List of awards received by Muhammad Yunus
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Awards received by Dr. Muhammad Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank:
- 1978 — President's Award, Bangladesh[1]
- 1984 — Ramon Magsaysay Award, Philippines[2]
- 1985 — Bangladesh Bank Award, Bangladesh[1]
- 1987 — Shwadhinota Dibosh Puroshkar (Independence Day Award), Bangladesh[1]
- 1989 — Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Switzerland[3]
- 1993 — CARE Humanitarian Award[4]
- 1994 — World Food Prize[5]
- 1995 — Max Schmidheiny Freedom Prize[6]
- 1996 — UNESCO Simón Bolívar Prize[7]
- 1997 — Award from Strømme Foundation, Norway[8]
- 1998 — Indira Gandhi Prize[9]
- 1998 — Prince of Asturias Award[10]
- 1998 — Sydney Peace Prize[11]
- 2001 — Named Ashoka Global Academy Member[12]
- 2001 — Fukuoka Asia Culture Prize (Grand Prize)[13]
- 2004 — The Economist the newspaper's Prize for social and economic innovation.[14]
- 2006 — Mother Teresa Award instituted by the Mother Teresa International and Millennium Award Committee (MTIMAC), Kolkata, India[15]
- 2006 — Freedom from Want Award, one of the Four Freedoms Awards by Roosevelt Study Centre[16]
- 2006 - ITU World Information Society Award by International Telecommunication Union[17]
- 2006 — Seoul Peace Prize[18]
- 2006 — Nobel Peace Prize, shared with Grameen Bank
- 2007 — The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal awarded by Vanderbilt University[19]
- 2007 — Order of the Liberator in First Class with Grand Decoration awarded by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez[20]
- 2007 — Honoured as an adviser to the government of Hainan province of China.[21]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Profile: Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh news, 2006-10-14; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
- ^ Ramon Magsaysay Award, 1984: Citation for Muhammad Yunus; Retrieved: 2007-09-01
- ^ Muhammad Yunus: The man who empowered Bangladeshi women; Ismaili Mail; Retrieved: 2007-09-01
- ^ Muhammad Yunus - Biography. NobelPrize.org. Retrieved on 2007-09-20.
- ^ Dr. Muhammad Yunus - 1994 World Food Prize Laureate (English). WorldFoodPrize.org. Retrieved on 2007-08-29.
- ^ Dr. Muhammad Yunus, 1995 (English). The Max Schmidheiny Foundation. Retrieved on 2007-08-18.
- ^ Prize Winner: Muhammad Yunus, Prizes, UNESCO; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
- ^ Strømmestiftelsen - Hjelp til Selvhjelppris - 1997: Muhammad Yunus (Norwegian). Strømme Foundation. Retrieved on 2007-09-20.
- ^ "Profile: 'World banker to the poor'", BBC NEWS, 2006-10-13. Retrieved on 2006-10-16. (English)
- ^ Minutes of the Jury: Concord 1998 (English). Prince of Asturias Foundation (1998-06-19). Retrieved on 2007-09-20.
- ^ Sydney Peace Prize recipients, Sydney Peace Prize Foundation website; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
- ^ Global Academy Members (English). Home » What We Do » Build Sector Infrastructure. Ashoka, Innovators for the Public. Retrieved on 2008-09-20.
- ^ Laureates of the Past Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes (English). The Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes. Retrieved on 2007-08-18.
- ^ MONITORS (2004-09-16). And the winners are... (English). The Economist. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
- ^ The Mother Teresa of the Financial World, Internationale Projekt Consult; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
- ^ Four Freedom Award winners 2006, Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award website; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
- ^ ITU World Information Society Award - 2006, ITU Home Page, International Telecommunication Union; Retrieved: 2007-12-09
- ^ Lauret 2006, Seoul Peace Prize website; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
- ^ Yunus to receive Nichols-Chancellor's Medal, Vanderbilt News, 2007-03-12; Retrieved: 2007-09-09
- ^ UNB, Dhaka. "Prof Yunus gets highest Venezuelan honour", The Daily Star, 2007-05-14. Vol 5 Num 1048. Retrieved on 2007-08-18. (English)
- ^ Bss, Dhaka. "Yunus made adviser to provincial govt in China", The Daily Star, 2007-07-30. Vol 5 Num 1125. Retrieved on 2007-08-18. (English)
