Tomio Mizokami

Tomio Mizokami (Japanese: 溝上富夫;[1] born 1941[2]) is a professor Emeritus of Osaka University, Japan.

In 2018, he was conferred the Padma Sri by the President of India, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony on 2 April 2018, for his contribution to the fields of literature and education.

[3] Between June and August 1994, he taught Punjabi at the University of California in Berkeley as part of their summer intensive course.

[2] His language proficiency includes English, Hindi, Punjabi, bengali, Urdu, Gujarati, Asamiya, Marathi,Kashmiri, Sindhi, Tamil, German, and French.

[3][5] In 2018, he was conferred the Padma Sri by then President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony on 2 April 2018 for his contribution to the fields of literature and education.

Then President, Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Padma Shri Award to Tomio Mizokami, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-II, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 2 April 2018