President Pranab Mukherjee to present Presidential Awards for Classical Tamil

New Delhi: President  will present "Presidential Awards for Classical Tamil" for the year 2011-12 and 2012-13 tomorrow.

The awards for Classical Tamil were instituted to give recognition and honour to distinguished scholars who have made outstanding contribution to Classical Tamil language and literature.

These awards include one "Tholkappiar Award" for life time achievement to an Indian scholar for outstanding contribution in the field of Tamil studies and two Kural Peedam Award for eminent scholars of Classical Tamil of non-Indian origin.

Five "Young Scholar Awards" for scholars in the age group of 30-40 years for showing interest and excellence in Tamil studies with publications will also be presented with the award.