Chanda Kochhar, MD and CEO of ICICI Bank has been conferred with the prestigious Woodrow Wilson Award for Global Corporate Citizenship, she is the first Indian woman to be conferred with the award. Kochhar, received the annual award which was instituted in 1998 by the Wilson Center to felicitate individuals for their actions and accomplishments, either in their careers or through service. Other Indians who have received the award include former president APJ Abdul Kalam and Infosys founder Narayana Murthy. Kochhar said she is accepting the award on behalf of women of India and the ICICI Group. Worldwide, recipients of the award include former US vice president Richard Cheney, US secretary of state Rex W Tillerson and US secretaries of state Henry Kissinger, General Colin Powell, Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice.
