Indian Recipients of Ramon Magsaysay Award
Ramon Magsaysay Award
The Ramon Magsaysay award was established in April, 1957. This award was created to commemorate Ramon Magsaysay, the late president of Philippines. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is Asia’s premier prize and highest honour.
The Award is presented in formal ceremonies in Manila, Philippines on August 31st, the birth anniversary of the much-esteemed Philippines President whose ideals inspired the Award’s creation. This award is given in 6 categories.
These categories are:
1. Government services (GS)
2. Public services (PS)
3. Community leadership(CL)
4. Journalism, literature & creative communication arts (JLCCA)
5. Peace and International Understanding (PIU)
6. Emergent leadership (EL)
From the year 2009, The Ramon Magsaysay award foundation has done away with the practice of awarding the award in the above six categories.
Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019 winner
- India's Ravish Kumar (Journalist)
- Thailand’s Angkhana Neelapajit (human rights activist),
- Philippines’ Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab (musician),
- Myanmar’s Ko Swe Win (journalist),
- South Korea’s Kim Jong-Ki, an activist working on violence and mental health issues in youth.
List of Indian Recipients of Ramon Magsaysay Award-
| Name |
Year Awarded |
Category |
|---|---|---|
| Vinobha Bhave |
1958 |
Community Leadership |
| Chintaman Deshmukh |
1959 |
Government Services |
| Amitabha Chowdhury |
1961 |
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts |
| Mother Teresa |
1962 |
Peace and International Understanding |
| Dara Khurody |
1963 |
Community Leadership |
| Verghese Kurien |
1963 |
Community Leadership |
| Tribhuvandas Patel |
1963 |
Community Leadership |
| Welthy Fisher |
1964 |
Peace and International Understanding |
| Jayaprakash Narayan |
1965 |
Public Service |
| Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay |
1966 |
Community Leadership |
| Satyajit Ray |
1967 |
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts |
| Moncompu Sambasivan Swaminathan |
1971 |
Community Leadership |
| M.S. Subbalakshmi |
1974 |
Public Service |
| Boobli George Verghese |
1975 |
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts |
| Henning Holck-Larsen |
1976 |
Peace and International Understanding |
| Ela Ramesh Bhatt |
1977 |
Community Leadership |
| Mabelle Arole |
1979 |
Community Leadership |
| Rajanikant Arole |
1979 |
Community Leadership |
| Gour Kishore Gosh |
1981 |
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts |
| Pramod Karan Sethi |
1981 |
Community Leadership |
| Chandi Prasad Bhatt |
1982 |
Community Leadership |
| Manibhai Desai |
1982 |
Public Service |
| Arun Shourie |
1982 |
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts |
| Rasipuram Lakshman |
1984 |
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts |
| Muralidhar Amte |
1985 |
Public Service |
| Lakshmi Chand Jain |
1989 |
Public Service |
|
K.V. Subbanna |
1991 |
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts |
| Ravi Shankar |
1992 |
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts |
| Banoo Jehangir Coyaji |
1993 |
Public Service |
| Kiran Bedi |
1994 |
Government Services |
| Pandurang Athavale |
1996 |
Community leadership |
| Tirunellai Seshan |
1996 |
Government Services |
|
Maheshweta Devi |
1997 |
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts |
| Jockin Arputham |
2000 |
Peace and International Understanding |
| Aruna Roy |
2000 |
Community Leadership |
| Rajendra Singh |
2001 |
Community Leadership |
| Sandeep Pandey |
2002 |
Emergent Leadership |
| James Michael Lyngdoh |
2003 |
Government Services |
| Shantha Sinha |
2003 |
Government Services |
| Lakshminarayan Ramdas |
2004 |
Peace and International Understanding |
| V. Shantha |
2005 |
Public Service |
| Arvind Kejriwal |
2006 |
Emergent Leadership |
| Palagummi Sainath |
2007 |
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts |
| Mandakini Amte, Mr. Prakash Amte |
2008 |
Community Leadership Community Leadership |
| Deep Joshi |
2009 |
Community Leadership |
| Neelima Mishra |
2011 |
Emergent Leadership |
| Harish Hande |
2011 |
Community Leadership |
| Kulandei Francis |
2012 |
Emergent Leadership |
| Anshu Gupta & Sanjiv Chaturvedi |
2015 |
Emergent Leadership |
| Bezwada Wilson, Thodur Madabusi Krishna |
2016 | Human rights activist, Carnatic music |
| Bharat Vatwani, Sonam Wangchuk |
2018 | Restoring health and dignity to troubled lives Education for community progress |
| Ravish Kumar |
2019 | Journalist (“Prime Time” show on NDTV) |
The latest Ramon Magsaysay Awardee Ravish Kumar got this award in appreciation of his TV show "Prime Time" programme “deals with real-life, under-reported problems of ordinary people”.
Satyajit Ray has also been awarded this award in 1967 in the area of Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts.
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