The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in governance,courageous service to the people,and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. The prize was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund based in New York City with the concurrence of the Philippine government. It is often called the "Nobel Prize of Asia".
Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh President of the Philippines,from December 30,1953,until his death in an aircraft disaster on March 17,1957. An automobile mechanic by profession,Magsaysay was appointed military governor of Zambales after his outstanding service as a guerrilla leader during the Pacific War. He then served two terms as Liberal Party congressman for Zambales's at-large district before being appointed Secretary of National Defense by President Elpidio Quirino. He was elected president under the banner of the Nacionalista Party. He was the youngest to be elected as president,and second youngest to be president. He was the first Philippine president born in the 20th century and the first to be born after the Spanish colonial era.
Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel was an Indian independence activist,lawyer,and politician. A follower of Mahatma Gandhi,he is regarded as the father of the cooperative movement in India,most notably in the Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers' Union in 1946,and the Anand Co-operative movement.
Aniceto Guterres Lopes is an East Timorese politician and human rights lawyer.
Prakash Baba Amte is a social worker from Maharashtra,India. Amte and his wife,Mandakini Amte,were awarded the Magsaysay Award for 'Community Leadership' in 2008 for their philanthropic work in the form of the Lok Biradari Prakalp amongst the Madia Gonds in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra and the neighbouring states of Telangana and Madhya Pradesh. In November 2019 he was awarded with ICMR Lifetime Achievement Award by Bill Gates.
Therdchai Jivacate is a Thai orthopedic surgeon and inventor known for his humanitarian activities in providing free prosthetic limbs to impoverished amputees,and for his development of techniques allowing low-cost,high-quality prostheses to be made from local materials. The activities of the Prostheses Foundation,which he founded in 1992 under royal sponsorship from the Princess Mother Srinagarindra,have expanded beyond the borders of Thailand to Malaysia,Laos,and Burma. Jivacate has established Thailand's first and only educational institution of occupational therapy at Chiang Mai University. He has also created an educational programme for children suffering from chronic diseases at Maharaj Hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima. In 2008,he was given the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service.
Deep Joshi is an Indian social worker and NGO activist and a recipient of the Magsaysay award in 2009. He is recognised for his leadership in bringing professionalism to the NGO movement in India. He co-founded a non-profit organisation,Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN),of which he was the Executive Director till 2007. He was awarded the 2009 Magsaysay award for Community Leadership for his work for "development of rural communities". He is also a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Shri.
Sanduk Ruit is an ophthalmologist from Nepal who was involved to restore the sight of over 180,000 people across Africa and Asia using small-incision cataract surgery.
Tri Mumpuni, also known as Bu Puni is an independent researcher,social entrepreneur,philanthropist,social activist,and micro-hydropower inventor who was involved in the project for the development of hydro power electricity for more than half a million people in Indonesia. In 2010 she was elected as board member of National Committee on Innovation. For her work she was awarded the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2011. On 13 October 2021,she was appointed a Member of the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Steering Committee by Joko Widodo.
Hasanain Juaini is an Indonesian environmental conservationist,educator and winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award.
Huo Daishan is a photojournalist and environmentalist,winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award. He is the founder of Guardians of the Huai River,which advocates for protection of the Huai River in China.
Fu Qiping is a leader and environmentalist who changed the structure of the economy of a village named Tengtou in China. He received Asia's most prestigious award,the Ramon Magsaysay Award,for his work.
Ambrosius Ruwindrijarto is social activist,investigator and founder of Telapak which promotes ecological justice,cultural integrity and economic empowerment in Indonesia. For his work he was awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2012.
A.H.M. Noman Khan is a pioneer in mainstreaming persons with disabilities in the development process of Bangladesh. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2010. He is the executive director of Centre for Disability in Development (CDD).
Harold Ray Watson is a retired missionary and pioneer in the field of agronomy. He is world recognized for developing a method of cultivating denuded mountain slopes,and for encouraging utilization of the method to help the poorest,small scale,tropical farmers,specifically in the Philippines. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1985.
The Working Cabinet was sworn in on 27 October 2014 by President Joko Widodo.
Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) is an Indonesian NGO whose primary mission is to monitor and publicise incidents of corruption in Indonesia. ICW is also heavily engaged in the prevention and deterrence of corruption through education,cultural change,prosecutions and system reform. The organization was formed in Jakarta in June 1998 to prevent corruption in post-Suharto governments.
Phon Sangsingkeo is a Thai medical doctor whose studies on factors that contribute to the mental well-being of a person earned him the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service in 1966. His holistic approach led him to integrate how the rapid advancement of technology and cultural changes affect mental health,resulting in a more humane treatment of mental patients thus putting the dictum "treat the person as a person" in practice. For this,he is known as the father of modern psychiatry in Thailand.
Hans Westenberg was a Dutch-Indonesian agriculturist who was the recipient of 1972 Ramon Magsaysay Award for his practical propagation of new crops and promotion of better methods among Sumatra's small farmers who have learned to trust and profit from his ideas in Indonesia.
Pedro Tamesis Orata was a Filipino educator known as the Father of Barrio High Schools. He is also the founder of the Urdaneta Community College,the country's first community college,and a recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1971.
