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Nikkei Asia Prize
May 19 , 2018
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- The founder of Sulabh International, Bindeshwar Pathak was honored with the Nikkei Asia Prize in Japan for his contribution to Asia’s development.
- Pathak was described as Indian social reformer tackling two of his country’s biggest challenges — poor hygiene and discrimination. He was among three who were conferred with this award.
- He had founded Sulabh International in 1970. It is an NGO that works to promote human rights, environmental sanitation among other social services.
- It has built Sulabh flush composting toilets throughout India, contributing to better sanitation, safety for rural women and freedom from manual labor of removing human waste.
- Nikkei Inc. is one of the largest media corporations in Japan. It has been presenting Nikkei Asia Prize since 1996 to honor people in Asia who have made significant contributions in one of the three areas:
- Economic and Business Innovation, Science, Technology and Environment and Culture and Community.
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