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Date - 22nd Jun 2021

Former Minister of Health of Kerala K.K.  Shailaja On June 17, 2021, Shalaja was awarded the Central European University (CEU) Open Society Prize for 2021. The highest university award was presented to her at the virtual convocation of the 30th graduation ceremony of the University. from Vienna.

Michael Ignatiev, President, and Rector of the Central European University, presenting the award, said

“As the Minister of Health of the Indian state of Kerala during the COVID-19 pandemic, teacher K.K. Shailaja has demonstrated to the world that strong leadership is at the local community level. public health and effective communication can save lives. "

Shailaja was awarded the 2021 Open Society Prize for her public health work and strong leadership in saving lives during the pandemic. The United Nations (UN) also honored her in June 2020 for her efforts and strategies to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. She was invited as a speaker for the UN Public Service Day.

About K.K. Shailaja

K.K. Shailaja, Indian politician, former Minister of Health of Kerala (2016-2021). Shailaja is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly, which represented Mattanur District in the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly elections. Shailadzha is a member of the Central Committee of the KPI (M).

Shailaja was elected twice from the Kuthuparamba district in 1996 and 2016 and from the Peravur district in 2006.

What is the CEU Open Society Prize?

Central European University was founded by George Soros in 1991. George Soros was a Hungarian-born political activist and philanthropist who founded the university with the aim of preparing future scientists, politicians, professionals and civil society leaders who will build open and democratic societies. .

The Central European University (CEU) Open Society Prize recognizes organizations or individuals "whose achievements have contributed to the creation of an open society." The Open Society Prize was first awarded in 1994 to the philosopher Sir Karl Popper, who wrote The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945), which outlines the philosophy of openness, tolerance and democratic values.

Previous Open Society Prize winners include

• Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate and economist,
• Vaclav Havel, former President of the Czech Republic,
• Anti Krog, poet and journalist,
• Ricardo Lagos, former President of Chile,
• Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General,
• Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate,
• Joachim Gauck, former President of Germany,
• Janos Kornai, Hungarian economist,
• Medicins Sans Frontiers,
• Svetlana Aleksievich, Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature 2015, Belarusian investigative journalist, oral historian and publicist.

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