Indian Scientist Awarded First Sunhak Peace Prize
Noted Indian agriculture scientist Dr. Modadugu Vijay Gupta, who has done pioneering work in aquaculture in India, Bangladesh and several Southeast Asian countries, was awarded the first Sunhak Peace Prize which he shared with the President of Kiribati Islands. Hailing from Bapatla in Andhra Pradesh, Mr. Gupta, a biologist, was also the recipient of the World Food Prize in 2005 for development and dissemination of low-cost techniques for freshwater fish farming. "I believed throughout my career that all the advanced fish farming technology which we created in laboratories should be taken to people, then only it can make a difference to their lives," he told after receiving the award. "There can be no peace without food security in the world. You cannot talk peace to a hungry man," he said.
Source: Seoul, 2015
