Certificate of Honour awarded by the President of India to four scholars associated to the IFP

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, has presented at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on March 23, 2015, the Presidential Award of Certificate of Honour for the year 2014, to four scholars associated to the French Institute of Pondicherry in recognition for their lifetime achievement in Sanskrit language and literature, namely, Shri S. Sambandan Sivacharya (IFP), Shri Francois Grimal (EFEO/IFP), Shri V. Kutumba Sastry (Sri Somanath Sanskrit University) and Shri Pierre Sylvain Filliozat (EPHE).

Shri S. Sambandan Sivacharya (IFP)

Shri Francois Grimal (EFEO/IFP)

Shri V. Kutumba Sastry (Sri Somanath Sanskrit University)

Shri Pierre Sylvain Filliozat (EPHE)