Economist Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus
Professor Yunus's 145 prizes
Nobel Peace Prize winning economist Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus. He is the promoter of the concept of microcredit. Professor Yunus is the founder of Grameen Bank. He was the first Bangladeshi to win the Nobel Prize. He recently received the 2021 'Champion of Global Change' award from the United Nations Foundation. The award was officially presented by UN Deputy Secretary General Amina J. Mohammed at the We the People event in New York on December 9. The award is given in recognition of significant personal and institutional contributions to accelerate the United Nations' goal of building a peaceful, just and sustainable society for all. The award is given to Dr. Yunus in recognition of his leadership and innovation in establishing human dignity, equality and justice. At the awards ceremony, Amina J. Mohammed interviewed Professor Yunus, whose main theme was Professor Yunus's "World of the Three Zeroes" and the campaign for its creation.
According to Yunus Center sources, from 1978, Dr. Yunus earned about 145 prizes. Awards include -
1978 President's Award of Bangladesh
Awarded by Ramon Magsaysay of the Philippines in 1984
Central Bank of Bangladesh Award in 1985
Bangladesh Independence Day Award in 1987
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture in Switzerland in 1989
U.S. Humanitarian Award in 1993
Sri Lanka's Mohammad Shahabdin Award for Science
Rear Admiral MA Khan Memorial Gold Medal Award of Bangladesh
1994 World Food Prize in the United States, Pfeiffer Peace Prize
Dr. Bangladesh. Mohammad Ibrahim Memorial Gold Medal Award
Tun Abdul Razak Award from Malaysia
In 1995, the Max Medina Foundation Freedom Prize in Switzerland
RCMD Award of Bangladesh
1996 Simon Bolivar Prize for Venezuela and UNESCO International
Distinguished Alumni Award from Vanderbilt University, USA
1997 United States International Activist Award
Germany's Planetary Consciousness Business Innovation Prize
Norway's Help for Self Help Prize
Italian Man for Peace Award
U.S. State of the World Forum Award
One World Broadcasting Trust Media Award from the United Kingdom in 1998
The Princess of Austria Award for Concord in Spain
Atusi Prize in Italy in 2001
Japan's Grand Prix of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize
Mahatma Gandhi Award from the United States in 2002
The 2003 World Technology Network Award in the UK
Sweden's Volvo Environment Prize
Columbia National Merit Order Award
The Medal of the Painter Oswaldo Guassamin Award from France
2004 Telesenko Award in Spain
City of Orvito Award in Italy
The Economist Innovation Award of the United States
World Affairs Council Award
Leadership in Social Entrepreneurship Award
Italian Primio Galileo 2000 - Special Prize for Peace
Japan's Nikkei Asia Prize
Spain's Golden Cross of the Civil Order of the Social Solidarity in 2005
The 2007 Global Treblager Award from the United States
ABICC Award for Leadership in Global Trade
Social Entrepreneur Leader Award
Spain's Red Cross Gold Medal
Birth Centenary Plaque of Rabindranath Tagore of India
EFR Business Week Award from the Netherlands
Nicholas Chancellor's Medal of the United States
Germany's Vision Award
BAFI Global Achievement Award in the United States
Rubin Museum Mandala Award
India's Morning Person of the Year Award
Philippines First AHPADA Global Award
Brazil's Medal of Honor
Project Concern Award from the United States in 2008
New York International Women's Health Coalition Award
Japan's Kita Kyushu Environmental Award
United States Chancellor's Medal
President's Medal
Human Security Award
Austrian Annual Award for Development
U.S. Humanitarian Award
Spain's Friend of Children Award
Germany's AGI International Science Award
Germany's Corinne International Book Award
Germany's Two Wings Prize
Global Humanitarian Awards in the United States
California World Affairs Council Awards
United States Full Impact Award
2009 Portugal's Astral Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize
Peru's Order of the Sun in the Grade of the Grand Cross
China's Global Award The Third China Poverty Eradication Awards
The 2011 St. Vincent de Paul Award in the United States
Elon Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership
Canada's Equitas Award
Jean Mayer Global Citizen Award in the United States
2012 United States Transformational Leadership Award
International Freedom Award
Salute to Greatness Award in 2013
Albert Schweizer Humanitarian Award
Scholar Global Treasure Award from the UK
Asian American / Asian Research Leadership Award
Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of the Hope Award
Westmont Leadership Award in the United States in 2014
Lotus Leadership Award
Prince Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Global Entrepreneurship Award of Saudi Arabia
Albania Albania Excellence Award
Pakistan International Humanitarian Award in 2015
China's Distinguished Professorship from YNU
In 2016, the United States Women Delivery Award
George Washington University Presidents Medal
India's gold medal in 2017
2018 The Ford Family Notre Dame Award for International Development and Solidarity in the United States
KISS Humanitarian Award of India
Italy's Nuvo Renaissance or New Renaissance Award
Switzerland's Global Women Leadership Award in 2019
Fifth Dr. of India in 2020. APJ Abdul Kalam Memorial Award
2015 The Peace Prize from Slovakia
Dr. Thomas Kangon Management Leadership Award of India
In 2021, Blue Jung won the German Opinion Maker Award in 2021
Olympic Laurel in Switzerland
Received a total of 145 awards, including the UN Foundation's Champion of Global Change Award.
Professor Yunus is the only Nobel laureate in Bangladesh. Through this, this genius has touched the milestone of a unique achievement as any Bangladeshi.
