INDIRA GANDHI PRIZE

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Former Vice-President of India Hamid Ansari presented the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development of 2021 to Pratham.
- Pratham; is a non-governmental organization (NGO) functioning in the field of education.
- Also during the COVID-19 pandemic, Pratham worked in ensuring quality education for children of the country.

NGO Pratham

Pratham is one of the largest non-governmental organisations in India.
- It works for ensuring quality education for underprivileged children in India.
In 1994, It was established in Mumbai to provide preschool education to children in slums.
Pratham's mission is "Every Child in School and Learning well".
- By increasing the literacy levels of India's poor, Pratham aims to improve India's economic and social equality, through low-cost education models that are sustainable and reproducible.
Pratham is spread across 23 states and union territories of India and has supporting branches in the United States, UK, Germany, Sweden, and Australia.
Pratham conducts the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), which is a household-based survey that collects information on children's schooling status and basic learning outcomes in almost every rural district in the country.
Pratham received the 2013 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for successfully catering to the learning needs of tens of millions of disadvantaged children for over 2 decades.
In 2018, Pratham was awarded the Lui Che Woo Prize, a cross-sector innovation prize that recognizes outstanding contributions benefiting humanity.

Indira Gandhi Prize

The Indira Gandhi Prize or the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize or Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development is a prestigious award presented annually by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust.
The Prize is presented to individuals or organisations in honour of innovative efforts toward promoting international peace, development and a new international economic order; 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 2.5 million Indian rupees and a medal.
The recipients are chosen by a panel from a pool of national and international nominees.
The panel constituted by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust consists of prominent national and international personalities including previous recipients.