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Tthe Society awards medals to renowned scholars and confers Honorary Fellowship on eminent scholars.

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A. Honorary Fellowships :
The Asiatic Society recognizes persons who have contributed to the promotion of the objective of the Society by electing them as Honorary Fellows. This practice was started in 1815. Scholars and luminaries like Monier Williams, R.G. Bhandarkar, Father Heras, S. Radhakrishnan, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Satyajit Ray and M.N. Srinivas were among the Honorary Fellows. Current Honorary Fellows include distinguished personalities like Jayant Narlikar, Mahashweta Devi, I. G. Patel, Kapila Vatsyayan, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and Bhiku Parekh.

B. Award of Medals :
** The Society has instituted 3 medals for excellence in different fields, which are awarded every 3 years.
** Campbell Memorial Gold Medal established in 1907, is awarded in recognition of distinguished services on the subject of Oriental History, Folklore or Ethnology, further the object of the Society, namely the investigation and encouragement of Oriental Arts, Sciences and Literature.
** MM.Dr. P. V. Kane Gold Medal established in 1946, is awarded for the valuable research work in Vedic Studies or in Classical Sanskrit with reference to Dharma Shastra and Poetics.
** Society’s Silver Medal awarded to a member of the Society who has written a book adjudged as the best in the given 3 year period

C. Annual Research Fellowships :
In order to encourage and support young researchers in Indology, History and other social sciences, the Society has, beginning from 1991, instituted annual fellowships for scholars, including but not confined to Ph. D. research scholars. One Fellowship is given by the Society itself and the remaining have been endowed by various individuals and institutions.Fellows are required to submit a research paper at the end of their tenure, and several of these have been published in the journal.

C.1) List of research Fellowships awarded:
** Justice K.T.Telang Fellowship in "Indology";
** INDAL Fellowship in "Social Sciences";
** Asiatic Society’s two Fellowships in "Social Sciences";
** Asiatic Society's Fellowship in "Labour Studies";
** Gulestan Billimoria Fellowship in the Subject relating to the Study of Mumbai / Maharastra.
** G.S. Pohekar Memorial Fellowship for a topic on any aspect of Japan.
** Dr. (Smt.) Shila Raj Memorial Fellowship in "History".

C.2)Details Of Fellowships :
** Justice K.T. Telang Fellowship in "Indology" of the value of 12,000/- p.a.
** INDAL Fellowship in "Social Sciences" of; the value of 9,800/- p.a.
** Asiatic Society's two Fellowship in "Social Science" of the value of 12,000/- p.a. each.
** Asiatic Society's Fellowship in "Labour Studies" of the value of 12,000/- p.a.
** Gulestan Billimoria Fellowship in the subject relating to the study of Mumbai / Maharashtra of the value of 12,000/- p.a.
** G. S. Pohekar Memorial Fellowship offered to a student pursuing research in any area concerning Japan - education, culture, politics, economics, Japanese Buddhism,etc. of the value of 8000/- p.a.
** Dr. (Smt.) Shila Raj Memorial Fellowship in "History" of the value of 16,000/- p.a.

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Town Hall, Shahid Bhagatsingh Marg, Fort,
Mumbai- 400 023 Maharastra, India

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