BackIsro gets Gandhi Peace Prize for 2014
Isro has been selected for its contribution to country's development through space technology, satellite-based services
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New Delhi: The Indian space research organisation (Isro) was on Friday awarded the Gandhi Peace Prize 2014 for its contribution to the country’s development through space technology and satellite-based services.
The jury for the prize met under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi this evening. Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu, leader of the single largest opposition party in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, senior Member of Parliament L.K. Advani and Gopalkrishna Gandhi are other members of the jury.
Isro had an especially significant year in 2014 with the successful insertion of the Mars Orbiter, India’s first interplanetary satellite, in the Martian orbit. While former Isro chairman K. Radhakrishnan was named as one of the top 10 scientists in the widely acclaimed Nature journal, Isro was announced as Space pioneer award winner earlier this year.
The Gandhi Peace Prize for social, economic and political transformation through non-violence was instituted in the year 1995.
The Award includes an amount of Rs1crore and a citation.
Previous Gandhi Prize recipients include Nelson Mandela, Baba Amte, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan and Ramkrishna Mission.
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