President Pranab Mukherjee awarded Garwood Award for Outstanding Global Leader

President Pranab Mukherjee has been awarded 2015 Garwood Award for Outstanding Global Leader in Open Innovation from UC Berkeley-Haas School of Business.
The award was presented by Prof. Solomon Darwin, Executive Director Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The award was presented to Pranab Mukherjee for

• Promoting open innovation, organizing first Festival of Innovation at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
• Launching the first Innovations Scholars’ ‘In-Residence’ programme to promote the spirit of innovation
• Hosting and gathering global innovators at the first-ever Global Roundtable on the Inclusive Innovations at Rashtrapati Bhavan
• Providing a thriving creative atmosphere for grassroots innovation activities that will have the potential to transform the global landscape, etc.

The University of California, Berkeley is one of the most prestigious educational institutes in the world. It has established Garwood Award to acknowledge individuals who have embraced, supported and encouraged open innovation in a significant and impactful way.