It is also the first airport in the world to be fully powered by solar energy[38] and has won the coveted Champion of the Earth award, the highest environmental honour instituted by the United Nations.[39] Cochin International Airport is also the first Indian airport to be incorporated as a public limited company; it was funded by nearly 10,000 non-resident Indians from 30 countries.[40] Other than civilian airports, Kochi has a naval airport named INS Garuda.