Prof. J. Prabhakar Rao, Dean, School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH) has been conferred Evgeny Kuzmin International Award for his contributions to Information Society Development. This award was presented by the Deputy Governor of Khanty Mansiysk Autonomous Area, Ugra Region, Russia and Chairman, Information for All Programme (IFAP), Russia.
The award ceremony was held in the VI International Conference “Tangible and Intangible Impact of Information and Communication in the Digital Age” to be held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russian Federation, on June 18-20, 2024, within the framework of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Information for All Programme and the XV International IT Forum. This award was constituted by Khanty Mansiysk Government, Ugra, Russia and Information for All Programme (IFAP), Russia.
Evgeny Kuzmin was an eminent linguist, journalist, expert in literature and Chairman of Information for All Programme (IFAP), UNESCO who strived for building Information society through Multilingualism.