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IPS officer Chhaya Sharma to be honored by Asia Society

Published on September 17, 2019
Current context: IPS officer Chhaya Sharma (India) has been chosen for the 2019 Asia Society Game Changers award.
IPS officer Chhaya Sharma to be honored by Asia Society
  • She has been nominated for the award for her investigation and prosecution of the Delhi gang-rape case and other high-profile crimes in India.
  • As the then south Delhi Deputy Police Commissioner, she responded immediately at a call in the wee hours of 16th December 2012.
  • For the first time since the launch of the award in 2014, this year all the awardees are women.
  • 6 other female awardees of the 2019 Asia Society Game Changers award are:
    1. Japan's Yuriko Koike, the first female governor of Tokyo
    2. China's Jane Jie Sun, the leader of Ctrip, in China,
    3. Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi from UAE, a pioneer in the art
    4. Sana Mir, from the field of sports
    5. Faiza Saeed
    6. Kung Fu Nuns, a group of Buddhist nuns from India and Nepal, known for their social activism and humanitarian work
  • Asia Society is an educational organization dedicated to strengthening partnerships and mutual understanding among the institutions and people of Asia and the United States.
  • The award honours people who make a positive contribution to the future of Asia.

Question: 

Q.1 Who among the following has been chosen for the 2019 Asia Society Game Changers award?
a. IPS Soumya Sharma
b. IPS Chhaya Sharma
c. IPS Rema Rajeshwari
d. IPS Roopa Divakar Moudgil
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