Washington: Ratan N Tata, chairman of India’s largest industrial conglomerate Tata Group, has been honoured with the Asia Pacific Community Building Award constituted by the East-West Center of Honolulu, Hawaii.

Tata was selected for the significant contributions he made towards building better relations and understanding between India, the United States and the countries in the Asia Pacific region, organisers of the East-West Center said.

They noted that the Tata Group has contributed generously to philanthropic causes in education, research, art and culture and many other social development programmes.

The award was presented on Wednesday at the annual celebrations of the East-West Center Foundation, held at the Hilton, in Hawaii.

The East-West Center is an internationally recognised educational and research organization established by the

US Congress in 1960 to strengthen understanding and relations between the United States and the countries of Asia and the Pacific.