{"id":1438,"date":"2020-12-27T07:39:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T07:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cict.in\/wp\/?page_id=1438"},"modified":"2021-08-19T06:18:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T06:18:45","slug":"presidential-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cict.in\/cictinneww\/home\/presidential-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; module_class=&#8221;bg-orange-page custom-header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;|800|||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;42px&#8221; text_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243;]\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Presidential Awards<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; module_class=&#8221;bg-orange-page&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_code module_id=&#8221;sticky-element&#8221; module_class=&#8221;leftside-menu&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<ul id=\"menu-awards\" class=\"menu\"><li id=\"menu-item-1451\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1451\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cict.in\/cictinneww\/home\/presidential-awards\/\">Presidential Awards<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-1691\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1691\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cict.in\/cictinneww\/home\/endowment-award\/\">Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi Classical Tamil Award<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.7.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"border-left-orange\">THE PRESIDENTIAL AWARDS FOR CLASSICAL TAMIL<\/b><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Presidential Awards for Classical Tamil were instituted by Central Institute of Classical Tamil functioning under the aegis of Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India. The Presidential Awards for Classical Tamil were instituted to give recognition and honour to distinguished scholars who have made an outstanding contribution to the Classical Tamil language and literature.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"border-left-orange\">THOLKAPPIYYAR AWARD<\/b><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tholkappiyyar Award is a lifetime achievement award for Indian scholars given for an outstanding contribution in the field of Tamil studies. This award carries a certificate of honour, a memento and a one-time cash award of Rs.5 Lakh.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"border-left-orange\">KURAL PEEDAM AWARD<\/b><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are two international awards; one for persons of Indian origin and another for a person of non-Indian origin who have been identified as eminent scholar of Classical Tamil. This award carries a certificate of honour, a memento and a one-time cash award of Rs. 5 lakh.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b class=\"border-left-orange\">YOUNG SCHOLAR AWARD<\/b><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; text-indent: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Five awards are given to young scholars in the age group of 30 &#8211; 40, who have publications to their credit and have shown keen interest in Classical Tamil studies. This award carries a certificate of honour, a memento and a one-time cash award of Rs.1 lakh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So far, the Presidential awards for Classical Tamil have been given to 66 scholars. The details of the awardees are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\"table custom-table-orange table-xs-responsive table-striped table-bordered\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">2005-2006<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Tolkappiyar Award<\/td>\n<td>Prof. Adigalasiriyar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kural Peedam<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Young Scholar Award<\/td>\n<td>Dr. R. Aravendan ( Thamotharan)<br \/>\nDr. Y.Manikandan<br \/>\nDr. S. Kalaimagal<br \/>\nDr. Va.Mu.Se. Muthuramalinga Aandavar<br \/>\nDr. K. Pazhanivelu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"table custom-table-orange table-xs-responsive table-striped table-bordered\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">2006-2007<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Tolkappiyar Award<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kural Peedam<\/td>\n<td>Prof. George L. Hart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Young Scholar Award<\/td>\n<td>Dr. S. Chandra<br \/>\nDr. Aranga. Pari<br \/>\nDr. Mu. Elangovan<br \/>\nDr. M. Bhavani<br \/>\nDr. R. Kalaivani<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"table custom-table-orange table-xs-responsive table-striped table-bordered\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">2007-2008<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Tolkappiyar Award<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kural Peedam<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Young Scholar Award<\/td>\n<td>Dr. Selvarasu<br \/>\nDr. P. Velmurugan<br \/>\nDr. A. Manavazhahan<br \/>\nDr. S. Chandrasekaran<br \/>\nDr. S. Simon John<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"table custom-table-orange table-xs-responsive table-striped table-bordered\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">2008-2009<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Tolkappiyar Award<\/td>\n<td>Prof. C. Govindarajanar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kural Peedam<\/td>\n<td>Prof. Francis Gros<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Young Scholar Award<\/td>\n<td>Dr. A Lakshmi Duttai<br \/>\nDr. S. Madhavan<br \/>\nDr. M. Ramakrishnan<br \/>\nDr. S. Sentamizhpavai<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"table custom-table-orange table-xs-responsive table-striped table-bordered\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">2009-2010<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Tolkappiyar Award<\/td>\n<td>Dr. Iravatham Mahadevan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kural Peedam<\/td>\n<td>Dr.Jaroslav Vacek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Young Scholar Award<\/td>\n<td>Dr. T. Suresh<br \/>\nDr. S. Kalpana<br \/>\nDr. R. Chandrasekaran<br \/>\nDr. Vaani Arivaalan<br \/>\nDr. C. Muthamizhselvan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"table custom-table-orange table-xs-responsive table-striped table-bordered\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">2010-2011<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Tolkappiyar Award<\/td>\n<td>Prof. Tamizhannal (Periyakaruppan)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kural Peedam<\/td>\n<td>Dr. John Ralston Marr<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Young Scholar Award<\/td>\n<td>Dr. T. Sangaiya<br \/>\nDr. Jayakumar<br \/>\nDr. A. Mani<br \/>\nDr. S. Chidambaram<br \/>\nDr. K. Sundarapandian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"table custom-table-orange table-xs-responsive table-striped table-bordered\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">2011-2012<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Tolkappiyar Award<\/td>\n<td>Prof. S.V. Shanmugam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kural Peedam<\/td>\n<td>Dr. Eva Maria Wilden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Young Scholar Award<\/td>\n<td>Dr. K. Iyyappan<br \/>\nDr. E. Ezhilvasanthan<br \/>\nDr. K. Jawahar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"table custom-table-orange table-xs-responsive table-striped table-bordered\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">2012-2013<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Tolkappiyar Award<\/td>\n<td>Dr. R. Krishnamurthi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kural Peedam<\/td>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Young Scholar Award<\/td>\n<td>Dr. A. Sathish<br \/>\nDr. R. Venkatesan<br \/>\nDr. Jaiganesh<br \/>\nDr. M. R. Devaki<br \/>\nDr. Alibava<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"table custom-table-orange table-xs-responsive table-striped table-bordered\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th colspan=\"2\">2013-2014<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Tolkappiyar Award<\/td>\n<td>Dr. S.N. 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