Award:
- Indian-origin philanthropist Harish Kotecha has been awarded the prestigious Sandra Neese Lifetime Achievement Award at 32nd annual conference of NAEHCY, on 09 Oct 2020. He got the award for his work in the US for meeting the needs of children and youth experiencing homelessness. Harish Kotecha is founder and president of Hindu Charities for America. The award was presented by the National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth (NAEHCY).
Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences:
On 12th October 2020, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020 to:
Paul R. Milgrom, Stanford University, USA
Robert B. Wilson, Stanford University, USA
The award has been jointly given to both “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats.”