The President, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee with the awardees of the Presidential Awards for Classical Tamil 2011-2012 & 2012-2013, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on May 14, 2015. The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Mrs. Smriti Irani is also seen.
Awards For 2011-2012 & 2012-2013
New Delhi (PIB-GR-TYP-BIN): The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the ‘Presidential Awards for Classical Tamil’ for the year 2011-12 and 2012-13 at Rashtrapati Bhavan on May 14.
Tolkappiyar Award: SV Shanmugam & R Krishnamurthy
Kural Pitam Award (Foreigner): Eva Maria Wilden
Young Scholar Award: K Iyyappan, E Ezilvasanthan, K Jawahar & A Sathish, R Venkatesan, B Jaiganesh, MR Devaki, U Alibava
(Source: PIB/GR/TYP/BIN/USPA/WN)