Nikkei Asia Prize

The Nikkei Asia Prize (Japanese: 日経アジア賞) is an award which recognizes the achievements of people and organizations that have improved the lives of people throughout Asia. The awards were created and presented by Nikkei Inc, one of the largest media corporations in Japan.

Launched in 1996, the program honors people in Asia who have made significant contributions in one of the three areas: regional growth; science, technology and innovation; and culture.Nikkei Asia Prize Website

The category for regional growth (Economic and Business Innovation) is designed to recognize business and economic initiatives that improve living standards and stability in their regions. This could be entrepreneurs who have successfully developed industries and businesses due to innovation.

The category for science, technology and environment was established to recognize scientific researches and technological innovations in various fields.

The category for Culture is designed to recognize people who have made a difference in their countries and Asia through cultural, artistic or educational activities.Nikkei website, Guidelines for nominations

Winners Economic and Business Innovation (formerly Regional Growth)

1996: Dr. Widjojo Nitisastro 1997: Dr. Manmohan Singh 1998: Mr. Ni Runfeng 1999: Mr. Shi Wen-long 2000: Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi 2001: Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy 2002: Dr. Võ Tòng Xuân 2003: Mr. Lee Hun-jai 2004: Dr. Muhammad Yunus 2005: Dr. Morris Chang 2006: Ms. Olivia Lum 2007: Mr. Mechai Viravaidya 2008: Center of Legal Assistance to Pollution Victims in China at China University of Political Science and Law 2009: Ms. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw 2010: Mr. Tony Fernandes 2011: Mr. Antonio Meloto 2012: Mr. Yang Yong 2013: Mr. Truong Gia Binh 2014: Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty 2015: Ms. Mai Kieu Lien 2016: Akshaya Patra Foundation 2017: Mr. Nandan Nilekani 2018: Mr. Ma Jun 2019: Mr. Nadiem Makarim

Science, Technology and Environment

1996: Prof. Yuan Longping 1997: Dr. Hyung Sup Choi 1998: Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia (RRIM) 1999: Prof. Zhao Qiguo 2000: Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (Singapore) 2001: Dr. Ho Wang Lee 2002: Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya 2003: Dr. Yang Huanming 2004: Dr. Yongyuth Yuthavong 2005: Prof. Ko Myoung Sam 2006: Mr. Philip Yeo 2007: Mr. Chang Chun-yen 2008: Dr. C.N.R. Rao 2009: Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) 2010: Dr. Ding-Shinn Chen 2011: Dr. Maw-Kuen Wu 2012: Dr. Chi-Huey Wong 2013: Prof. Tejraj M. Aminabhavi 2014: Dr. George F. Gao 2015: Dr. Wang Yifang 2016: Dr. Jiang Lei 2017: Dr. Michael M. C. Lai 2018: Prof. Nguyen Thanh Liem 2019: Dr. Liao I-chiu 2020: Prof. Thalappil Pradeep

Culture and Community

1996: Dara Kanlaya 1997: José Maceda 1998: Kim Jeong Ok 1999: Dang Nhat Minh 2000: Dr. Pinyo Suwankiri 2001: The Nepal Bhasa Dictionary Committee 2002: Christine Hakim 2003: Urvashi Butalia 2004: Albert Wendt 2005: Guo Dalie 2006: Sophiline Cheam Shapiro 2007: G. Venu 2008: Ahn Sung-ki 2009: Dr. Laretna T. Adishakti 2010: Manteb Soedharsono 2011: Bảo Ninh 2012: Sybil Wettasinghe 2013: Vann Molyvann 2014: Mae Fah Luang Foundation 2015: Asian Youth Orchestra 2016: Dogmid Sosorbaram 2017: Edhi Foundation 2018: Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak 2019: Cinemalaya Foundation Inc.

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