Professor Premshanti Tuladhar Awarded the National Mother Tongue Service Award 2082

Professor Premshanti Tuladhar has been honored with the National Mother Tongue Service Award 2082 by the National Indigenous Nationalities Upliftment Institute. Ram Bahadur Thapa, Chairperson of the Indigenous Nationalities Commission, stated at the award ceremony that recognizing individuals contributing to mother tongue languages elevates the respect for these languages. Nima Lama, President of the Indigenous Nationalities Federation, emphasized the need for collective efforts to preserve and promote mother tongue languages.

On 29th Baishakh, in Lalitpur, critic and author of Nepal Bhasa literature and history, Professor Premshanti Tuladhar, received the National Mother Tongue Service Award 2082. At the ceremony held on Tuesday in Lalitpur by the National Indigenous Nationalities Upliftment Institute, Ram Bahadur Thapa, Chairperson of the Indigenous Nationalities Commission, presented Professor Tuladhar with the award along with a cash prize of NPR 100,000.

While addressing the award distribution ceremony, Chairperson Thapa remarked that contributions to mother tongue languages are not made by individuals alone but honoring those contributing enhances the dignity of these languages. “Many distinguished personalities have received this award so far. We must actively cherish and respect mother tongues to maintain the country’s linguistic diversity,” he stressed. He also expressed the need for all ethnic organizations to conduct recognition and award programs in the mother tongue languages themselves. Nima Lama highlighted the importance of such recognition for mother tongue preservation and advancement and called for unified efforts to safeguard these languages and uphold identity.