ROLEX GLOBAL AWARDS - 2014
The famous Rolex Awards for Enterprise were announced on 24 June 2014. The five young laureates were selected from among 1,800 applicants from all around the world.
They are
1. NEETI KAILAS, 29, India –
Aims to vastly increase screening of newborn babies for hearing loss, through an inexpensive, easy-to-use device, and to set up an associated network of health-care professionals in India who can diagnose or treat deafness.
2. OLIVIER NSENGIMANA, 30, Rwanda –
He is promoting breeding programmes and the release of Rwanda’s captive, endangered grey crowned-cranes. The iconic bird, a symbol of wealth and longevity in Rwanda, is a victim of its own beauty, and is often kept as a pet.
3. FRANCESCO SAURO, 29, Italy –
He is exploring the vast quartzite caves of South America’s fabled table-top mountains on the border of Venezuela and Brazil, making discoveries of unique worlds that have evolved in isolation over millennia.
4. ARTHUR ZANG, 26, Cameroon –
He has invented what is believed to be Africa’s first medical tablet, which will allow health-care workers in rural areas to send the results of cardiac tests to heart specialists via a mobile-phone connection.
5. HOSAM ZOWAWI, 29, Saudi Arabia –
He is developing rapid tests to detect the presence of antibiotic resistant bacteria, now considered a global threat to human health. He also plans a regional public campaign warning of the dangers of the overuse and misuse of antibiotics.
The each young laureates will receive CHF50,000 [Rs.33,69,794.86]. The award was launched in the year 1976 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Oyster Chronometer,the world's first waterproof watch.
See more at:
1.http://blog.rolexawards.com/2014/06/new-young-laureates-pushing-the-boundaries/#sthash.4fty4hvI.dpuf
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