Professor ML Sondhi Memorial Trust honored Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama with the Professor M L Sondhi Prize for International Politics 2016 at a function held at India International Center, New Delhi, India in the evening of April 27, 2017.
Former Cabinet Minister of the Government of India, Dr. Arun Shourie was the chief guest at the event.
The Professor ML Sondhi Prize for International Politics was instituted by the ML Sondhi Memorial Trust and the ML Sondhi Institute of Asia-Pacific Affairs in 2006.
The prize is given annually for an outstanding contribution, relevant to India, to the theory or practice of international politics.
The Dalai Lama becomes the seventh recipient of the award.