Safeena Hussain has become the first Indian woman to bag the WISE Prize worth 5 lakh USD. She is the founder of ‘Educate Girls.’
- She was awarded for mobilising 14 lakh out of school girls in Indian villages to get back to mainstream education.
- The prize was awarded by the Qatar Foundation at the 11th Edition of the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Summit in Doha.
- The award is one of the most prestigious awards in education.
- Established in 2011 by Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, the WISE Prize for Education is the first distinction of its kind to recognise an individual or a team for an outstanding, world-class contribution to education.
- Safeena is the second Indian to receive the award. ‘Pratham’ co-founder Madhav Chavan was the recipient of the 2012 WISE Prize for providing quality education to millions of underserved children in India.
