Master Cheng Yen (??), founder of the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation, was inducted as a fellow by the U.S.-based National Academy of Inventors (NAI) on Wednesday.
According to the official NAI website, the Buddhist leader was inaugurated as Shih Cheng-Yen (???) representing the Tzu Chi Foundation.
The foundation’s press statement said their venerable leader was selected as one of 164 inductees from all over the world as part of NAI’s class of 2021, for research into herbal medicine conducted by the Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology.
Tzu Chi said Debra Tseng (???), CEO of Tzu Chi USA Medical Foundation, accepted the recognition on behalf of Cheng Yen at a ceremony held in Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday, where NAI listed Cheng Yen as “elected for her impact in the field of Medicine and New product techniques.”
NAI is a U.S. non-profit organization that is structured along the lines of the National Academies of the United States and dedicates itself to cultivating inventors in academia.
The organization was founded at the University of South Florida in 2010 and inducts accomplished individuals to its ranks annually.
As of 2021, 1,567 fellows from over 300 universities, colleges, government organizations and non-profit organizations around the world have been inducted.
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel