- Shayam Prasad Ganguly, former professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, has been felicitated with the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle, the highest civilian honour of Mexico.
- SP Ganguly is the first Indian academician to be given this striking gold-yellow award by Mexican government.
- He was recognised for his “outstanding work in the study and dissemination of the Spanish language and Mexican culture”.
- Ganguly is a well-known Hispanist who headed the Centre for Spanish and Latin American Studies at JNU
