RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD 2019

Aug. 3, 2019

Indian journalist Ravish Kumar, NDTV India’s senior executive editor, has been awarded the 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award, for harnessing journalism to give voice to the voiceless.

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Ramon Magsaysay award is popularly known as Asia’s Nobel Prize.
Criteria: It is given to individuals and organizations in Asia regardless of race, creed, sex, or nationality, who have achieved distinction in their respective fields. (There are some instances where the winners came from Non-Asian countries, but accomplished something in Asia).
Name: It is named after Ramon Magsaysay, the third president (1953-57) of Philippines.
Background: It was established in 1957 by New York based Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF), with the consent of Philippine government. The first Awards were given in 1958. Vinoba Bhave of India was one of the recipients.
Awardees are presented with a certificate and a medal.