MAHARSHI BADRAYAN VYAS SAMMAN

Aug. 16, 2018

President of India awarded the Certificate of Honour and Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman to Linguistic scholars for the Year 2018.

About:

  • The awards were instituted in 1958 by Union Ministry of Human Resource Development.

  • These are annually conferred on the Independence Day.

  • It is conferred to recognise contribution of scholars the field of 9 languages (Sanskrit, Persian, Arabic, Pali, Prakrit, Classical Oriya, Classical Kannada, Classical Telugu and Classical Malayalam).

  • These awards are not given posthumously. Also, these awards are not given to scholars
    • who have received this award earlier, or

    • who are convicted in a criminal case/against whom a criminal case is pending in a court.



  • Key differences:

Certificate of Honour

For scholars aged 60 years and above.

It carries a cash prize of Rs. 5,00,000/-

Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman

For young scholars between 30 to 45 years of age.

It carries a cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000/-

Source : PIB

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