November 5, 2015
The Takeda Foundation

THE TAKEDA YOUNG ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARDThe Takeda Foundation announces the Awardees of the Takeda Young
Entrepreneurship Award 2015. The highest award, the Best Entrepreneur Award
goes to Mr. Mojtaba Radfa of Shole Aria Co., Isfahan Science & Technology
Town, Isfahan, Iran for his proposal of Aria E-book for Education. Mr. Radfar has
developed a new system for e-learning that provides primary and secondary
school teachers and students with textbooks, audio files, video files,
photographs, and multiple choice tests. With this system, students can study
various subjects while having fun; 1.5 million students and 25 thousand teachers
used the system last year. The Foundation highly evaluates Mr. Radfar’s efforts
and contribution to the improvement of primary and secondary school education
by developing the Aria E-book system. The monetary prize for the Best
Entrepreneur Award is one million yen.
The Entrepreneur Awards go to Ms. Asilkhodjaeva Munisakhon of Uzbekistan,
Mr. Gamal Albinsaid of Indonesia, Mr. Muhammad Dawood Sheikh of Pakistan,
Mr. Song Saran of Cambodia, and Mr. Tsuyoshi Takami of Japan. The monetary
prize for each of the Entrepreneur Awards is 200,000 yen. The Awards
Ceremony will be held on February 6, 2016, in conjunction with the Takeda
Symposium in the Takeda Hall of the Takeda Building, the University of Tokyo.
The purpose of the Takeda Young Entrepreneurship Award is to assist thedevelopment of young human resources who bring well-being to people as wellas to cultivate entrepreneurship. The Award is positioned between awards forbest papers selected by peer review and business awards selected from thepoint of view of economic success. The Award requires the submission ofsupporting letters from people who will benefit from the success of the proposed
project as well as the project proposal itself. Candidates should be young
individuals under forty years of age regardless of sex, organization or nationality.
This year, the Foundation received 41 applications from 18 countries.
Awardees were selected by a Selection Committee (Chair, Dr. Kunihiro Asada,Director of VLSI Design and Education Center and Professor, the University ofTokyo) consisting of outside intellectuals. Finalists were selected following firstand second panel discussions by the selection committee; the Awardees werechosen following video presentations by the finalists.

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THE BEST ENTREPRENEUR AWARD
Mojtaba Radfar（Shole Aria Co, CEO, Iran）
Aria E-book for Education

THE ENTREPRENEUR AWARD
Asilkhodjaeva Munisakhon (Apparel Designer, Uzbekistan)
Apparel Transformation

THE ENTREPRENEUR AWARD
Gamal Albinsaid (Indonesia Medika CEO, Indonesia)
Garbage Clinical Insurance

THE ENTREPRENEUR AWARD
Muhammad Dawood Sheikh (Young Development Trust,Founder, Pakistan)
Skill for Peace

THE ENTREPRENEUR AWARDSong Saran (Amru Rice, CEO, Cambodia)
Amru Rice –Contract Farming for Sustainable Development

THE ENTREPRENEUR AWARD
Tsuyoshi Takami (Osaka University, Assistant Professor,Japan)
Development of New Hydrogen Storage Material

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THE BEST ENTREPRENEUR AWARD
Mojtaba Radfar（Shole Aria Co, CEO, Iran）
Aria E-book for Education
Mr. Mojtaba Radfar has developed a new system for e-learning by introducing
cutting edge technology into the preparation of educational materials, andestablished a start-up company, Shole Aria Co. at Isfahan Science & Technology
Town in Isfahan, Iran in 2010. The company has a contract with the Ministry ofEducation of Iran to develop versatile educational tools for all primary andsecondary school students from 1st grade to seniors. The system involves theuse of voice files and multimedia files, and enables teachers to prepare
educational materials and multiple choice tests. Teachers can illustrate
educational materials on an electronic blackboard, and prepare flash cards.
Since the system can be used with PCs, tablets, and cellular phones, students
can use the system at any places and any time. The system also has a
networking function that allows interactive communication between teachers andstudents. The system makes learning interesting and fun for students, and 1.5
million students and 25 thousand teachers used the system last year. TheFoundation highly evaluates Mr. Radfar’s efforts and contribution to theimprovement of primary and secondary school education by developing the Aria
E-book system.

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THE ENTREPRENEUR AWARD
Asilkhodjaeva Munisakhon (Apparel Designer, Uzbekistan)
Apparel Transformation
Ms. Asilkhodjayeva Munisakhon has been developing transformable apparelusing traditional Uzbek fabrics and patterns. Her apparel can be transformed
according to changes in season or changes in place by simply attaching orremoving parts. Women don’t have to change their clothes in response tochanges in the weather or changes in occasion, and can save time and money
using transformable apparel. They can also enjoy a variety of styles from classic
to casual. Ms. Asilkhodjayeva has converted her apartment into an office where
she develops her transformable apparel with four staff members. She is also
considering the mass production of her designed clothes. The Foundation
evaluates her efforts of trying to enrich women’s everyday life by developing
transformable apparel in Uzbekistan.
THE ENTREPRENEUR AWARD
Gamal Albinsaid (Indonesia Medika CEO, Indonesia)
Garbage Clinical Insurance
Mr. Gamal Albinsaid has developed a program of micro health insurance,
Garbage Clinical Insurance, GCI, which uses garbage as a financial resource toimprove health care for low-income people in Indonesia. People sort wastematerials such as cans, bottles, plastics and garbage, and take them to clinics,
where the waste can be traded for health insurance payments. With this program,people can easily see doctors and receive primary treatment without paying incash. The program started in 2009, and as of now, five clinics with 15 doctors,12nurses and midwives, and 88 volunteers are involved in the program. About
2,500 members of the local community use the program. They take trash toclinics twice a week, and the program covers 20 % of the medical treatment theyreceive. A unique point of the program is combining waste collection earnings
with health insurance. The program has been contributing to improving in healthcare, as well as improving the environment in local communities.

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THE ENTREPRENEUR AWARD
Muhammad Dawood Sheikh (Young Development Trust, Founder,Pakistan)
Skill for Peace
In 2008, Pakistan was in a chaotic condition, and suffered from terrorism andextremism. Many young people were unemployed, and some of them joined
terrorist groups. Mr. Muhammad Dawood Sheikh thought it important to provide
unemployed young people with stable jobs, and in August 2008, he and his
friends established the Young Development Trust (YDT) in order to build avocational training school in Gujranwala, a small town in Pakistan. The land forthe vocational school was donated by a local business man, and construction
has started with support from the local community and self-financing. Theconstruction of the school will be completed in April, 2016. When completed, theschool will provide 500 students with practical education suitable for localindustries. YDT has already provided 6 young people with video technology
training, and these young people have already started working for local
companies and supporting their families. They also volunteer for YDT. With Mr.
Muhammad Dawood Sheikh’s leadership and careful planning, YDT has gained
support from the local community and started the construction of the school. TheFoundation evaluates his endeavor of constructing a vocational school andproviding young people with vocational training despite limited funds.
THE ENTREPRENEUR AWARDSong Saran (Amru Rice, CEO, Cambodia)
Amru Rice –Contract Farming for Sustainable Development
Cambodia has a vast amount of surplus rice, but lacks modern refining
technologies, and so most of the surplus rice is exported to Vietnam as unmilled
rice. In order to export high quality milled rice, it is necessary to integrate thecollection, storage, and refining of rice. Mr. Song Saran inherited his
grandfather’s milling company, and established Amru Rice in 2008. He started
aggressive management by buying brand new milling machines, installing mills
near rice fields, and introducing contract farming. Amru Rice has grown into oneof the two biggest milled rice-exporting companies in Cambodia. They mill
100,000 tons of unpolished rice. They contract with 10,000 farmers throughagricultural cooperatives in order to secure a long-term rice supply. The
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assets and equity have grown from 500,000US$ to 4,000,000US$ in 5 years.
The company exports 50,000 tons of milled rice for 35 million US$. The
Foundation evaluates the contribution of Amru Rice to the expansion of milled
rice export by providing stable supply of value-added rice, including organic rice,
and introducing contract farming, which is in turn contributing to increasing theearnings of farmers.
THE ENTREPRENEUR AWARD
Tsuyoshi Takami (Osaka University, Assistant Professor, Japan)
Development of New Hydrogen Storage Material
Mr. Tsuyoshi Takami has succeeded in preparing a new hydrogen storage
material that has a storage capacity of 3.8 weight percent, the highest storage
capacity at the present time. The material is a metal organic compound
produced by the reaction of copper formate tetrahydrate with pyridine. The
material is easily prepared at low cost. It reversibly absorbs and removes
hydrogen, and does not generate much heat on absorption. He is collaboratingwith a company in an attempt to develop more effective compounds that store
more than 5% weight percent of hydrogen, the value set by the US Departmentof Energy a target for onboard hydrogen storage material by 2018. The results ofhis research have been published in academic journals of the American Instituteof Physics, and a patent has been applied for. His research could have a large
impact on society if it leads to commercialization. The Foundation evaluates thepossibilities of his research in the future.

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