Press Information Bureau - Government of India - Press ReleaseProf. Muhammad Yunus delivered the second Prof. Hiren Mukherjee Lecture at the Central Hall of Parliament in New Delhi today. Following is the text of the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh’s speech on...
Hon'ble Vice President, Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Hon'ble Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Hon'ble Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen:It is a great honor and privilege for me to deliver the second Annual Memorial Parliamentary Lectu...
Social Business - A Step Toward Creating a New Economic and Social OrderProfessor Muhammad YunusGrameen Bank, BangladeshLecture delivered at the joint-meeting of the members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha of India, in Delhi on December 9, 2009
Hon'ble Vice President, Hon...
On December 6, 2009, selected students from top private and public universities attended the first Student Interactive Program at the Yunus Centre in Dhaka.This is the first in a series of events that will bring together the Yunus Centre, important personalities, and st...
Microcredit loans have revolutionized the world of finance in developing nations. Now Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate behind the concept, wants to see similar programs in the industrialized world. In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, he explains why Germany's p...
Ökonom, Banker, Armutsbekämpfer und in gewissen Kreisen ein Superstar: Friedensnobelpreisträger Muhammad Yunus 30. November 2009 Es sind diese zwei Minuten vor dem Beginn des Dinners. Fast ein bisschen verloren steht Muhammad Yunus vor dem Banketts...
Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus will deliver a lecture on "Social Business: A New Business to Change Our Economic Framework" at the Central Hall of the Indian Parliament on December 9 next. Official sources in New Delhi said that Prof Yunus, the managing director o...
#5, Muhammad YunusImage: Carlos Alvarez / Getty ImagesField: EconomicsPosition: Managing Director of Grameen BankWhy He Was Nominated: He used his brain to make a dent in the fight against poverty. This "banker to the poor" from Bangladesh is the originator of the innov...
Mayor Yuri Luzhkov welcomes Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus at the Mayor's Office in Moscow on November 16.The Mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov has announced his decision to implement social businesses to address numerous urban social and economic problems. He had a...
Vice President of China Xi Jinping met Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus at his office at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 30, 2009. They discussed the launching of two Grameen operated microcredit companies named as Songpan-Aba Grameen Micro-Cre...
