President of India Pranab Mukherjee has awarded the 2016 Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman to the following young scholars of Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, Arabic and Persian:
Sanskrit
Dr. Mahanand Jha
Dr. Sundar Narayan Jha
Dr. G.S.V Dattatreya Murthy
Dr. Vishwanath Dhital
Dr. Shankar Rajaraman
Arabic
Dr. Md. Qutbuddin
Persian
Dr. Haseen Uz Zaman
Pali
Dr. Ujjwal Kumar
Prakrit
Dr. Yogesh Kumar Jain
The distinction is conferred once a year on the Independence Day in recognition of substantial contribution in the field of Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, Arabic and Persian.
