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.