Highlights of Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS), Varanasi
AWARDS & HONORS
Ø Awarded Padma Shri from the President of India in the fields of Education and Literature on 31.03.2009
Vividha Puraskar from Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy, Lucknow in 1983 for translation of Pratityasamutpadastutisubhashitahridayam.
Ø Shankar Puraskar from Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy, Lucknow in 1985 for the restoration and translation of Bhavanakrama of Achary Kamalshila into Sanskrit.
Ø Vividha Puraskar from Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy, Lucknow in 2001 for the translation of Catustavah.
Vividha Puraskar from Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy, Lucknow in 1988 for the restoration and translation of Abhisamayalankara-Kaya-Vyavastha
Ø Vividha Puraskar from Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy, Lucknow in 1994 for the restoration and translation of Arya Prajnaparmita Vajracchedika Vistritatika
Ø Vishesha Puraskar from Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy, Lucknow in 1999 for the restoration and translation work of five texts of Acharya Atisha, published under the title "Five Treatises of Acharya Dipamkarasrijnana.
Ø Vishesha Puraskar from Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy, Lucknow in 2001 for the restoration and translation of Aryatrisakandhasutra and its Commentaries.
Ø In 1984, Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy Award for "Bodhipathpradipah".
Ø In 1990, Uttar Pradesh Sanskrit Academy Award for "Chandoratnakarah with auto commentary".