- Noted Indian historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam has won Israel's prestigious Dan David Prize for this year.
- This award was given for his work on inter-cultural encounters between Asians, Europeans and people of North and South America during the early modern era.
- He won the award in the category of 'past time dimension' for his work in macro history.
- He shares the USD 1 million award in this category with Prof Kenneth Pomeranz of University of Chicago.
International Dan David Prize
- Dan David Prize is a joint international enterprise endowed by the Dan David Foundation headquartered at Tel Aviv University.
- This Prize is awarded annually to those who have made outstanding scientific, technological and humanistic accomplishments in fields representing the past, present and future of human achievement.
- Three Dan David Prize are given every year.