The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee received Garwood Award

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee received Garwood Award for Outstanding Global Leader in Open Innovation from UC Berkeley-Haas School of Business at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The award was presented to the President for:
1. Promoting open innovation; 
2. For taking initiative of hosting and gathering global innovators at the first-ever Global Roundtable on Inclusive Innovations at Rashtrapati Bhavan;
3. Organizing first Festival of Innovation at the Rashtrapati Bhavan: 
In order to link global leaders from technological, financial and educational sectors for the promotion of increased scalability in national and international grassroots innovation; 
4. For launching the first Innovations Scholars' 'In-Residence' programme: 
To promote the spirit of innovation and provide a thriving creative atmosphere for grassroots innovation activities that will have the potential to transform the global landscape; 
5. For urging higher education leaders to establish Innovation Clubs:
It is to catalyze the collaboration between institutions of higher learning and grassroots innovations; 
6. For being a primary supporter of Micro-Venture Innovation Finance which empowers grassroots innovators with the fundamental resources to provide their products and services to global markets; 
7. For being an initiator for innovative solutions towards financial inclusion via national programs that will promote worldwide economic success and for spearheading the establishment of an Innovation promotion platform involving academics, entrepreneurs, and researchers to foster an intercontinental medium of innovation, R&D and scientific research. 
About Garwood Award
1.The University of California, Berkeley, established this award.
2.It is awarded to acknowledge those individuals who have embraced, supported and encouraged open innovation in a significant and impactful way.