[1] It was founded by the Mohsen Hachtroudi Foundation and CHG Earth Group (a hotel company in India).
The prize is named for the collection of poems Gitanjali (1910) by Nobel-laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
[1] Fariba Hachtroudi is a Francophone writer of Iranian origin, President of the MoHa Foundation and co-founder of the prize, she said: "The prize has two aims: to contribute to the promotion of the French language in India and also to the promotion of Indian works in France.
Works by noted Indian writers not only in English, but in other regional languages like Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Bengali will also be eligible.
"[2] Blue ribbon () = winners 2012 Theme: Resistance, Independence, Freedom[3][4][5]