Meghalaya: Padma Shri for David Syiemlieh

Noted historian and academician David R Syiemlieh has been selected to receive the prestigious Padma Shri award for Literature and Education. Syiemlieh’s nomination was recently approved along with others from across the country. “I am humbled and elated to have been nominated and will be conferred the Padma Shri in March or April at Rashtrapati Bhawan,” Syiemlieh told reporters.

Reflecting on the honour, he said, “I believe this recognition is the result of my work for Meghalaya and the history and literature of the North East.”  Syiemlieh is a distinguished scholar with several accolades to his name. He has received the Charles Wallace Grant for research in the UK, the India-France Cultural Exchange Grant for research in Paris, and the Senior Fulbright Fellowship for research in the US, where he was affiliated with Notre Dame University.