio

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