Award icnb 2019 Tan Sri Dr. Anthony Francis Fernandes
Nation-Building Lifetime Achievement Award (Private Sector) Tan Sri Dr. Anthony Francis Fernandes Founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd Tan Sri Dr. Anthony Francis Fernandes is a Malaysian entrepreneur. He is the founder of Tune Air Sendirian Berhad, who introduced the first budget airline, AirAsia, to Malaysians with the tagline “Now everyone can fly”. After 18 […]
Award icnb 2019 Mr. Chen Guangcheng
Nation-Building Lifetime Achievement Award (Public Sector) Mr. Chen Guangcheng Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Institute for Policy Research & Fellow of the Centre for Human Rights, School of Arts & Sciences Chen Guangcheng is a Chinese civil rights activist. He is described as a “barefoot lawyer” who advocates for women’s rights, land rights, and the welfare of […]
Award icnb 2020 Wendy Kopp
World Shaper Award Wendy Kopp CEO and Co-founder of Teach for All Wendy Kopp is CEO and Co-founder of Teach For All and Founder of Teach For America Just before she finished her undergraduate studies, she proposed the valuable idea to help teach American minority groups in her thesis and, following her graduation, she founded […]
Award icnb 2020 Kehkashan Basu
The Nation-Building Youth’s Award Kehkashan Basu Founder of a youth organization, GREEN HOPE FOUNDATION In 2012, at the age of 12, Ms. Kehkashan Basu founded the GREEN HOPE FOUNDATION, a youth organization based in Canada which seeks to provide a networking platform to children and young people, especially girls, to carry forward the Rio Conventions […]
Award icnb 2020 Leymah Roberta Gbowee
The Nation-Building Women’s Award Leymah Roberta Gbowee A Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women’s nonviolent peace movement Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist, social worker and women’s rights advocate. She is the Founder and President of the Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, based in Monrovia. She is best known for leading a non-violent […]
Award icnb 2020 Barefoot College
Corporate Nation-Building Award (People Sector) Barefoot College Founded by Bunker Roy in 1972, the Barefoot College has designed new ways to nurture and support the journey to empowerment, one village at a time, one woman at a time. The Barefoot College is a voluntary organization in India working in various fields of development – education, […]
Award icnb 2020 Petronas
Corporate Nation-Building Award (Private sector) Petronas A petroleum multinational corporation headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Petroliam Nasional Berhad (National Petroleum Limited), or Petronas is a petroleum multinational corporation headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Since its incorporation in 1974, Petronas contributes to Malaysia’s nation-building directly and indirectly. For example, dividends from its profits are paid to […]
Award icnb 2020 Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yunus
Nation-Building Lifetime Achievement Award (People Sector) Professor Muhammad Yunus Nobel Prize Laurette, Founder of the Grameen Bank Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yunus has helped millions to escape poverty. He was brave to initiate the project to provide collateral free loans to the poor which later became a full-fledge bank or so-called Grameen Bank. This bank established […]
Award icnb 2021 Dr. Vinton Gray Cerf
World Shaper Award Dr. Vinton Gray Cerf “Father of the Internet” Vint Gray Cerf is widely recognised as the “Father of the Internet”, having co-created the TCP/IP protocols and Internet infrastructure. His work has transformed global commerce, communication, and entertainment. As a Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google, he is well-known for making […]
Award icnb 2021 Katie Stagliano
Nation-Building Youth’s Award Katie Stagliano The founder of Katie’s Krops Katie Stagliano is the founder of Katie’s Krops, a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering the youth of today to start and maintain vegetable gardens of all sizes, with the objective of donating the harvest to help feed those in need. The organization provides funding and […]