Dr Siddharth Saxena receiving the medal by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan and the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Tatarstan to the Russian Federation on the 4th of November 2016. The medal is awarded to Dr Saxena "in memory of the 110th anniversary of the birth of Musa Jalil" for his participation in the preservation of ethnic and cultural traditions of the peoples of Central Asia, and assistance in establishing international cultural cooperation.