Wangchuk was in Los Angeles to receive a Rolex Award for Enterprise, a bi-annual honour instituted by the Swiss watch company that celebrates men and women engaged in extraordinary projects that make the world a better place. It was for this innovation that combined culture, environment and technology, some of the fields that Rolex has always sought to identify with, that saw Wangchuk win the enterprise award. The first stupa that Wangchuk built in 2013 lasted until May. “I have no desire for awards but I applied for this one (Rolex award for enterprise) for a purpose.”The Rolex award for enterprise has a cash component of 100,000 Swiss francs, apart from an engraved Rolex Oyster watch. The Rolex Enterprise Awards are a bi-annual feature and in 2016, most of them were handed out for technology-oriented projects but environment-related ones also featured prominently.

Source: Mint November 24, 2016 23:05 UTC