Thailand’s Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, who arrived an official visit to India from November 20-26, will be conferred the first ‘World Sanskrit Award’ for her exemplary contribution for the promotion of the language.

Princess Sirindhorn will meet Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari at the Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra at following which she will attend a function where the Vice President will present the first World Sanskrit Award.

Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will be travelling to India to receive the first world Sanskrit Award which has been conferred on her by the government of India

World Sanskrit Conference

• The World Sanskrit conference is an international conference organised at various locations globally.
• It has been held in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The Delhi International Sanskrit Conference of 1972 is considered to be the first World Sanskrit Conference.
• According to the official web-site of the International Association of Sanskrit Studies (IASS), several Sanskrit scholars from major Indian universities perceived that the International Congress of Orientalists “did not allow sufficient scope for full discussion of Sanskrit and allied subjects”.
• The 1972 New Delhi conference was retrospectively recognised as the “First World Sanskrit Conference”.
• The sixteenth conference in Thailand in 2015 received unprecedented support from the Indian government.