Throi and Basnet to be honoured with Nai International award

Kathmandu, March 25: The Nai Publications has announced the recipients of the Nai International Award for the year 2074 B.S.
Dr Manfred Gerhardt Throi of Germany is to be honoured with the Nai Derunikh International Prize for his four-decade-long contribution to the expansion of Sanskrit language and as well as service to the Nepali education sector, according to member-secretary of the publications Narendra Raj Prasain.
The prize is presented every year to a foreign national and Dr Thori is the sixth personality to be honoured with the prize. It carries a purse of Rs. 300,000.
Likewise, Bhagwati Basnet of Israel is to be honoured with the Nai Ganesh-Durga International Prize carrying a purse of Rs. 100,000. She is being honoured for special contribution to the expansion of Nepali language and literature through creations and organisation.
The prizes will be presented at a function to be held to mark the 99th birth anniversary of Satabdi Purush Satya Mohan Joshi on coming May 13. (RSS)