Pranab confers Padmashree to Japanese professor
May 28, 2013 16:55
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today awarded the Padmashree to Professor Noburu Karashima for his contribution in the field of literature and education, reports Vipin Vijayan from Tokyo.
Professor Noburu had been unable to collect his prize at the ceremony held last month for health reasons. The Japanese scholar had spent several years in India as a research scholar on South Indian history and epigraphy at the University of Madras in Chennai. Professor Noburu is fluent in Tamil and is an acknowledged authority on medieval South Indian inscriptions. He is currently Professor Emeritus in the University of Tokyo.
Professor Noburu had been unable to collect his prize at the ceremony held last month for health reasons. The Japanese scholar had spent several years in India as a research scholar on South Indian history and epigraphy at the University of Madras in Chennai. Professor Noburu is fluent in Tamil and is an acknowledged authority on medieval South Indian inscriptions. He is currently Professor Emeritus in the University of Tokyo.
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