CII to honour Ted Turner

NEW DELHI: The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will honour Ted Turner, CNN founder and philanthropist.

He will be presented with the Exemplary Social Entrepreneur Award at a function to be organized here on Friday.

Turner is in India to attend a meeting of the board of directors of the UN Foundation he had founded in 1998. Infosys founder and chief mentor NR Narayamurthy is also in the board.

The foundation has been indulging in philanthropist activities and had earlier launched the Pride in India campaign in 2003. The campaign was to mobilise resources to address issues of health, environment and sustainable development.