Associate Professor in Oriental History Chikayoshi Nomura of the Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences won the 2013 Japanese Association for South Asian Studies Award with his research paper "Development of Labour Management System of Industrial Enterprise in Colonial India: A Case Study of the Tata Iron and Steel Company" (International Journal of South Asian Studies, Vol.3, 2010, pp. 101-145.)

The Award is granted to researchers who carried out outstanding research on subjects related to South Asia.