The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the Hindi Sevi Samman Awards for the year 2015 today (May 30, 2017) at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
These Awards were instituted by Central Hindi Institute, Agra in 1989.
The scholars received awards in 12 different categories for their contribution in the field of Hindi language and literature.
Hindi Scholars from Japan and the United States of America are among 26 individuals given awards by President Pranab Mukherjee for promoting Hindi language.
Fujii Takeshi (Japan) and Gabriela Nik Ilieva (US) were presented the George Grearson Award for promoting Hindi language.
Also, Pushpita Avasthi (the Netherlands) and Padmesh Gupta (London) were honoured under Padma Bhushan Moturi Satyanarayan award category.
| The awardees in different categories include: |
Ganga Sharan Singh Award: For work in the field of promotion and training of Hindi- S. Shesharatnam
- M. Govind Rajan
- Harmahendra Singh Bedi
- H. Subadani Devi
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Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Award: For work in the field of journalism and creative literature- Baldev Bhai Sharma
- Rahul Dev
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Atmaram Award: For work in the field of Science and Technology literature and Machinery growth- Girish Chandra Saxena
- Phani Bhushan Das
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Subramanyam Bharti Award: For work for promotion of Hindi in constructive or criticism way- Surya Prasad Dixit
- Chandrakanta
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Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan Award: For work in the field exploration and research as well as for description on its journey- Chitra Mudgal
- Jai Prakash Kardam
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Dr. George Grierson Award: Awarded to people of foreign origin for promotion and training of Hindi outside India- Fujii Takeshi (Japan)
- Gabriela Nik Ilieva (New York)
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Padmabhushan Dr. Moturi Satyanarayan Award: Awarded to people of Indian origin for promotion and training of Hindi outside India- Pushpita Avasthi (Netherlands)
- Padmesh Gupt (London)
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