Archive · 3 Dec 2025
Former Karnataka Chief Secretary Honoured with Global Leadership Award
K. Ratna Prabha, a former top government official in Karnataka, India, received a big award in Malaysia.
The award is for her great work in helping women and making good policies.
She started an organization called Ubuntu that helps women start businesses.
She promised to keep helping more women and make her organization bigger.
Before this, she helped create special places for women to start businesses in different cities in Karnataka.
K. Ratna Prabha, former Chief Secretary of Karnataka, received the Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad Good Global Exemplary Leadership Award.
The award was given by the BRICS-ASEAN Chamber of Commerce (BACC) in Malaysia.
Prabha founded the Ubuntu Consortium, which aims to support 10,000 women entrepreneurs and expand to 100 associations.
She played a key role in designing Karnataka’s Industrial Policy 2014–19, which included support for women entrepreneurs.
Four women-focused industrial parks were established in Gulbarga, Harohalli, Mysuru, and Dharwad during her tenure.
- Who
- K. Ratna Prabha, IAS (Retd), former Chief Secretary of Karnataka and Founder-President of the Ubuntu Consortium
- What
- Received the Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad Good Global Exemplary Leadership Award
- When
- Date not specified
- Where
- Malaysia
- Why
- For her contributions to governance, women-centric policies, and institutional development in India
- Award
- Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad Good Global Exemplary Leadership Award
- Awarding Body
- BRICS-ASEAN Chamber of Commerce (BACC)
- Recipient
- K. Ratna Prabha, IAS (Retd)
- Current Role
- Founder-President of the Ubuntu Consortium
- Previous Role
- Former Chief Secretary of Karnataka
- Ubuntu's Goal
- Support 10,000 women entrepreneurs and expand to 100 associations
- Policy Influence
- Designed Karnataka’s Industrial Policy 2014–19 with women-focused incentives
- Women-Focused Industrial Parks
- Established in Gulbarga, Harohalli, Mysuru, and Dharwad