Oncologist R Ravi Kannan wins Ramon Magsaysay Award 2023

The Assam-based doctor is credited to have revolutionised the treatment of cancer through his people-centered and pro-poor programmes.

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· Sep 01, 2023 · 01:35 pm

Journalist Ravish Kumar wins 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award

The awards will be presented in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, on September 9.

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· Aug 02, 2019 · 09:06 am

Psychiatrist Bharat Vatwani, engineer Sonam Wangchuk to receive Ramon Magsaysay awards

The other award winners are Youk Chang of Cambodia, Maria de Lourdes Martins Cruz of East Timor, Vo Thi Hoang Yen of Vietnam and Howard Dee of Philippines.

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· Jul 26, 2018 · 03:40 pm

How Bezwada Wilson is working to get India to end the practice of Dalits cleaning human excreta

The Magsaysay award winner has mobilised over 7,000 volunteers to work to end so-called manual scavenging.

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· Jul 27, 2016 · 07:43 pm

Low cost sanitary napkins for rural women win Anshu Gupta the Magsaysay award

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· Jul 30, 2015 · 03:01 pm