Magsaysay award: Indian doctor Ravi Kannan R, a surgical oncologist, left a key post in the Adyar Cancer Institute, a major cancer treatment facility in the southern Indian city of Chennai, to work and live in an impoverished northeastern rural region, where access to medical care was difficult.
The prestigious award is given to persons -- regardless of race, nationality, creed or gender -- who address issues of human development in Asia with courage and creativity.
Eminent classical vocalist Thodur Madabusi Krishna and National Convenor of Safai Karmachari Andolan Bezwada Wilson were today chosen for the coveted Ramon Magasaysay awards for 2016. Apart from the two Indians, four others have been
New Delhi: Goonj-founder Anshu Gupta, chosen for the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award for 2015, on Wednesday said helping fellow humans is his "true calling".Gupta, who left his corporate job to take up humanitarian issues and
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday congratulated Anshu Gupta ( the founder of NGO Goonj ) and Sanjiv Chaturvedi for wining the Magsaysay awards this year."Congratulations Anshu and Sanjeev for Magsaysay award. Very well deserved.
New Delhi: Following is the list of Indians who have won the Ramon Magsaysay award, according to the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation. Mother Teresa, while not an Indian national, lived in India.Vinoba Bhave - 1958Chintaman
New Delhi: Ramon Magsaysay award winner Sanjeev Chaturvedi on Wednesday accused the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) of not backing his campaign against corruption in Haryana and the AIIMS."PMO didn't support (my) fight against corruption," bureaucrat
New Delhi: Sanjeev Chaturvedi, former Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) at AIIMS, has been awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2014.Sanjeev Chaturvedi is an Indian Forest Service officer of the Haryana cadre and currently the deputy
New Delhi: Everyone knows the story of an idealistic police officer in Delhi who towed away the car of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in August 1982. The woman happened to be India's first female
Manila, Jul 25: An Indian grassroot activist whose pioneering community initiatives in Tamil Nadu empowered thousands of rural women to form micro enterprises and break the poverty spiral, is among this year's six winners of
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