TNPSC Thervupettagam

Fukuoka Grand Prize for 2021

July 1 , 2021 1051 days 975 0
  • The Journalist Palagummi Sainath has been awarded the Fukuoka Grand Prize for 2021.
  • He is a committed journalist who has continued to investigate impoverished farming villages in India.
  • The award was established by Japan’s Fukuoka city and the Fukuoka City International Foundation.
  • It is given to individuals and organisations for their work in preserving Asian culture.
  • He received the United Nation’s Food & Agriculture Organization’s Boerma Prize in 2001.
  • He also received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for outstanding contribution to Asian journalism in 2007.

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