Awards
Aga Khan University Medical College receives prestigious international award 2023-08-31
Posted August 31st, 2023 by librarian-hdThe Aga Khan University’s Medical College has been awarded the AMEE (Association for Medical Education Europe) 2023 Stellar Award at an award ceremony in Glasgow, United Kingdom.
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Institut de France and the Town of Chantilly honour Mawlana Hazar Imam’s work in Chantilly 2023-06-03
Posted June 10th, 2023 by librarian-hdThe Institut de France and the Town of Chantilly hosted the event to honour Hazar Imam's commitment to the town of Chantilly, an area with which Mawlana Hazar Imam and his family have strong historic ties. Prince Amyn represented Hazar Imam at the unveiling of a plaque at the Great Stables and the “His Highness the Aga Khan Road” sign. Also present were Princess Zahra, Prince Hussain, Prince Aly Muhammad, and Hazar Imam’s grandson, Iliyan. Prince Amyn delivered a speech including a message of gratitude from Mawlana Hazar Imam.
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AKU Chief Information Officer receives global industry award 2022-12-01
Posted December 1st, 2022 by librarian-hdAga Khan University's (AKU) Global Chief Information Officer, Shaukat Ali Khan, has been awarded the DXInspire 2022 Award at the recently concluded World CIO Summit held in Bangkok, Thailand.
The DXInspire Award represents the highest accolade that a CIO can receive – it is offered by the Global CIO Forum in recognition of individuals involved in path-breaking projects that have redefined Digital Transformation.
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AKUH awarded prestigious ‘Sindh Healthcare Commission Licence’ 2022-08-20
Posted August 20th, 2022 by librarian-hdKARACHI: The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH) was awarded the prestigious Sindh Healthcare Commission license.
The license was awarded in recognition of AKUH’s compliance with stringent quality standards set by the provincial healthcare commission, based on a thorough understanding of the intricacies of the local healthcare landscape.
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Statement by Hamid Karzai President of the of Afghanistan At the Die Quadriga Award Ceremony Berlin 2005-10-03
Posted September 25th, 2021 by librarian-hdPresident William Mkapa Chancellor
Dr. Helmut Kohl
President Michail Gorbachev
Your Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan
Excellencies Distinguished Guests,
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Vincent Scully Award

Carolyn Schwenker Brody, Chair of the National Building Museum's Board of Trustees, presents the Vincent Scully Prize, a crystal obelisk, to His Highness the Aga Khan.
AKDN / Zahur Ramji
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Global Centre for Pluralism Announces the 2019 Global Pluralism Award Winners 2019-10-15
Posted October 15th, 2019 by librarian-hdDeborah Ahenkorah (Ghana), the Center for Social Integrity (Myanmar) and 'Learning History That Is Not Yet History' (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia) recognized as outstanding leaders promoting inclusion worldwide
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OTTAWA, Oct. 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ - Today, the Global Centre for Pluralism announced the three winners of the 2019
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Speech by His Highness The Aga Khan at the Aga Khan Music Awards, Lisbon 2019-03-31

Remarks by Hazar Imam at the Aga Khan Music Awards in Lisbon, Portugal on the final day prize-giving ceremony 2019-03-31
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H.H. the Aga Khan conferred highest academic honours from Canadian universities in unprecedented joint ceremony 2018-10-18
Posted October 20th, 2018 by librarian-hdVancouver, Canada, October 19, 2018 – In an historic ceremony today attended by Her Honour the Honourable Lieutenant-Governor Janet Austin of British Columbia and Honourable Premier John Horgan, His Highness the Aga Khan, 49th hereditary Imam (Spiritual Leader) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims and founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), was conferred with honorary Doctors of Laws – the highest academic award - from both the University of British Columbia (UBC) and Simon Fraser University (SFU).
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Aga Khan receives highest French honour 2018-09-23
Posted September 24th, 2018 by librarian-hdFrance has awarded Aga Khan, Imam of the world's Shia Ismaili Muslim community, with its highest honour, the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. President Emmanuel Macron awarded him the honour in recognition of his contribution to humanity and achievements in improving the quality of life of the most vulnerable populations around the world.
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Hazar Imam

His Highness the Aga Khan presented with the Most Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa 2017-10-9
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Hazar Imam

Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa bestows Portugal’s highest honours— the Grand Cross of the Order of Liberty— on The Aga Khan at the Belem Palace on July 20, 2017 in recognition of his efforts in uplifting lives around the world . PHOTO | ANTONIO PEDROSA | AKDN
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Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the acceptance of the Asia Game Changers Lifetime Achievement Award 2017-11-01
Posted November 5th, 2017 by librarian-hdSpeech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the acceptance of the Asia Game Changers Lifetime Achievement Award
At Cipriani, New York City, NY
November 1st 2017
Let me begin by expressing my deep gratitude and my humility in receiving this wonderful award.
When my grandfather died in 1957, I was twenty years old. I was a student at Harvard and I had to make a choice as to how I could combine my continuing education and the institutional responsibility that I had.
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Hazar Imam receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from Asia Society at Cipriani in New York 2017-11-01

His Highness The Aga Khan speaking at the Lifetime Achievement Dinner hosted by the Asia Society in New York 2017-11-01
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His Highness the Aga Khan honoured with Lifetime Achievemnet Award from Asia Society 2017-11-01
Posted November 2nd, 2017 by librarian-hd2017 Awardees
November 1, 2017 • New York City
On August 8, 2017, Asia Society announced this year's recipients of the Asia Game Changer Awards, which recognize those making a transformative and positive difference for the future of Asia and the world. Asia Society is proud to partner with Citi to honor these extraordinary individuals and organizations, continuing a tradition begun with the inauguration of the Asia Game Changer Awards four years ago.
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His Highness the Aga Khan receiving the State Award for Peace and Progress from President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan in

His Highness the Aga Khan receiving the State Award for Peace and Progress from President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan in Astana, 17 December 2002.
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Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the Urban Land Institute's annual conference leadership dinner
Posted October 28th, 2017 by librarian-hdThank you, Mr Rummell for your very generous and warm words.
Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen.
It is a distinct pleasure for me to be here this evening – and I would like to begin by expressing my renewed and deep thanks to the Urban Land Institute for presenting to me the J.C. Nichols prize at your 75th anniversary conference last Fall.
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Aga Khan receives Champion for Global Change Award
Posted October 20th, 2017 by librarian-hdNEW YORK: Upon receiving the ‘Champion for Global Change’ award at the United Nations Foundation’s Global Leadership Dinner in New York, His Highness the Aga Khan suggested that the question was not whether government action or private enterprise was more effective, but rather how these sectors can become effective partners in the quest for development.
“The partnerships that will most dramatically change the world are those in which all three components—private, public and civil society institutions—can connect in all-embracing common efforts,” he said.
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Speech by His Highness the Aga Khan at the United Nations Foundation Award
Posted October 19th, 2017 by librarian-hdBismillah-ir-Rahaman-ir-Rahim
President of the General Assembly Miroslav Lajcák,
Secretary-General António Guterres,
Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed,
Former Secretary-General Kofi Annan,
The many Permanent Representatives in attendance,
Ladies and Gentlemen
Thank you so much Kofi Annan for your generous words of introduction. There is no person alive today who has made a greater contribution to world peace than you, and thanks are due to you from all around the world.
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