Satyarthi's Nobel Prize
Source: The Sangai Express / Agencies
New Delhi, January 07 2015:
Visitors to Rashtrapati Bhavan will now be able to get a glimpse of the Nobel Peace Prize received by child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi, who dedicated the honour to the nation by presenting his medal to President Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi today.
The medal was dedicated by Mr Satyarthi to Pranab Mukherjee at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
"He (Satyarthi) is doing very good job which has been recognised by the international community and in its recognition he has been given Noble Peace Prize.
I thank him on behalf of people of this country.
I congratulate him," Mr Mukherjee said during the ceremony.
The medal, in 18 carats gold and weighing 196 grams, will be kept at Rashtrapati Bhavan museum.
"Medal will be part of Rashtrapati Bhavan museum and public at large will be able to see it," Press Secretary to the President Venu Rajamony said.
Mr Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai were on December 10, last year awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 for their pioneering work on promoting child rights.
"I committed the medal to the country today.
All eyes of the world are on India.
It should be our collective responsibility that children's rights are protected," Mr Satyarthi said.
He said the present and future of all children living in the country should be protected.