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Recently Jeffrey Armstrong has been awarded the Indian
Council for Cultural Relations ( ICCR) Distinguished Indologist for 2021. He belongs to which country?Solution
· A Canadian scholar Jeffrey Armstrong has been awarded the Indian Council for Cultural Relations ( ICCR ) Distinguished Indologist for 2021 . · Jeffrey Armstrong is described as “ a relationship expert, philosopher, practitioner and teacher of the Vedas for over 40 years ”. About The Award · The annual award was instituted in 2015 during the First World Indology Conference hosted by the then President of India bringing prominent Indologists from world over to a single platform with Indian scholars to deliberate upon the scope of promoting Indian studies abroad . · The award is conferred upon a foreign scholar for “ their outstanding contribution in study, teaching and research in any of the fields of Indian Studies . · The first recipient of the award in 2015 was Professor Heinrich Freiherr Von Stietencron from Germany . · The award comprises a citation, a gold - plated medallion, and US$ 20,000 ( approximately ₹1 . 6 million ). About ICCR · ICCR was founded in 1950 by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, independent India ’ s first education minister .
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