Indian Cultural Centre

Embassy of India, Seoul

ICCR Award Ceremony

 (15^th December 2020)

Indian Cultural Centre and Embassy of India in Seoul organized an Award Ceremony on 15th December 2020 to felicitate the awardees of the Distinguished Indologist and World Sanskrit Award for 2019.

Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) has bestowed the ‘Distinguished Indologist Award’ and ‘World Sanskrit Award’ for 2019 to two eminent academicians from Republic of Korea Prof. Geo Lyong Lee and Prof. Lim Geun Dong to honour their unique and lifelong contributions for promotion of Indian language, culture and philosophy in the Republic of Korea.

The programme was moderated by Dr. Sonu Trivedi, Director of the Indian Cultural Centre, and welcome address was delivered by H. E. Sripriya Ranganathan, Ambassador of India to Republic of Korea. The Award Ceremony was graced by the virtual presence of Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, President of ICCR and Mr. Dinesh K. Patnaik, Director General of ICCR joining online from India.

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