Dr Asha Pande awarded by Legion de Honor
Dr Asha Pande awarded by Legion de Honor. French government conferring on her the country’s highest civilian award, Legion de Honor. Pande is the head of the dramatics department at Rajasthan University (RU). She is also founder-director of the Master in European Studies at RU and heads the centre for French and Francophone studies at RU. The 55-year-old was in Jawaharlal Nehru University’s first batch (1976) to complete their masters in French language. She has been honoured for expansion of French language in Rajasthan and also for laying the foundation of Indo-Fench friendship events in both countries. “I was thrilled, absolutely on cloud nine,” Pande told TOI. Earlier, luminaries such as filmmaker Satyajit Ray, sitar maestro Pt Ravi Shankar, actor Amitabh Bachchan and environmentalist R K Pachauri had been conferred this honour.
Felicitations Mme Pande! I have been a former student and colleaugue of Mrs Pande at the French department at Rajasthan University and her efforts to strengthen indo-french ties have been exemplary. Also, her husband and her family has been a great support in her endeavours.
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