Luna Ranjit, a woman of Nepali origin based in New York, has won the $100,000 Grinnell College Innovator for Social Justice Prize.

Ranjit, the co-founder and executive director of Adhikaar, an organisation working for social justice movement for the Nepali-speaking community, will receive half of the total cash prize while the rest will go to her organisation.

She founded Adhikaar in 2005 to promote human rights and effective social justice work in Nepali-speaking

communities in New York City and the United States.

Ranjit graduated from Grinnell with her bachelor of arts in economics and global development studies in 2000.

 Grinnell Prize is presented by Grinnel College in

recognition of achievements in social justice. The prize is scheduled to be awarded in October.