Indian award for Polish academic

Joanna Jurewicz, a professor at the University of Warsaw's Faculty of Oriental Studies and the chair of East Asia Studies, has received the Distinguished Indologist Award 2022 from the government of India.

Joanna Jurewicz (right); Vinay Sahasrabuddhe (centre), president of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations; and Nagma M. Mallick (left), India's ambassador to Poland, during the award ceremony at the Indian embassy in Warsaw earlier this month.

Photo: Danuta Isler/Radio Poland

The award was established by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) in 2015 to recognize individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to Indian culture and society by studying, teaching or conducting research in Indian philosophy, thought, history, art, languages or literature.

And the award goes to... Photo: Danuta Isler/Radio Poland

"We recognize renowned indologists from around the world every year with the Friend of India Award, and this year and the recipient of this award happens to be a renowned academic from this country, Prof. Joanna Jurewicz," Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, the president of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, said at the award ceremony at the Indian embassy in Warsaw earlier this month.

Radio Poland's Danuta Isler spoke to him afterwards to find out more about Polish-Indian cultural relations.

Click on the audio player above to hear the interview.