Dan David Prize-2018

Question: Recently the Dan David Prize-2018 was announced by Dan David Foundation. This foundation is located in which of the following countries?
(a) Israel
(b) France
(c) Norway
(d) Sweden
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:

  • On February 7th, 2018, the ‘Dan David Prize-2018 was announced at the Tel Aviv by the Dan-based Institute of the Israel-based Institute.
  • The Dan David Prize rewards those innovative and inner-subjective research that break conventional boundaries and norms.
  • The Dan David Prize is provided every year in time dimensions of past, present and future.
  • In the past, those areas are referred to those who extend the knowledge of the past, such as history, archeology, fossil science etc.
  • In the present, those achievements are recognized that giving the shape of today’s society along with make society prosperous, such as arts, politics, economic, media etc.
  • Under the future, those successes are included, which promise better future for the world such as the subject of natural science.
  • The award winners of different sections for the year 2018 are as follows:
  • Past Dimension-History of Science:

       (i) Prof. Lorraine Daston

(ii) Prof. Evelyn Fox Keller

(iii) Prof. Simon Schaffer

  • Present time dimension-Bioethics:

(i) Prof. Ezekiel Emanuel

(ii) Prof. Jonathan Glover

(iii) Baroness Mary Warnock

  • Future time dimension-Personalized Medicine:

(i) Prof. Carlo Croce

(ii) Prof. Mary Claire King.

(iii) Prof. Bert Vogelstein.

  • Among the Indian awardees, Prof. CNR Rao (2005), Zubin Mehta (2007), Abhitav Ghosh (2010) and Srinivasa Kulkarni (2017) are included.

Reference:
http://www.dandavidprize.org/laureates/2018