Indira Gandhi Prize

Not to be confused with Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration.

The Indira Gandhi Prize, or the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize, also known as Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development, is the prestigious award accorded annually by Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust^[1] to individuals or organisations in recognition of creative 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 citation. A written work should have been published, in order to be eligible for consideration. The panel constituted by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust consists of prominent national and international personalities including previous recipients. The recipients are chosen from a pool of national and international nominees.

Indira Gandhi Prize
Awarded for	Outstanding contributions in peace
Location	New Delhi
Reward(s)	₹ 2.5 million
First award	1986

Recipients

Indicates a joint award for that year

Year	Recipient	Image	Birth / death	State/organization	Description
1986	Parliamentarians for Global Action	–	(founded 1978)	–	International Organisation of Parliamentarians
1987[2]	Mikhail Gorbachev		(1931–2022)	Soviet Union	Former Soviet Union leader
1988	Gro Harlem Brundtland		(born 1939)	Norway	Former Prime Minister of Norway
1989	UNICEF		(founded 1946)	United Nations	United Nations Children's Emergency Fund
1990	Sam Nujoma		(1929–2025)	Namibia	First president of Namibia
1991	Rajiv Gandhi		(1944–1991)	India	Former Prime Minister of India (posthumous)
1992	Saburo Okita		(1914–1993)	Japan	Japanese economist
1993[3]	Václav Havel		(1936–2011)	Czech Republic	1st president of the Czech Republic
1994[4]	Trevor Huddleston		(1913–1998)	United Kingdom	Anti-Apartheid activist
1995[5]	Olusegun Obasanjo		(born 1937)	Nigeria	12th president of Nigeria
1996[6]	Médecins Sans Frontières		(founded 1971)	France	Voluntary organisation
1997[7]	Jimmy Carter		(1924–2024)	United States	39th president of the United States
1998[8]	Muhammad Yunus		(born 1940)	Bangladesh	Founder of Grameen Bank
1999[9]	M. S. Swaminathan		(1925–2023)	India	Indian agricultural scientist
2000[10]	Mary Robinson		(born 1944)	Ireland	7th president of Ireland
2001[11]	Sadako Ogata		(1927–2019)	Japan	Former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
2002[12]	Shridath Ramphal		(1928–2024)	Guyana	2nd Commonwealth Secretary-General
2003[13]	Kofi Annan		(1938–2018)	Ghana	7th United Nations Secretary General
2004[14][15]	Maha Chakri Sirindhorn		(born 1955)	Thailand	Princess of Thailand
2005[15]	Hamid Karzai		(born 1957)	Afghanistan	12th president of Afghanistan
2006[16]	Wangari Maathai		(1940–2011)	Kenya	Environmental and political activist
2007[17]	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation		(founded 1994)	United States	Charitable foundation
2008[18]	Mohamed ElBaradei		(born 1942)	Egypt	4th director general of the IAEA
2009[19]	Sheikh Hasina		(born 1947)	Bangladesh	Prime Minister of Bangladesh
2010[20]	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva		(born 1945)	Brazil	Current President of Brazil
2011[21]	Ela Bhatt		(1933–2022)	India	Founder of SEWA
2012[22]	Ellen Johnson Sirleaf		(born 1938)	Liberia	President of Liberia
2013[23]	Angela Merkel		(born 1954)	Germany	Chancellor of Germany
2014[24]	Indian Space Research Organisation		(founded 1969)	India	Indian space agency
2015[25]	UNHCR		(founded 1950	United Nations	United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
2017[1]	Manmohan Singh		(1932–2024)	India	Former Prime Minister, Finance Minister, and Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
2018[26]	Centre for Science and Environment		(founded 1980)	India	Not-for-profit public interest research and advocacy organisation based in New Delhi, India
2019[27]	Sir David Attenborough		(born 1926)	United Kingdom	English broadcaster and natural historian
2021[28]	Pratham		(founded 1995)	India	Not-for-profit learning organization created to improve the quality of education based in India
2022[29]	Indian Medical Association (IMA)		(founded 1928)	India	The award was for every doctor, nurse, paramedic, and worker for their service during the COVID-19 pandemic.
	Trained Nurses Association of India (TNAI)	–	(founded 1917)
2023[30]	Ali Abu Awwad		(born 1972)	State of Palestine	Awwad is a peace activist and Maestro Barenboim is an Argentine-born classical pianist.
	Daniel Barenboim		(born 1942)	Argentina
2024[31]	Michelle Bachelet		(born 1951)	Chile	Former president of Chile, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, former executive director of UN Women

See also

• Gandhi Peace Prize
• List of peace activists