Indra Dassanayake
Professor of Hindi
About Indra Dassanayake
Lived 1943 – 2019 (aged 75–76). Indra Dassanayake was an emeritus Professor.
Indra Dassanayake was a Sri Lankan academic, emeritus professor in Hindi, a scholar known for promoting the Hindi language and North Indian culture in Sri Lanka through educational institutions. On 26 January 2020, she was conferred the Padma Shri award posthumously.
Career Dassanayake attended the University of Lucknow. After returning from India, she introduced the Hindi language into the Sri Lankan education system. She was also a professor of Hindi at the Kelaniya University. She participated in the first World Hindi Conference in 1975 that was held in Nagpur. It was also the first instance a Sri Lankan received the award since 2002.
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Who was Indra Dassanayake?
professor of Hindi
When was Indra Dassanayake born?
Indra Dassanayake was born on 29 July 1943 in Kota.
When did Indra Dassanayake die?
Indra Dassanayake died in 2019 in Colombo, Western Province (Sri Lanka).
What was Indra Dassanayake's occupation?
Indra Dassanayake was an emeritus Professor.
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