Question: Which Indian personality has been conferred the 2021 Central European University (CEU) Open Society Prize?
(a) KK Shailaja
(b) Arvind Subramanian
(c) Raghuram Rajan
(d) S Narayan
Answer: (a)
Related facts:
- The Central European University (CEU) Open Society Prize for 2021 has been awarded to KK Shailaja, the former Health Minister of Kerala.
- She has been recognized for her determined leadership and community-based public health work, saving lives during the pandemic.
- The CEU Open Society Prize is awarded annually to an individual or organisation “whose achievements have contributed substantially to the creation of an open society”.
- CEU was founded in 1991 by George Soros, a Hungarian-born political activist.