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The Guru
Nanak Prize
WSN Network
NEW YORK: Nominations are being invited for the Guru Nanak
Interfaith Prize, a US $50,000 award for a living individual or
organization who has contributed to the promotion of constructive
dialogue between faith communities.
The
Prize will be awarded biannually, beginning in 2008. The winner will
be chosen by a distinguished panel of judges composed of religious
leaders, academics and individuals known for their commitment to
interfaith dialogue. Award recipients will have demonstrated
extraordinary leadership, courage and a capacity for inspiring in
others a willingness to embrace the vulnerability that is the key to
true religious dialogue.
The deadline for nominations for the 2008 Prize is July 1, 2007.
The goal of this international award is to bring greater visibility
to the critical role that religious dialogue plays in the pursuit of
peace, and to provide direct support for the furtherance of such
activities. Guru Nanak, the 15th Century founder of Sikhism, taught
that we locate our oneness with humanity by exploring the
differences that separate us.
The prize was funded by a generous gift from the family of Sardar
Ishar Singh Bindra and will be awarded by Hofstra University in
collaboration with the Sardarni Kuljit Kaur Bindra Charitable
Foundation. The Bindras were among prominent Sikh-Americans living
in Brookville, New York and in September 2000, the Bindra family
endowed the Sardarni Kuljit Kaur Bindra Chair in Sikh Studies at
Hofstra University in honor of the family's matriarch.
The honorary committee for the Prize includes Nobel Peace Prize
winner, Archbishop Desmond Tutu; I.K. Gujral, former Prime Minister
of India; U. S. Senators Charles Schumer and Norm Coleman; noted
Historian/Writer Sardar Khushwant Singh; Rabbi David Rosen; Dr.
Martin Marty; and Sardar Tarlochan Singh, Member of Parliament,
India.
The family's company, Jeetish Imports, based in New York City, is a
major distributor of apparel, and the family has substantial
interests in real estate as well. The Bindras are deeply involved in
philanthropic activities that benefit both the Sikh and non-Sikh
communities. The Guru Nanak Interfaith Prize is an expression of
Sardar Ishar Singh Bindra's longstanding dedication to interfaith
harmony. Hofstra University is located 25 miles east of New York
City.
Nominators should provide a brief description of themselves (no more
than 100 words) and a two-page letter describing the individual or
organization being nominated and the activities the nominator
believes qualify the nominee for consideration. Nominations may be
submitted electronically to www.hofstra.edu/gurunanak , in writing
to Dean Bernard J. Firestone, Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences, 200A Heger Hall, 115 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
11549-1115, or by e-mail to
GuruNanakPrize@Hofstra.edu . Contact
person: Stuart Vincent, Hofstra University, 1.516.463.6493
28 March 2007
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