The Tolkappiyar award () is a Presidential Award for scholars in

classical Tamil Tamil may refer to: People, culture and language * Tamils, an ethno-linguistic group native to India, Sri Lanka, and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka **Myanmar Tamils, Myanmar or Burmese Tamils, Tami ...

. The Tolkappiar awards were awarded from 2005 to 2006 in

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. This award was instituted by the

Central Institute of Classical Tamil The Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) is a body established by the Government of India with a view to promoting the cause of Tamil language, Classical Tamil. It is located in Chennai. History The CICT was formerly known as the Centre ...

functioning under the aegis of

Ministry of Human Resource Development Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian mi ...

, for teaching, research and publication in

. The award was named in honor of the ancient Tamil author, who is known for

Tolkāppiyam ''Tolkāppiyam'', also romanised as ''Tholkaappiyam'' ( , ''lit.'' "ancient poem"), is the oldest extant Tamil grammar text and the oldest extant long work of Tamil literature. It is the earliest Tamil text mentioning Gods, perhaps linked to ...

. It carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh, a citation and a shawl.

Recipients

* Prof. Adigalasiriyar 2005–2006LIST OF AWARDEES WITH CITATIONS
* Dr.

Iravatham Mahadevan Iravatham Mahadevan (2 October 1930 – 26 November 2018) was an Indian epigraphist and civil servant, known for his decipherment of Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions and for his expertise on the epigraphy of the Indus Valley civilisation. Early lif ...

2009–2010 * Prof. Tamizhannal Periakaruppan 2010–2011 * Prof. S. N. Kandasamy 2012-2013 * Prof. Dakshinamurthy Ayyaswami 2014-2015 * Dr. R Kalaikkovan 2015–2016

References

{{reflist Indian awards