Two Indians are among 13 Asians to have been nominated for the inaugural Asia Game Changer Awards for making a “positive contribution to the future of Asia”.
The awards, instituted by leading educational and cultural organisation Asia Society, will be given at a special event on October 16.
Pawan Sinha, Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT and Madhav Chavan, Co-Founder and CEO of the Pratham Charitable Trust have been nominated for the Asia Game Changer Awards along with 11 other pioneers, including Chairman of the Alibaba Group Jack Ma, Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai and Oscar-winning Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.
While Sinha has been nominated for his “truly visionary approach to treating India’s blind”, Chavan will be honoured “for bringing the gift of literacy to millions of Indians.”