Английская Википедия:Indra Dassanayake

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Indra Dassanayake was a Sri Lankan academic, emeritus professor in Hindi, a scholar, and known for promoting Hindi-language and North Indian culture in Sri Lanka through educational institutions. On 26 January 2020, she received the Padma Shri award.[1][2][3][4]

Career

Dassanayake attended the University of Lucknow. After returning from India, she introduced the Hindi-language into the Sri Lankan education system. She was also a professor of Hindi at the Kelaniya University. She participated in the first World Hindi Conference in 1975 that was held in Nagpur.[5][2]

Honours

In 2020, Dassanayake received the Padma Shri award from the Government of India for her contribution to North Indian Literature & Education in Hindi.[6][7][8] It was also the first instance a Sri Lankan received the award since 2002.[9]

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