Indira Gandhi Prize

Indira Gandhi Prize
Awarded for	Outstanding contributions in peace
Location	New Delhi
First awarded	1986

The Indira Gandhi Prize or the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize or the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development is the prestigious award accorded annually by India to individuals or organizations in recognition of creative efforts toward promoting international peace, development and a new international economic order; ensuring that scientific discoveries are used for the larger good of humanity, and enlarging the scope of freedom. The prize carries a cash award of 2.5 million Indian rupees and a citation. A written work, in order to be eligible for consideration, should have been published. The panel constituted by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust consists of prominent national and international personalities including previous recipients. The recipients are chosen from a pool of national and international nominees.

Recipients

Year	Recipient	Image	Birth / death	State/Organization	Description
1986[1]	Parliamentarians for Global Action	–	est. 1978	–	International Organisation of Parliamentarians
1987[2]	Mikhail Gorbachev		b. 1931	Soviet Union	Former Soviet Union Leader
1988[3]	Gro Harlem Brundtland		b. 1939	Norway	Former Prime Minister of Norway
1989[4]	UNICEF		est. 1946	United Nations	United Nations Children's Emergency Fund
1990[4]	Sam Nujoma		b. 1929	Namibia	First President of Namibia
1991[5]	Rajiv Gandhi		1944 – 1991	India	Former Prime Minister of India (posthumous)
1992[6]	Saburo Okita		1914 - 1993	Japan	Japanese Economist
1993[7]	Václav Havel		1936 – 2011	Czech Republic	1st President of the Czech Republic
1994[8]	Trevor Huddleston		1913 - 1998	United Kingdom	Anti-Apartheid Activist
1995[9]	Olusegun Obasanjo		b. 1937	Nigeria	12th President of Nigeria
1996[10]	Médecins Sans Frontières	-	est. 1971	France	Voluntary Organisation
1997[11]	Jimmy Carter		b. 1924	United States	39th President of the United States
1998[12]	Muhammad Yunus		b. 1940	Bangladesh	Founder of Grameen Bank
1999[13]	M S Swaminathan		b. 1925	India	Indian Agricultural Scientist
2000[14]	Mary Robinson		b. 1944	Ireland	7th President of Ireland
2001[15]	Sadako Ogata		b. 1927	Japan	Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
2002[16]	Shridath Ramphal		b. 1928	Guyana	2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General
2003[17]	Kofi Annan		b. 1938	Ghana	7th United Nations Secretary General
2004[18]	Maha Chakri Sirindhorn		b. 1955	Thailand	Princess of Thailand
2005[19]	Hamid Karzai		b. 1957	Afghanistan	12th President of Afghanistan
2006[20]	Wangari Maathai		1940 - 2011	Kenya	Environmental and Political activist
2007[21]	Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation		est. 1994	United States	Charitable Foundation
2008[22]	Mohamed ElBaradei		b. 1942	Egypt	4th Director General of the IAEA
2009[23]	Sheikh Hasina		b. 1947	Bangladesh	Prime Minister of Bangladesh
2010[24]	Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva		b. 1945	Brazil	Ex-President of Brazil
2011[25]	Ela Bhatt		b. 1933	India	Founder of SEWA
2012[26]	Ellen Johnson Sirleaf		b. 1938	Liberia	President of Liberia
2013[27]	Angela Merkel		b. 1954	Germany	Chancellor of Germany
2014[28]	Indian Space Research Organisation		est. 1969	India	Indian Space Agency
2015	UNHCR		Est 1950	United Nations	United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

See also

• Gandhi Peace Prize

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