Shahnaz Husain was recently honored with the Leonardo Da Vinci Diamond Award and World Medal of Freedom at World Forum in Washington DC in the field of Ayurveda. The award is given by the International Biographical Center, has been compiling and publishing the achievements of prominent people worldwide for more than 40 years and the Da Vinci Diamond Award is its latest initiative. The World Medal of Freedom was for empowering women following her concept of developing a ‘housewife oriented’ network.