Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2021
November 26 , 2022 722 days 678 0
The former Vice-President Hamid Ansari presented the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development of 2021 to Pratham, an NGO functioning in the field of education.
The award is in recognition of Pratham’s work in ensuring quality education for children of the country, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pratham also used digital technology to deliver education so that the children could learn during the school closure amid the pandemic.
The foundation’s Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), serves as a model to assess education outcomes and learning deficiencies across 14 countries in three continents.
The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development is given to people whose work have exemplified Indira’s ideals and causes.