"As part of its mandate to promote cultural relations and foster mutual understanding through people-to-people contact, the ICCR has instituted the following awards to honour foreign nationals for their exceptional contributions to Indian heritage, arts, and culture."
Recognises eminent Indologists for their contributions to promoting India's civilisational heritage worldwide.
2015
Prof. Heinrich Freiherr Von StietencronGermany
2019
Prof. Geo Lyong LeeSouth Korea
Dr. Vishwa AdluriUSA
2021
Mr. Jeffrey ArmstrongCanada
2022
Dr. Joanna JurewiczPoland
2023
Mr. Lungtaen GyatsoBhutan
Recognises eminent Sanskrit scholars for their contribution to the promotion of Indian culture through study, teaching, or research in Sanskrit language and literature.
2015
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri SirindhornThailand
2018
Prof. Ashok Narhar AklujkarCanada
2019
Prof. Lim Geun DongSouth Korea
2020
Mr. Rutger KortenhorstIreland
2021
Dr. Boris Alekseevich ZakharinRussia
2022
Ms. Vlasta Pacheiner KlanderSlovenia
2023
Dr. Vasundhara Kavali FilliozatFrance
Recognises ICCR alumni who have achieved significant success in their respective fields and made outstanding contributions to promoting understanding, goodwill, and friendship between India and their home countries.
2015
H.E. Mr. Le Luong MinhVietnam
H.E. Ms Zenebu Tadesse WoldetsadikEthiopia
Mrs. Milena SalviniFrance
2016
Dr. Soe WinMyanmar
Mrs. Sarita BoodhooMauritius
Prof. I. Ketut WidnyaIndonesia
Dr. Laura Gibratovna YerekeshevaKazakhstan
Dr. Galina Rousseva SokolovaBulgaria
2017
Ms. Rezwana Choudhury BannyaBangladesh
Ms. Aishath SafooraMaldives
Dr. Saman Kelegama (Posthumously)Sri Lanka
Ms. Dollaporn PhukkhongThailand
Dr. Sirojiddin S NurmatovUzbekistan
2018
H.E. Dr. Kaba Urgessa DinssaEthiopia
Mr. Bui Ba BongVietnam
Dr. Constantino XavierPortugal
Mr. Ajmal Hameed AbdulrahimzaAfghanistan
Mr. Damcho DorjiBhutan
2019
Mr. Mohammad Mirwais BalkhiAfghanistan
Ms. Muqaddesa YourishAfghanistan
Ms. Monica de la FuenteSpain
Mr. Tendai PadengaZimbabwe
Mr. Odbayar JagarnomchMongolia
2020
Ms. Martine MetayerFrance
Dr. RK Lal Mervin DharmasiriSri Lanka
Dr. Riyad Mustafa AbushehadehPalestine
Mr. Rateb NooriAfghanistan
Dr. Francesca CassioItaly
2021
Mr. Sonam DorjiBhutan
Mrs. Eat SopheaCambodia
Dr. Oscar Riembau PujolSpain
Dr. Ergogie Tesfaye WoldemeskelEthiopia
Dr. Irina GlushkovaRussia
2022
Prof. Dimitrios VassiliadisGreece
Ms. Masako SatouJapan
Dr. Wah Wah MaungMyanmar
Dr. Son Yeon WooRepublic of Korea
Mr. Nguyen Trung KhanhVietnam
2023
Ms. Farzana MahmoodBangladesh
Ms. Brigitte ChataignierFrance
Dr. Muhanad Hatim Hashim AlrakabiIraq
Mr. Krzysztof Jakub IwanekPoland
Dr. Piyanat SoikhamThailand
Recognises the contribution of foreign scholars, individuals, and organisations that have contributed to the promotion of Buddhism and Buddhist studies globally.
2021
Otani UniversityJapan
Dr. Duong Thi Thanh HuongVietnam
2022
Mr. Choijamts DemberelMongolia
2023
Dr. Ashin NyanissaraMyanmar
Updated up to 10-July-2026
