Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development:
- The award is conferred by Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust each year on the late Prime Minister's birth anniversary.
- The award is given to individuals or organisations in recognition of creative efforts toward promoting international peace, development, ensuring that scientific discoveries are used for the larger good of humanity, and enlarging the scope of freedom.
- The prize carries a cash award of 25 Lakh and a citation.
- It was first awarded in 1986.
- Some of the Past recipients of this award include:
- Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of Soviet Union (1987);
- UNICEF (1989)
- Jimmy Carter, former president of the US (1997)
- UN and its secretary-general Kofi Annan (2003)
- Angela Merkel, chancellor of Germany (2013)
- Indian Space Research Organisation (2014)
- Former Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh (2017)
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE):
- CSE is a New Delhi-based independent research and advocacy think tank.
- It was established in 1980 under leadership of the late Anil Agarwal and is presently headed by Sunita Narain.
- CSE has been awarded Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace for its pioneering work on environment and sustainable development. It has over the years worked on various issues from air and water pollution, food safety, waste water management, climate change and so on.
