Dr Sonam Wangchuk of Ladakh won Rolex Global Enterprise Award

Dr Sonam Wangchuk of Ladakh won Rolex Global Enterprise Award. Dr Sonam Wangchuk, a famous Educationist and Social Scientist from Secmol (Ladakh) has been awarded the 40th Rolex Global Enterprise Award at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on November 17, 2016. Sonam Wangchuk has been chosen for the Rolex Awards along with five other persons by an international Jury of 12 eminent

experts who selected them after meeting with the finalists, who was shortlisted from among 2,322 applicants representing 144 nationalities.Dr Sonam Wangchuk of Ladakh won Rolex Global Enterprise Award. Rolex Global Enterprise Award are given to individuals in recognition of their ongoing project, in order to support it further.

iv. Wangchuk was chosen for his work on building artificial glaciers that supply irrigation water during the times of drought.

v. The other four laureates include an eye specialist who has devised a smart-phone based portable eye examination system, a conservation biologist of Peru, another biologist who works in Patagonia and a bio-medical engineer who is developing soft robotic suits to help stroke victims walk again.

vi. Each Laureate received 100,000 Swiss francs (US$104,000) and each Young Laureate 50,000 Swiss francs (US$52,000) to advance their projects and a Rolex chronometer watch.