The Leelavati Prize is awarded to one person at an ICM in recognition of outstanding contributions for increasing public awareness of mathematics as an intellectual discipline and the crucial role it plays in diverse human endeavors. The Leelavati Prize is not intended to reward mathematical research, but rather outreach activities in the broadest possible sense, including, but not restricted to, books, films, plays, TV, radio, or other shows, museum activities, exhibitions, or fairs, public lectures, and Internet activities for mathematics.