Nand Mulchandani is the first Indian-origin person to be appointed as the first-ever Chief Technology Officer of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
A veteran Cameroonian activist, Cecile Ndjebet is the recipient of the 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award by the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF), which is chaired by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Jharkhand has been selected by the World Health Organisation for the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) Award-2022 in recognition of its efforts in controlling tobacco consumption.