Ramon Magsaysay Award Indian Winners List (till 2019)
Ramon Magsaysay Award is awarded in the honour of the former president of the Philippines named Ramon Magsaysay.
The prize was first established in April 1957 by the New York city-based trust named Rockefeller Brothers Fund with the help of the Philippines government.
Ramon Magsaysay Award is often called the Nobel Prize of Asia. It is the highest award given to someone in Asia. Many Indians have been awarded by this honour till now.
Generally, the award is given in the following 6-7 categories:
- Government Service
- Public Service
- Community Leadership
- Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts
- Peace and International Understanding
- Emergent Leadership
- Uncategorized
So, in this article, I will be providing you with the list of Indian personalities who have got the Ramon Magsaysay Award.
Here we go…
List of Indian Winners of Ramon Magsaysay Award
The list here includes the list of Indian winners of the award along with the year and category that they were given the award in.
| Year Won | Person’s Name | Category |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Vinoba Bhave | Community Leadership |
| 1961 | Amitabha Chowdhury | Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts |
| 1962 | Mother Teresa | Peace and International Understanding (PIU) |
| 1963 | Verghese Kurien | Community Leadership |
| 1963 | Dara Nusserwanji Khurody | Community Leadership |
| 1963 | Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel | Community Leadership |
| 1965 | Jayaprakash Narayan | Public Service |
| 1966 | Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay | Community Leadership |
| 1967 | Satyajit Ray | Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts |
| 1971 | M.S. Swaminathan | Community Leadership |
| 1974 | M.S. Subbulakshmi | Public Service |
| 1975 | Boobli George Verghese | Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts |
| 1976 | Sombhu Mitra | Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts |
| 1977 | Ela Bhatt | Community Leadership |
| 1979 | Mabelle Arole | Community Leadership |
| 1979 | Rajanikant Arole | Community Leadership |
| 1981 | Pramod Karan Sethi | Community Leadership |
| 1981 | Gour Kishore Ghosh | Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts |
| 1982 | Manibhai Desai | Public Service |
| 1982 | Chandi Prasad Bhatt | Community Leadership |
| 1982 | Arun Shourie | Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts |
| 1984 | R. K. Laxman | Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts |
| 1985 | Baba Amte | Public Service |
| 1989 | Lakshmi Chand Jain | Public Service |
| 1991 | K. V. Subbanna | Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts |
| 1992 | Ravi Shankar | Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts |
| 1993 | Banoo Jehangir Coyaji | Public Service |
| 1994 | Kiran Bedi | Government Service |
| 1996 | Pandurang Shastri Athavale | Emergent Leadership |
| 1996 | T. N. Seshan | Government Service |
| 1996 | Pandurang Shastri Athavale | Community Leadership |
| 1997 | Mahasweta Devi | Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts |
| 2000 | Aruna Roy | Community Leadership |
| 2000 | Jockin Arputham | Peace and International Understanding (PIU) |
| 2001 | Rajendra Singh | Community Leadership |
| 2002 | Sandeep Pandey | Emergent Leadership |
| 2003 | James Michael Lyngdoh | Government Service |
| 2003 | Shantha Sinha | Community Leadership |
| 2004 | Laxminarayan Ramdas | Peace and International Understanding (PIU) |
| 2005 | V. Shanta | Public Service |
| 2006 | Arvind Kejriwal | Emergent Leadership |
| 2007 | Palagummi Sainath | Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts |
| 2008 | Prakash Amte | Community Leadership |
| 2008 | Mandakini Amte | Community Leadership |
| 2009 | Deep Joshi | Uncategorized |
| 2011 | Nileema Mishra | Emergent Leadership |
| 2011 | Harish Hande | Uncategorized |
| 2012 | Kulandei Francis | Uncategorized |
| 2015 | Sanjiv Chaturvedi | Emergent Leadership |
| 2015 | Anshu Gupta And Sanjiv Chaturvedi | Uncategorized |
| 2016 | Thodur Madabusi Krishna | Emergent Leadership |
| 2016 | Bezwada Wilson | Community Leadership |
| 2018 | Sonam Wangchuk | Uncategorized |
| 2018 | Bharat Vatwani | Uncategorized |
| 2019 | Ravish Kumar | Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts |
That’s it.
You can download the PDF version of the list by simply clicking here.
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If you have any related query, please let me know in the comments right now.
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It is very nice and appreciable
Proud on my nation.
Very fair and transparent nomination procedure.
Mr.Ravish Kumar stayed with us in our home stay facility at Murud Janjira this Diwali festival. Who never told me that he is Ramon Magsaysay award winner; neither I said that I know about him. Such a simple and noble personality! Proud of you Ravish sir. Salute to your patriotism. Wish you best of luck.
I noted the name of 58 people from the above list, who they are the proud Indians and won the Raman Magsaysay Award, known as the Asian Nobel Prize and I feel so proud to be an Indian. With the emerging leadership of those people, we are heading towards a emerging economy.
Thank you for your efforts to keep the record and make it available for the people of India
Glad you found it useful, thanks.
The name of M C Mehta for Public service in 1997 is missing.