Question

Which Indian personality has been honoured with the $2018$ Nikkei Asia Prize in Japan?

• A. Narendra Modi
• B. Manmohan Singh
• C. Nita Ambani
• D. Bindeshwar Pathak

Answer 1

The correct option is D Bindeshwar Pathak

Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, the founder of Sulabh International, has been honoured with the $2018$ Nikkei Asia Prize in Japan for his contribution to Asias development. Pathak is among the three who have been conferred with the award. Others are Ma Jun (China) & Professor Nguyen Thanh Liem (Vietnam). Nikkei Inc., one of the largest media corporations in Japan, has been presenting the awards since $1996$ to honour people in Asia who have made significant contributions in one of the three areas: Economic and Business Innovation, Science, Technology and Environment and Culture and Community. The prizes will be awarded on June $13$ in Tokyo in Japan. Dr Pathak founded the Sulabh International in $1970$. It is an NGO that works to promote human rights, environmental sanitation among other social services. The foundation has built Sulabh flush composting toilets throughout India, contributing to better sanitation, safety for rural women and freedom from the manual labour of removing human waste.