The journalist who conceived the Rice Bucket Challenge, which is the India's take on the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has been honored with the Karmaveer Chakra Award, Rex Karmaveer Global Fellowship by iCONGO, an international confederation of NGOs and the United Nations.

In the report of The Hindu, Manjulatha Kalanidhi, a 38-year-old Hyderabad resident was the one who created the Rice Bucket Challenge.

"The award shall be given to Ms. Manju on March, 23, 2015 at an august gathering in New Delhi, where she shall be felicitated and recognized as a Karmaveer Hero with some other heroes from around the world," Jeroninio Almeida, founder of iCONGO told The Hindu in an email.

Manju is excited as she expresses her gratefulness in the article of The Hindu, "I'm extremely happy to learn that rice bucket challenge was chosen for Karmaveer Chakra Award and fellowship. I'm planning to associate with some NGOs such as Goonj and GiveIndia to channelize the charity potential and take the idea forward. This award would expand my horizon and give the necessary push to the initiative."

In the Facebook page named Rice Bucket Challenge, it is described as "Indian version for Indian needs."

Moreover, the Facebook page has already 60,000 likes and according to The Hindu, Manju said that "over 10,000 kg of rice has been donated to beneficiaries."

Unlike the ALS ice bucket challenge, which requires the participant to dump a bucket of cold water over their head, the rice bucket challenge asks the participant to donate a bucket of rice to someone in need.