Mongolian State Award to Prof. Jaroslav Vacek












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            * Mongolian State Award to Prof. Jaroslav Vacek
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            On June 10, 2010, the Mongolian Ambassador in Prague, H.E. S. Tsoggerel, invited Prof. Jar
            Director of the Institute of South and Central Asia of the Faculty of Philosophy, Charles 
            his office in order to present him with the Mongolian State Award, the Nairamdal Medal (Fr

            The Medal was conferred on Prof. Vacek by the President of the Mongolian Republic H.E. Cah
            by a decree of April 6, 2010 for his research and pedagogical work in the field of Mongoli
            through which he has contributed to the development of good relations with the Mongolian R

            awardee was Ing. Vladimír Lorenz, Director of the Section of Non-European Countries of the
            Industry and Commerce of the Czech Republic.

            Prof. Vacek, who is also an Indologist, graduated in Sanskrit and Tamil (1965) and still t
            languages. In 1976 he founded the teaching of Mongolian at Charles University after he had
            a year studying Mongolian in Ulaanbaatar. He is an author of a series of textbooks of Mong

            also of many research papers. He wrote the textbooks of Mongolian mostly in co-operation w
            Lubsangdorji, who has been teaching Mongolian in Prague since 1987. The research work of J
            particularly the comparison of Altaic languages (among them Mongolian) with the Dravidian 

            in South India and Sri Lanka. Until recently the Dravidian languages have been considered 
            language family. Small Dravidian dialects are also scattered throughout other parts of Ind
            Prof. Vacek has trained a number of specialists in Mongolian, some of whom now teach Mongo

            University and successfully develop both teaching and research in this field. Some of his 
            active in the diplomatic service and in other spheres of contact with Mongolia.