Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan will be conferred lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellowship at Singapore. Chouhan is the fourth Indian to be conferred this prestigious fellowship. The fellowship will be given on January 13 during Chief Minister's 4-day visit to Singapore from January 12 to 15. Previous Indian recipients include former Vice Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia, former Union Minister for Disinvestment Arun Shourie and Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh Chandrababu Naidu.
lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellowship was incepted in year 1991. In selection of the fellowship, contribution to national development and efforts to promote international goodwill are considered. Till day, 45 foreign dignitaries have been conferred this prestigious fellowship.
These include Ibrahim Saad (Malaysia), Fadel Muhammad (Indonesia), Thaksin Shinawatba (Thailand), Haji Badruddin (Brunei), Edgardo Javier Angara (Philippines), Xiang Huaaicheng (China), Hajeme Faunada (Japan), Truong Tan Sang (Vietnam), Bill English (New Zealand), Somphong Mongkhonvilay (laos), You Jong-Keun (Korea), Richard Haass (USA), Aun Pon Moniroth (Cambodia), Nobutaka Machimura (Japan), Manula Roxas II (Philippines), Mustafa Mohamed (Malaysia), Princess Hajah Masna (Brunei), Chaturon Chaisang (Thailand), Mulyani (Indonesia), David Malon (Canada) Ngueyn Tan Dung (Vietnam), Baassem Awadallah (Jordan), Ir Kuntoro Mangkusubroto (Indonesia), Sehri Ahmad Husni Bin Mohammad Hanadzlah (Malaysia), Mark Arbib (Australia), Gregory Hunt (Australia), Fang Xinghai (China), Hu Xizolian (China), lord Mandelson (UK), Haji Abu Bakar Bin Haji Apong (Brunei), Ai Ping (China), Simon Bridges (New Zealand), Peter R Orszag (USA), Joe Hockey (Australia), Michele A Flournoy (USA), Katusya Okada (Japan), Vo Van Thuong (Vietnam), Neal S Wolin (USA), Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol (Thailand), Haji Abdul Rahman Bin Haji Ibrahim (Brunei), Saifuddin Abdullah (Malaysia). Racardo Schaefer (Brazil), Grade Poe llamanzanares (Philippines), Nancy Shukri (Malaysia) and Nguyen Xuan Phuc
(Vietnam).