Hyderabad :

The 25th Yudhvir Foundation Memorial Award will be presented to Dr Vijayveer Vidyalankar, one of India’s leading Sanskrit scholars, for his work on the Rasa Siddhant and the Vedas.

The award will be presented by Rajya Sabha MP, K Keshav Rao on April 30 at 6.30 pm at KLN Prasad Auditorium, FATAPCCI Bhavan, Red Hills, Lakdikapul.

The award consists of a citation and a cash prize of `1 lakh. Vidyalankar has supervised the translation of 12 Telugu books into Hindi.

He was earlier honoured for outstanding contribution to Vedic literature in 2009.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Hyderabad / by Express News Service / April 27th, 2016