2015 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees Announced

30 July 2015
PRESS RELEASE
2015 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees Announced
The Board of Trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) today announced that
this year five individuals from India, Laos, Myanmar, and the Philippines will receive Asia’s
premier prize, the Ramon Magsaysay Award.
The 2015 Magsaysay Awardees are:
Kommaly Chanthavong, from Laos. She is being recognized for “her fearless, indomitable spirit
to revive and develop the ancient Laotian art of silk weaving, creating livelihoods for thousands of poor, wardisplaced Laotians, and thus preserving the dignity of women and her nation’s priceless silken cultural
treasure.”
Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa, from the Philippines. She is being recognized for “her
single-minded crusade in preserving the endangered artistic heritage of southern Philippines, and in creatively
propagating a dance form that celebrates and deepens the sense of shared cultural identity among Asians.”
Anshu Gupta, from India. He is being recognized for “his creative vision in transforming the
culture of giving in India, his enterprising leadership in treating cloth as a sustainable development resource
for the poor, and in reminding the world that true giving always respects and preserves human dignity.”
Kyaw Thu, from Myanmar. He is being recognized for “his generous compassion in addressing the
fundamental needs of both the living and the dead in Myanmar -- regardless of their class or religion -- and his
channeling personal fame and privilege to mobilize many others toward serving the greater social good.”
Sanjiv Chaturvedi, for Emergent Leadership, from India. He is being recognized for “his
exemplary integrity, courage and tenacity in uncompromisingly exposing and painstakingly investigating
corruption in public office, and his resolute crafting of program and system improvements to ensure that
government honorably serves the people of India.”
Ramon Magsaysay Center 1680 Roxas Boulevard Manila Philippines • P.O. Box 3350, Manila
Email: [email protected] • http://www.rmaf.org.ph • Tel. (632) 521-3166 to 85 Fax: (632) 521-8105
Established in 1957, the Ramon Magsaysay Award is Asia’s highest honor and is widely regarded as
the region’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize. It celebrates the memory and leadership example of the
third Philippine president after whom the award is named, and is given every year to individuals or
organizations in Asia who manifest the same selfless service and transformative influence that ruled
the life of the late and beloved Filipino leader.
“The Magsaysay awardees of 2015,” says RMAF President Carmencita Abella, “are truly stoking
fresh hopes for a better Asia. Clearly, they are creating bold solutions to deeply-rooted social
problems in their respective societies, problems which are most damaging to the lives of those
trapped in poverty, ignorance, prejudice, and unjust systems. It is also clear that through their
solutions each of these inspiring leaders is building more hopeful lives among their people -- one
smart, impassioned, and persistent step at a time.”
She adds, “While their respective social causes and leadership solutions are uniquely their own,
there is one thing this year’s Magsaysay laureates all share in common: a greatness of spirit that
infuses their crusade for change. All are unafraid to take on large causes. All have refused to give
up, despite meager resources, daunting adversity and strong opposition. Their approaches are all
deeply anchored in a respect for human dignity, and a faith in the power of collective endeavor.
We have much to learn from the 2015 Magsaysay awardees, and much to celebrate about their
greatness of spirit.”
The five 2015 Magsaysay awardees join the community of 307 other Magsaysay laureates who have
received Asia’s highest honor to date. This year’s Magsaysay Award winners will each receive a
certificate, a medallion bearing the likeness of the late President, and a cash prize. They will be
formally conferred the Magsaysay Award during formal Presentation Ceremonies to be held on
Monday, 31 August 2015 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines, to which the public is
cordially invited.
For more information, please contact:
MS. TINA M. VIRINA
RMAF Communications Director
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Tel. No.: +63-2-521-3166 to 75 locals 161 or 180 Telefax: +63-2-524-2390
Website: www.rmaf.org.ph
Ramon Magsaysay Center 1680 Roxas Boulevard Manila Philippines • P.O. Box 3350, Manila
Email: [email protected] • http://www.rmaf.org.ph • Tel. (632) 521-3166 to 85 Fax: (632) 521-8105
KOMMALY CHANTHAVONG
Laos
2015 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee
Citation for the 2015 Ramon Magsaysay Award
KOMMALY CHANTHAVONG
Over half a century of war and authoritarian rule has ravaged Laos, resulting in large-scale destruction, loss of lives, and
a country that remains one of the world’s poorest. Yet it is a testament to the Laotian people that despite all this, here
greatness of the human spirit has not been extinguished.
Born into a farming family, Kommaly Chanthavong lived through all her country’s tragedies. Losing her father in the
Indochina War, she was a refugee at age thirteen, walking barefoot over six hundred kilometers from her village in
eastern Laos to Vientiane to escape the bombings during the Vietnam War. Through sheer perseverance, she pursued
her studies in Vientiane and in 1966 earned a nursing diploma; in 1972 she married and raised a family. After the
communist takeover of Vientiane, life was extremely difficult and she had to walk long distances from village to village
buying and selling goods between Laos and Thailand.
Through these turbulent changes, one thing remained constant for Kommaly—her love for silk weaving, which she
learned from her mother when she was only five years old; in fact, fleeing her village in 1961 all she took with her were
heirloom pieces of woven silk handed down from her grandmothers. In Vientiane, seeing war-displaced, rural women in
desperate need of work, she used her meager savings to buy looms, and in 1976 started in her home a weaving group of
ten women, whom she called the “Phontong Weavers.”
Thus began Kommaly’s valiant efforts to help women earn a living and revive Lao silk weaving, a deeply esteemed
tradition rapidly disappearing because of the convulsions of war. Her original group grew to become Phontong
Handicraft Cooperative—a network of Lao artisans now spanning thirty-five villages and connecting over 450 artisans.
Impressed by her success, the Lao government leased to Kommaly in the early 1980’s forty-two hectares of land in
northeast Laos for use as a silk farm. It was barren, heavily bombed-out land, littered with unexploded landmines that
Kommaly and her group had to personally dig out before they could start planting trees. This has since become
Mulberries Organic Silk Farm, dedicated to the revival of Lao silk production, with hectares planted to mulberry trees,
specially-built temperature-controlled buildings to house all stages of silk production, a large garden providing raw
materials for natural dyeing, and a cattle-raising area producing manure as organic fertilizers. Since its establishment,
the farm has trained over a thousand farmers and weavers and has created over three thousand jobs.
But Kommaly’s initiatives went even further. In 1990 she started Camacrafts, a non-profit project that markets
traditional Lao and Hmong handicrafts, working with hundreds of women in twenty villages. Three years later, she
created Mulberries, a social enterprise that initiates income-generating projects around traditional arts and crafts,
including the production of mulberry tea, wine, and soap. More than two thousand villagers in five provinces have
benefitted from this. In 1993, the Lao Sericulture Company was launched to oversee and manage Kommaly’s many
initiatives. Her amazing work has covered the whole cycle of silk production, from growing mulberry trees, raising
silkworms, creating natural dyes, to training, research, provision of tools, and local and international marketing of highlyprized handmade silk items. Despite numerous adversities, she has traversed villages to personally teach and encourage
weaving, and to patiently set up silk houses where young women and men can weave world-class products. The softspoken Kommaly says of her decades-long work, “Our goal is to strengthen the position of women by giving them a
dependable income and thus improve the chances of their children.” Clearly, she has done this—and much more.
In electing Kommaly Chanthavong to receive the 2015 Ramon Magsaysay Award, the board of trustees recognizes her
fearless, indomitable spirit to revive and develop the ancient Laotian art of silk weaving, creating livelihoods for
thousands of poor, war-displaced Laotians, and thus preserving the dignity of women and her nation’s priceless silken
cultural treasure.
KOMMALY CHANTHAVONG
2015 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee
Nationality
Date of Birth
Civil Status
Spouse
:
:
:
:
Laotian
16 March 1944
Married
Noulieme
Chanthavong
Children
: Boby Vosinthavong
Occupation: Advisor,
Phontong/ Camacrafts Handicrafts
Cooperative and Lao Sericulture
Company, Laos
Occupation: General Manager,
Phontong/Camacrafts
Handicrafts Cooperative and
Lao Sericulture Company
Manager, Lao Silk & Craft,
Melbourne, Australia
Souphaphone “Po”
Chanthavong
Occupation: Designer,
Mulberries, Laos
Sompasong Loc
Chanthavong
Occupation: Marketing
Manager, Mulberries, Laos
Educational Background
1971
1966
Training in Nursing (6 months), Sriracha Hospital, Thailand
Diploma in Nursing , Ecole des Infirmiers et Infirmieres, Laos
Employment/Professional Background
1993-Present
1976-Present
Founder and Manager, Lao Sericulture Company (Mulberries), Laos
Founder, Phontong/Camacrafts Handicrafts Cooperative, Laos
Honors/Awards Received
2011
2011
2005
International Women of Courage Award, United States Department of State,
Washington D.C., USA
‘Special Achievement Award’ to Kommaly Chanthavong for her creative and
inspiring work over many decades in preserving the environmental and
cultural benefits of Laos’ long tradition of community sericulture, The
Samdhana Institute, Global Greengrants Fund and International Funders for
Indigenous Peoples, Vientiane
1000 Women Nobel Peace Prize Nominations, Peace Women Across the Globe,
Bern, Switzerland
LIGAYA FERNANDO-AMILBANGSA
Philippines
2015 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee
Citation for the 2015 Ramon Magsaysay Award
LIGAYA FERNANDO-AMILBANGSA
In a time that has seen nations violently torn apart by ethnic and religious wars, it is important to be reminded of the
healing power of the arts in showing that while culture is what makes people of various ethnicities, religions, and
nationalities distinct, it is also culture that connects them in the awareness of a shared humanity that is enriched by such
differences.
This truth lies at the heart of the lifework of Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa. Born to a prominent Catholic family in
Marikina, Metro Manila, Fernando-Amilbangsa had always loved dance and the arts. A turning point in her life came
when she married a schoolmate and moved to his home in Sulu where, in the next three decades, she immersed herself
in the rich cultural life of the Muslim South. In the midst of the region’s secessionist and insurgent conflicts, she turned
her love for the arts into a vocation as cultural researcher, educator, artist and advocate of the indigenous arts of the
southern Philippines, particularly the Sulu Archipelago.
Her signature involvement has been the study, conservation, practice and promotion of the dance style called pangalay
(“gift offering,” or “temple of dance” in Sanskrit), a pre-Islamic dance tradition among the Samal, Badjao, Jama Mapun,
and Tausug peoples of the provinces of Sulu and Tawi-Tawi. A highly intricate and expressive dance of many variations,
traditionally performed in weddings and other festive events, pangalay has the richest movement vocabulary of all
ethnic dances in the Philippines and is the country’s living link to the ancient, classical dance traditions elsewhere in
Southeast Asia.
Fascinated by its beauty and recognizing its importance in the cultural heritage of the Sulu Archipelago and the entire
Filipino nation, she was saddened to see that pangalay was becoming a marginalized tradition. Thus she committed her
life to patiently documenting the dance and its allied expressions; teaching the dance using a method she personally
developed, promoting it by choreographing and organizing performances, and making it known to the world through her
lectures, performances, and writings on pangalay and the visual arts of the Sulu Archipelago.
Working mainly in an individual capacity and using her own personal resources, she inspired the formation of
performing arts groups, networked with dance scholars and practitioners in Asia, and presented both traditional and
innovative pangalay choreographies in and outside the country. Moving back to Metro Manila in 1999, she formed the
AlunAlun Dance Circle (ADC) and lent her own home for a dance studio—to study, teach, and perform pangalay and
other traditional dance forms. The group has since done hundreds of performances and workshops throughout the
country.
For Fernando-Amilbangsa, traditional dances like pangalay are not museum pieces but something to be nurtured as a
living tradition that grows as societies change. Thus she has innovated with pangalay performances done to modern
music, conveying contemporary themes like women’s rights and environmental conservation. Yet she has always
stressed that art must stay rooted in the basic values that humanize—beauty, grace, a disciplined spirituality, and
harmony with nature and fellow humans. “Without looking to the past,” she says, “something really new cannot be
created.”
In electing Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa to receive the 2015 Ramon Magsaysay Award, the board of trustees recognizes
her single-minded crusade in preserving the endangered artistic heritage of southern Philippines, and in creatively
propagating a dance form that celebrates and deepens the sense of shared cultural identity among Asians.
LIGAYA FERNANDO- AMILBANGSA
2015 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee
Nationality
: Filipino
Date of
Birth
Civil Status
: 9 October 1943
Spouse
: Datu Punjungan Amilbangsa
Children
: Dayang-dayang Grace
Amilbangsa
Datu Gil Amilbangsa
: Widowed
Occupation:
Artist/Educator
Occupation: Industrial
Engineer
Educational Background
1962
Bachelor of Arts in English, Far Eastern University, Philippines
Employment/Professional Background
1999-Present
1999
1999
1999
1978-1979
1978
1974-1978
1974
Founding Member and Artistic Director, AlunAlun Dance Circle,
Marikina, Philippines
Founding Member, Kaibigan ng Museo Marikina, Inc., Philippines
Member of the Executive Committee, Asian Dance Association, Seoul,
South Korea
Director, Asian Dance Association, Philippines
Residency in Dance, Dramatic Arts College, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Organizer and Honorary Chairperson, Integrated Performing Arts Guild
(IPAG), Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology,
Lanao del Norte, Philippines
Founder-Director, Tambuli Cultural Troupe, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi
Province, Philippines
Founder and President, Tawi-Tawi Cultural and Historical Society, TawiTawi Province, Philippines
Honors/Awards Received
2011
Most Outstanding Artist of Tawi-Tawi Province, 38th Kamahardikaan
2007
2005
1999
1996
1994
1994
1994
1994
1984
Celebration of Tawi-Tawi Province, Philippines
Most Outstanding Alumna, Far Eastern University, Manila, Philippines
Gawad Tanglaw ng Lahi, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City,
Philippines
Parangal Sayaw Bulawan for Dance Research, Philippine Folk Dance
Society, Manila, Philippines
Ginintuang Parangal sa Bayani ng Marikina (Golden Award for Heroes of
Marikina), Marikina City, Philippines
Silver Award (Solo Folk Dance Category) for Linggisan (bird dance),
Second Seoul International Dance Competition, South Korea
Natatanging Parangal (Special Award for Dance Research), Manila,
Philippines
Certificate of Recognition, Francisca Reyes-Aquino Memorial Foundation,
Manila, Philippines
Green and Gold Artist for Dance, Far Eastern University, Manila,
Philippines
Best Art Book for Pangalay; Traditional Dances and Related Folk Artistic
Expressions, Third Annual National Book Award, Manila Critics’
Circle, Manila, Philippines
Publications
2005
1983
Ukkil: Visual Arts of the Sulu Archipelago. Manila, Philippines: Ateneo de
Manila University Press.
Pangalay: Traditional Dances and Related Folk Artistic Expressions. Manila,
Philippines: Filipinas Foundation, Inc. for the Ministry of Muslim
Affairs.
ANSHU GUPTA
India
2015 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee
Citation for the 2015 Ramon Magsaysay Award
ANSHU GUPTA
Monumental disasters in recent years have starkly exposed the vulnerabilities of the world’s poor, but have also shown that
there is a tremendous wellspring of human empathy that can be tapped to help them. The formidable challenge is to find ever
better, more sustainable ways of organizing the effort to help those in need.
In India, Anshu Gupta left his job in a well-known firm to devote himself to this task. His journey began in 1999, when he and
his wife contributed sixty-seven pieces of personal clothing for the use of the homeless during winter. This experience drew
their attention to the vast quantities of underutilized cloth and other materials lying unused in India’s urban households, while
many rural poor die because they do not have enough clothing. Thus Gupta founded Goonj, a volunteer organization built on
the powerful, life-changing lessons he learned: that much more than random disaster relief needed to be done; that better
ways of mobilizing public concern and assistance had to be organized; and most importantly, that giving must put at the
center the recipient’s rights and dignity rather than the giver’s goodness and satisfaction.
For Gupta, extreme poverty is actually a continuing human disaster; hence, giving must have no season. Choosing cloth as an
entry point for giving, he has seen its importance for a person’s dignity and survival in a vast country where, aside from
disastrous flooding, the winter cold kills many who are underclothed. Gupta’s own epiphany came in meeting a poorly-clad
six-year-old girl who grew up with corpses because her father eked out a living picking up abandoned dead bodies and
cremating them for a fee. When he asked the girl what she did to avoid the cold in Delhi’s harsh winter, she said: “When I feel
cold, I hug a dead body and sleep.”
Goonj is now a movement working in twenty-one of India’s twenty-nine states, and is much more than a channel for clothing
and other recycled articles. Through its staff, its thousands of volunteers, and numerous partner organizations, Goonj
redistributes contributed items, and processes cloth and others to fit the identified needs of recipient groups. Dormant,
underutilized cloth—including cloth scraps and loose threads—are used to fabricate essential articles like rugs, blankets,
mattresses, and even clean cloth sanitary pads, as a hygienic alternative to the rags that poor girls and women use during
their menses. Goonj has branded them “MY Pads,” producing to date over three million sanitary pads that are the cheapest in
the world, while raising the taboo subject of menstrual hygiene as an issue of social concern.
The Goonj strategy involves the poor in identifying their needs, employs them in recycling and fabrication, and inspires poor
communities to undertake projects like building bridges and repairing schools in exchange for clothes and other essential
articles. Every year, over a thousand such projects have been undertaken in rural India under Goonj’s “Cloth for Work”
initiative, a program that innovatively converts cloth into a development resource.
Today, Goonj handles more than one million kilograms of materials annually; has a wide network of collection and processing
centers; and runs a vigorous program that educates the public in sustained and responsible giving. It has had an impact on the
lives of millions. Paradoxically, Goonj is concerned less with its organizational growth than with the spread of its ideas. Gupta
says, “We live in a world which has problems in volumes. We need solutions in volumes, and people who work on these in
volume. We all need to get up and do something.”
In electing Anshu Gupta to receive the 2015 Ramon Magsaysay Award, the board of trustees recognizes his creative vision in
transforming the culture of giving in India, his enterprising leadership in treating cloth as a sustainable development resource
for the poor, and in reminding the world that true giving always respects and preserves human dignity.
ANSHU GUPTA
2015 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee
Nationality
Date of Birth
Civil Status
Spouse
:
:
:
:
Indian
24 December 1970
Married
Meenakshi Gupta
Child
: Urvi Gupta
Occupation: CoFounder, GOONJ
Occupation: Student
Educational Background
1990
Economics, English, and Sociology, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna
Garwhal University (HNBG), Dehradun, India
Post-Graduate Diploma in Journalism, Indian Institute of Mass
Communication (IIMC), New Delhi, India
Advertising and Public Relations, IIMC, New Delhi, India
Post-Graduate Diploma in Economics, HNBG, Dehradun, India
1991
1992
1994
Employment/Professional Background
1998-Present
1987-Present
2001
1995-1998
1993-1995
1992
Founder and Director, GOONJ
Freelance Photographer
Consultant, Charities Aid Foundation of India
Manager of Corporate Communications, Escorts Communication India
Public Relations Officer, Power Grid Corporation of India
Creative Copy Writer, Chaitra Leo Burnett, India
Honors/Awards Received
2014
2012
2010
2009
2004
Top Ten Social Entrepreneurs of Asia, Top Ten of Asia, Research House of Asia (RHA)
Media Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Schwab Foundation for Social
Entrepreneurship, Geneva, Switzerland
The Seven Most Powerful Rural Indian Entrepreneurs, Forbes, New Jersey, USA
Real Heroes Award, CNN-Indian Broadcasting Network (CNN-IBN), Uttar Pradesh,
India
Ashoka Fellowship, Ashoka, Virginia, USA
KYAW THU
Myanmar
2015 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee
Citation for the 2015 Ramon Magsaysay Award
KYAW THU
In Myanmar, a process of democratization is underway after decades of isolation, economic stagnation, and social instability
due to war and state repression. In a transition that is complex and uncertain, the building of social cohesion and a strong civil
society is crucial to the country’s pursuit of peace and prosperity. Fifty-five-year-old Kyaw Thu is an exceptional figure in this
story. Kyaw Thu is a hugely popular, award-winning actor in Myanmar who has acted and directed in over two hundred films;
scion of a wealthy family in the movie business, he is professionally successful and socially privileged. Yet, he lives simply and
is a devout Buddhist.
In 2001, with a colleague in the movies, he founded Free Funeral Services Society (FFSS) in Yangon, to help relieve the
emotional and financial burden of the poor in properly burying their dead. Such a public service is both essential and unique in
a predominantly Buddhist society where the proper funerary rites are crucially important but often beyond reach because of
high costs, the lack of state welfare assistance, and the taboos surrounding the handling of the dead. Starting with just a single
hearse, FFSS has grown to become not only a provider of free funeral services but also of a whole complex of social services.
FFSS operates almost entirely through private donations and hundreds of volunteers. Its free funeral services cover everything
from caskets, a fleet of hearses, mortuary facilities, burial and cremation, and funeral coordinators. To date, FFSS has
undertaken over 150,000 free funeral services.
Caring not just for the dead but also for the living, FFSS opened a charity clinic manned by fifty volunteer doctors and a full
staff. With five ambulances and 24-hour medical emergency response service, it offers services from maternal and dental care
to blood transfusions and eye surgeries. It has provided health care to over 143,000 patients since it opened in 2007. An FFSS
school offers free vocational training courses, classes for children, review classes for academic qualification examinations, and
a library. FFSS also mobilizes and provides humanitarian assistance to refugees, and to victims of war and natural disasters.
The society’s services are freely available to all in need, irrespective of ethnicity or religion.
Kyaw Thu leads all these efforts. He has used his personal funds, and his popularity as an actor has generated donations and
support from all sectors. In a country where people handling the dead, like coffin makers and gravediggers, are viewed as
lowly social outcasts, Kyaw Thu has himself carried coffins and driven the funeral hearse. He gives talks all over the country to
spread the virtues of kindness and volunteerism. His example has inspired others in Myanmar to form free funeral service and
other self-help groups.
His work goes beyond simple philanthropy. He has lent his prominence to other causes: distributing food and water to
protesting monks during the 2007 “Saffron Revolution”; sending ambulances to aid student demonstrators recently protesting
restrictive government policies; and publicly expressing his opinions on social issues. He and his wife have been detained; he
was barred from filming or acting from 2007 to 2012; and FFSS has been harassed by authorities uneasy about Kyaw Thu’s
influence. All these have not deterred him; they have only further enhanced his moral authority.
Kyaw Thu has no political ambitions and aspires neither for power nor greater glory. Driven by unbounded altruism, he says:
“As an actor, I used to crave publicity, and chased after money and fame; now I want nothing else but to help those in need.”
In electing Kyaw Thu to receive the 2015 Ramon Magsaysay Award, the board of trustees recognizes his generous compassion
in addressing the fundamental needs of both the living and the dead in Myanmar—regardless of their class or religion—and
his channeling personal fame and privilege to mobilize many others toward serving the greater social good.
KYAW THU
2015 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee
Nationality
Date of Birth
: Burmese
: 2 November 1959
Civil Status
Spouse
: Married
: Myint Myint Khin Pe
Children
: Pyi Thein Kyaw
Myint Mo Oo
Occupation:
Businesswoman and
Secretary, Free Funeral
Services Society (FFSS)
Occupation: Engineer
Occupation: Medical
Doctor
Educational Background
1978
Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of Yangon, Myanmar
Employment/Professional Background
2008-Present
2003-2008
2001
President, Free Funeral Service Society (FFSS)
Vice President, FFSS
Co-Founder, FFSS
Honors/Awards Received
2014
2012
2011
2010
2009
2003
1994
Lifetime Service Award, DeBoer Fellowship, Yangon, Myanmar
Lifetime Service Award, National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
Foundation, Washington D.C., USA
Doctor of Humane Social Services, Immanuel Theological Institute (Main
Church), Union Biblical Seminary (Yangon), International School of
Theology (Bangkok), and Online Bible College International (Australia),
Emmanuel Church, Yangon, Myanmar
Citizen of Burma, Citizen of Burma Award Organization, Myanmar
“The Artist who Stands for the Fellow People,” Myanmar community in
London, UK
Best Director for the film Amay No Bo, Myanmar Academy Award
Best Actor for the film Da-Byi-Thu Ma Shwe Hta, Myanmar Academy
Award
SANJIV CHATURVEDI
India
2015 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee
For Emergent Leadership
Citation for the 2015 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership
SANJIV CHATURVEDI
Corruption is a plague on nations. In rooting out corruption, the work of government in strengthening systems of
transparency and accountability is crucial. But ultimately, success still depends on ethical public servants and a
vigilant public. In India, forty-year-old government officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi is an inspirational example. Coming
from a family of civil servants, Chaturvedi joined the Indian Forest Service (IFS) because he loves interacting with
people in the field and working in government. Posted as a divisional forest officer in Haryana state, Northern India,
he quickly came face to face with the corruption infesting government. A young, idealistic officer, he did not turn
away from the irregularities that he saw but resolutely worked to correct them.
Boldly, he investigated and exposed cases of malfeasance even when these involved powerful officials in the state.
In his six years in the state cadre, he exposed anomalies which included the illegal construction of a canal that
threatened the critical Saraswati Wildlife Sanctuary; the use of public funds to develop an herbal park on private
land owned by a high official; the underpayment of license fees; and the rigging of government auctions. In a
foreign-funded afforestation program, Chaturvedi discovered that 90 percent of the plantations existed only on
paper, and that funds had been embezzled through the faked signatures of allegedly participating self-help groups
and nonexistent workers. Forty forest officers were suspended as a result of his investigation.
Under intense pressure from high state officials affected by his campaign, he was deputed to New Delhi as deputy
secretary and chief vigilance officer at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, where he continued his anticorruption campaign, exposing and filing cases involving irregularities in government procurement; contracts
awarded to favored service providers; kickbacks in building construction; a scam in which government employees
collected the pensions of dead pensioners; and the collusion between government officers and suppliers of fake
medicines. Relentless, he did not waver even when cases involved high officials in state and central governments,
well-connected businessmen, or members of his own staff. At great personal cost, he was harassed, suspended,
demoted, hounded and humiliated with false charges, and put “in the freezer.” All these did not stop him.
Chaturvedi is not a circumstantial whistleblower, but one genuinely seeking to reform the system from within. He
meticulously investigates cases, submits documented reports, and pursues criminal and administrative action to
punish the guilty. Actions he has taken have bolstered government revenues, and resulted in the recovery of stolen
public funds and the suspension or removal of erring officials. Still, Chaturvedi is not simply adversarial. He zealously
performs his regular duties, carries out meaningful projects, and supports and protects honest employees. Within
the sphere of his authority, he has initiated changes in operational systems to ensure transparency and
accountability—whether these be better procedures in tracking public complaints or ensuring that wages and
benefits of contractual employees actually go to them.
As a junior officer, Chaturvedi’s reach and powers are limited but his integrity and courage have received wide
media attention, though he does not himself seek it. On several occasions India’s president and prime minister have
intervened to support and protect him from unjust persecution. While his story remains unfinished, he has already
become a role model in the bureaucracy and for a public often overwhelmed by inertia and powerlessness.
Amazingly, despite what he has gone through, Chaturvedi has not yielded to disillusion. “Despite all the challenges, I
have great optimism in the country, in our people,” he quietly asserts. “I have never entertained the thought of
leaving the service. Never.”
In electing Sanjiv Chaturvedi to receive the 2015 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership, the board of
trustees recognizes his exemplary integrity, courage and tenacity in uncompromisingly exposing and painstakingly
investigating corruption in public office, and his resolute crafting of program and system improvements to ensure
that government honorably serves the people of India.
SANJIV CHATURVEDI
2015 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee
Nationality
Date of Birth
Civil Status
: Indian
: 21 December 1974
: Divorced
Educational Background
1995
Bachelor of Engineering, Moti Lal Nehru Institute of Technology, India
Employment/Professional Background
2012-Present
2012-2014
2005-2012
Deputy Secretary, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS),
New Delhi, India
Chief Vigilance Officer, AIIMS
Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Haryana State Cadre, Indian Forest
Service (IFS)
Honors/Awards Received
2011
2011
2010
2009
2005
S.R. Jindal Prize for “Crusade Against Corruption,” Sitaram Jindal
Foundation, New Delhi, India
Award for Good Governance, Institute for Research and Documentation in
Social Sciences (IRDS), Uttar Pradesh, India
Shashidhar Mishra Right to Information (RTI) Gallantry Award, National
RTI Forum, Uttar Pradesh, India
Manjunath Shanmugam Integrity Award, Indian Institute of Management
(IIM), Bangalore, India
Gold Medal for “Biodiversity and Wildlife Management” and “People and
Forest,” Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy (IGNFA), Dehradun,
India
THE RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD
The Ramon Magsaysay Award was created in 1957, the year the Philippines lost in a plane crash a president
who was well-loved for his leadership and moral courage, his simplicity and humility, his passion for justice,
particularly for the poor, and his advancement of human dignity. Among the many friends and admirers of
the late President around the world were the Rockefeller brothers. With the concurrence of the Philippine
government, the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) established the Award to honor his memory
and perpetuate his example of integrity in public service and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society.
Supported with an endowment from the RBF, the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) was
organized in Manila in May 1957, with seven prominent Filipinos as founding members of the Foundation’s
board of trustees. The Foundation has since implemented the Magsaysay Award program, pursuing the
mission of “honoring greatness of spirit in selfless service to the peoples of Asia.” The first Ramon
Magsaysay Awards were given on August 31, 1958 to five outstanding individuals working in India,
Indonesia, the Philippines, Republic of China (Taiwan) and Sri Lanka, and to a Philippine-based organization.
Today, the Ramon Magsaysay Award program is managed by the RMAF board of trustees, composed of
eleven trustees serving staggered four-year terms. An appointed president oversees the full-time
administration of the program. Annually, the RMAF solicits award nominations from a wide-ranging pool of
international nominators. Nominations are carefully investigated and the awardees are determined after
rigorous evaluation by the Foundation’s board of trustees. Magsaysay laureates are conferred their Awards at
formal Presentation Ceremonies held annually in Manila, Philippines on August 31st , the birth anniversary of
the late President.
The Ramon Magsaysay Award is given to persons—regardless of race, nationality, creed or gender—who
address issues of human development in Asia with courage and creativity, and in doing so have made
contributions that have transformed their societies for the better. Up to 2008, the Award has been given in six
categories: Government Service; Public Service; Community Leadership; Journalism, Literature, and Creative
Communication Arts; Peace and International Understanding; and Emergent Leadership. The Magsaysay
Award for Emergent Leadership seeks to inspire young people to apply their talents and energies to selfless
and innovative service in Asia; created in 2000 with support from a Ford Foundation grant, this award
category honors greatness of spirit among men and women forty years old and younger. Except for Emergent
Leadership, the Awards are no longer given in any predefined category.
Collectively, the Magsaysay Awardees’ lives and work paint a portrait of remarkable change and achievement
in areas as diverse as rural and urban development, poverty eradication, public health, the environment,
governance, education, business and the economy, human rights, political reform, journalism, culture, and the
arts. In the fifty-seven years of the Ramon Magsaysay Award’s existence, Asia has made great progress, some
nations more than others. Yet the region continues to grapple with problems of poverty, malnutrition, disease,
injustice, and violence—as well as with newer problems that have come with economic progress itself. In
continuing to recognize individuals and organizations who address these issues with extraordinary vigor,
integrity, creativity, and selflessness, the RMAF seeks to honor the legacy of President Ramon Magsaysay and
to place living examples of transformative leadership and inspiring service before the public. From the
Magsaysay laureates, present and future generations may draw courage, challenge, and hope.
Ramon Magsaysay Center 1680 Roxas Boulevard Manila Philippines • P.O. Box 3350, Manila
Email: [email protected] • http://www.rmaf.org.ph • Tel. (632) 521-3166 to 85 Fax: (632) 521-8105
Statistical Data on Magsaysay Awardees
1958 - 2015
This tabulation reflects the country where an awardee worked at the time of his/her award, NOT the awardee’s nationality.
Distribution by Country (Individuals)
Figure 1
No. of Awardees
Country
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Burma
Cambodia
China
East Timor
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Laos
Malaysia
Nepal
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
Sri Lanka
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
Tibet
Vietnam
Figure 2
3
11
6
5
18
1
7
53
23
24
3
11
4
11
46
2
9
19
9
22
1
3
Distribution by Country (Organizations)
Name of Organization
1. Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation, Inc. (AIDFI)
2. Asian Institute of Management
3. Asian Institute of Technology
4. Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
5. Bayanihan Folk Arts Center
6. Center for Agriculture and Rural Development Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD MRI)
7. College of Agriculture, UP at Los Banos
8. Committee for Coordination of Investigations of the Lower Mekong Basin
9. Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere
10. Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation
11. International Institute of Rural Reconstruction
12. International Rice Research Institute
13. Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (Corruption Eradication Commission)
14. Operation Brotherhood (defunct)
15. Press Foundation of Asia
16. Radio Veritas
17. The Citizens Foundation
18. The Royal Project of Thailand
19. Shakti Samuha
20. Summer Institute of Linguistics
21. United States Peace Corps in Asia
Country
Philippines
Philippines
Thailand
Indonesia-based
Philippines
Philippines
Philippines
Cambodia-based
US-based
Philippines
Philippines-based
Philippines-based
Indonesia
Philippines
Philippines-based
Philippines
Pakistan
Thailand
Nepal
US-based
US-based
Figure 3
Distribution by Age*
(When Award was presented)
Age
Group
No. of
Awardees
20 -30
31 - 40
4
26
41 - 50
65
51 - 60
76
61 - 70
71
71 - 80
37
81 - 90
10
91 - 100
TOTAL
2
291
Figure 4
Distribution by Sex*
Living
Deceased
Subtotal
Male
110
113
223
Female
49
19
68
Total
159
132
291
* Individuals only
* Individuals only
Figure 5
Distribution by Category of Awards
Category
No. of Awardees
Government Service ¹
50
Public Service ¹
57
Community Leadership ¹
58
Journalism, Literature, & Creative Communication Arts ¹
50
Peace and International Understanding ¹
46
Emergent Leadership ²
15
2009 Awardees ³
5
2010 Awardees ³
7
2011 Awardees ³
5
2012 Awardees ³
5
2013 Awardees ³
5
2014 Awardees ³
5
2015 Awardees ³
4
TOTAL NO. OF AWARDEES (including organizations)
312
Note ¹ : From 1958 until 2008, the Awards were given in these five categories
Note ² : Since 2001, the Award has been given to outstanding individuals 40 years old and below, in this category
Note ³ : Awardees are no longer classified into pre-defined award categories
AO 7.27.15
Ramon Magsaysay A
wardees
Awardees
(1958-2015)
GOVERNMENT SERVICE
1959
1987
1985
1971
1982
1997
1962
1994
1991
1992
1958
2002
1959
2006
1977
1972
1995
1969
2005
1963
1961
1974
1968
2003
1986
1986
1964
1975
1980
2008
1966
1981
1965
1998
2000
2007
1988
1973
1996
1978
1999
1983
1976
1967
1979
1984
1993
2004
2001
1989
Aguilar, Jose V. ❖, Filipino
Ahmad Hanafiah, Dato’ Haji, Malaysian
Ahmad Noordin, Tan Sri ❖, Malaysian
Ali Sadikin ❖, Indonesian
Alcaraz, Arturo P. ❖, Filipino
Anand Panyarachun, Thai
Aquino, Francisca R. ❖, Filipino
Bedi, Kiran Peshawaria, Indian
Bengzon, Alfredo R. A., Filipino
Chamlong Srimuang, Thai
Chiang Mon-Lin ❖, Chinese
Davide, Hilario G., Jr., Filipino
Deshmukh, Chintaman D. ❖, Indian
Ek Sonn Chan, Cambodian
Galstaun, Benjamin ❖, Indonesian
Goh Keng Swee ❖, Singaporean
Hiramatsu, Morihiko, Japanese
Hsu Shih-chu ❖, Chinese
Jon Ungphakorn, Thai
Khan, Akhter Hameed ❖, Pakistani
Kodijat, Raden ❖, Indonesian
Kuroki, Hiroshi ❖, Japanese
Li Kwoh-ting ❖, Taiwanese
Lyngdoh, James Michael, Indian
Mboi, Aloysius Benedictus, Indonesian
Mboi, Nafsiah Walinono, Indonesian
Miki, Yukiharu ❖, Japanese
Mohamed Suffian, Tun ❖, Malaysian
Muhammad Alias, Raja, Malaysian
Padaca, Grace, Filipino
Phon Sangsingkeo ❖, Thai
Prawase Wasi, Thai
Puey Ungphakorn ❖, Thai
Rizvi, Syed Adibul Hasan, Pakistani
Robredo, Jesse M. ❖, Filipino
Salonga, Jovito R., Filipino
Santiago, Miriam D., Filipino
Sekhar, Tan Sri Balachandra C.❖, Malaysian
Seshan, Tirunellai N., Indian
Shahrum, Dato’ bin Yub, Malaysian
Siddiqui, Tasneem Ahmad, Pakistani
Su Nan-cheng ❖, Taiwanese
Tu, Elsie Elliott, British
Viphakone, Keo ❖, Laotian
Wasito, Raden ❖, Indonesian
Wu Ta-you ❖, Taiwanese
Xuan, Vo Tong, Vietnamese
Yorac, Haydee B. ❖, Filipino
Yuan Longping, Chinese
Zakiah Hanum, Dato’, Malaysian
PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP
1992
1985
2008
1960
1967
1978
1993
1980
2008
2008
1987
1969
1979
1979
1996
1982
1977
1958
1961
1966
1991
1985
1959
1986
1968
1968
1994
2006
1975
1979
1993
1977
1982
1986
1986
1976
1973
1983
1988
2003
1973
1972
1964
1960
1960
1995
1989
1987
2004
1972
1962
1962
1963
1969
2007
1966
2000
1959
1994
1997
1965
1981
1961
1996
1980
1971
2006
2002
1978
1999
1958
2005
1991
1967
1998
1974
2005
2008
1984
1968
1959
2001
Alcala, Angel C., Filipino
Amte, Murlidhar Devidas ❖, Indian
Center for Agriculture & Rural Dev’t.
Mutually Reinforcing Institution,
Philippines
Chamroon Parnchand, Phra ❖, Thai
Chang Kee-ryo ❖, Korean
Coyaji, Banoo Jehangir ❖, Indian
Del Mundo, Fe V. ❖, Filipino
Desai, Manibhai B. ❖, Indian
Edhi, Abdul Sattar, Pakistani
Edhi, Bilqis Bano, Pakistani
Fernandez, Hermenegild J. ❖, French
Fortich, Antonio Y. ❖, Filipino
Fua Hariphitak ❖, Thai
Fukuoka, Masanobu ❖, Japanese
Gao Yaojie, Chinese
Gaston, Benjamin C. ❖, Filipino
Guidote-Alvarez, Cecile R., Filipino
Hoa, Augustine Nguyen Lac ❖, Chinese
Holland, Sir Henry ❖, British
Holland, Ronald ❖, British
Jahangir, Asma, Pakistani
Jain, Lakshmi Chand ❖, Indian
Jassin, Hans Bague ❖, Indonesian
Jiang Yanyong, Chinese
Kabayao, Gilopez, Filipino
Kadoorie, Horace ❖, British
Kadoorie, Sir Lawrence ❖, British
Kim, Helen ❖, Korean
Kim Hyung-seo ❖, Korean
Kim Sun-tae, Korean
Kim Yong-ki ❖, Korean
Liang Congjie ❖, Chinese
Luce, Tee Tee ❖, Burmese
Mechai Viravaidya, Thai
Mehta, Mahesh Chander, Indian
Narayan, Jayaprakash ❖, Indian
Nasution, Johanna S. ❖, Indonesian
Nilawan Pintong, Thai
Oh, John Woong-jin, Korean
Ohm Dae-sup ❖ , Korean
Orata, Pedro T. ❖, Filipino
Park Won-soon, Korean
Pfau, Ruth, German-Pakistani
Prateep Ungsongtham-Hata, Thai
Rosal, Rosa, Filipino
Rutnam, Mary H. ❖, Sri Lankan
Shanta, V., Indian
Sirindhorn, Princess Maha Chakri, Thai
Sithiporn Kridakara ❖, Thai
Sophon Suphapong, Thai
Subbulakshmi, M. S.❖, Indian
Teten Masduki, Indonesian
Therdchai Jivacate, Thai
Thongbai Thongpao ❖, Thai
Tobata, Seiichi ❖, Japanese
Vilallonga, Joaquin ❖, Spanish
Wu Qing, Chinese
1999
1995
1974
1986
1992
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1989
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1965
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1963
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2003
1983
2005
1971
1964
1976
1972
1988
1984
Abdul Rahman, Tunku ❖, Malaysian
Abdul Razak, Tun ❖, Malaysian
Abdullah, Tahrunessa A., Bangladeshi
Abdurrahman Wahid ❖, Indonesian
Abed, FazIe Hasan, British
Amte, Mandakini, Indian
Amte, Prakash, Indian
Aree Valyasevi, Thai
Ariyaratne, Ahangamage T., Sri Lankan
Arole, Mabelle R. ❖, Indian
Arole, Rajanikant S. ❖, Indian
Athavale, Pandurang S. ❖, Indian
Bhatt, Chandi Prasad, Indian
Bhatt, Ela Ramesh, Indian
Bhave, Vinoba ❖, Indian
Borgeest, Gus ❖, British
Chattopadhyay, Kamaladevi ❖, Indian
Cheng-yen, Shih, Taiwanese
Chowdhury, Zafrullah, Bangladeshi
Dalai Lama, Tibetan
Daly, John Vincent ❖, American
Encarnacion, Rosario ❖, Filipino
Encarnacion, Silvino L. ❖, Filipino
Fei Xiaotong ❖, Chinese
Gawad Kalinga Community Development
Foundation, Philippines
Gomes, Angela, Bangladeshi
Ho Ming-teh ❖, Taiwanese
Ichikawa, Fusaye ❖, Japanese
Jei, Paul Jeong-gu ❖, Korean
Khan, Shoaib Sultan, Pakistani
Khurody, Dara N. ❖, Indian
Kim Im-soon, Korean
Krasae Chanawongse, Thai
Kurien, Verghese ❖, Indian
Lee Tai-young ❖, Korean
Lim Kim San ❖, Singaporean
Maamo, Eva Fidela C., Filipino
Maung, Cynthia, Burmese
Meloto, Antonio P., Filipino
Narayanan, Palayil P. ❖, Malaysian
Nuon Phaly ❖, Cambodian
Patel, Tribhuvandas K. ❖, Indian
Poeradiredja, Harley Koesna ❖, Indonesian
Prayong Ronnarong, Thai
Pun, Mahabir, Nepalese
Roy, Aruna, Indian
Samar, Sima, Afghan
Sethi, Pramod Karan ❖, Indian
Singh, Rajendra, Indian
Sinha, Shantha, Indian
Soedjarwo, Anton, Indonesian
Somphone, Sombath, Laotian
Swaminathan, Moncompu S., Indian
Tapia, Pablo T. ❖, Filipino
Wakatsuki, Toshikazu ❖, Japanese
Westenberg, Hans ❖, Indonesian
Yeasin, Mohammad ❖, Bangladeshi
Yunus, Muhammad, Bangladeshi
❖ Deceased
JOURNALISM, LITERATURE, AND
CREATIVE COMMUNICATION ARTS
PEACE AND INTERNATIONAL
UNDERSTANDING
2001
2006
2000
1985
1962
1961
2003
1997
1958
1981
1972
1973
2008
1983
1996
1980
2002
1965
1959
1984
1999
1999
1958
1993
1979
1976
1969
1995
1971
1986
2005
1967
1977
1989
2007
1994
1988
1974
2004
1992
1982
1991
1964
1968
1975
1959
1964
1987
1998
1978
2008
1994
1998
2000
1995
1989
1979
1965
1961
1977
Amaradeva, W. D., Sri Lankan
Apostol, Eugenia D., Filipino
Atmakusumah Astraatmadja, Indonesian
Brocka, Lino ❖, Filipino
Chang Chun-ha ❖, Korean
Chowdhury, Amitabha, Indian
Coronel, Sheila S., Filipino
Devi, Mahasweta, Indian
Dick, Robert McCulloch ❖, British
Ghosh, Gour Kishore ❖, Indian
Hanamori, Yasuji ❖, Japanese
Ishimure, Michiko, Japanese
Ishii, Akio, Japanese
Jayakody, Marcelline ❖, Sri Lankan
Joaquin, Nick ❖, Filipino
Jose, Francisco Sionil, Filipino
Koirala, Bharat, Nepalese
Kurosawa, Akira ❖, Japanese
Law Yone, Edward ❖, Burmese
Laxman, Rasipuram K. ❖, Indian
Lin Hwai-min, Taiwanese
Locsin, Raul L. ❖, Filipino
Lubis, Mochtar ❖, Indonesian
Lumbera, Bienvenido M., Filipino
Manjusri, L. T. P. ❖, Sri Lankan
Mitra, Sombhu ❖, Indian
Nishimoto, Mitoji ❖, Japanese
Pramoedya Ananta Toer ❖, Indonesian
Prayoon Chanyavongs ❖, Thai
Radio Veritas, Philippines
Rahman, Matiur, Bangladeshi
Ray, Satyajit ❖, Indian
Regmi, Mahesh Chandra ❖, Nepalese
Reuter, James B. ❖, American
Sainath, Palagummi, Indian
Samad Ismail, Abdul ❖, Malaysian
Sarachchandra, V. E. ❖, Sri Lankan
Sarian, Zacarias B., Filipino
Sayeed, Abdullah Abu, Bangladeshi
Shankar, Ravi ❖, Indian
Shourie, Arun, Indian
Subbanna, K. V. ❖, Indian
Sung, Kayser W. ❖, Chinese
Ton That Thien ❖, Vietnamese
Verghese, B. George ❖, Indian
Vittachi, Tarzie ❖, Sri Lankan
Wilson, Richard G., British
Ying, Diane (Yun-peng), Taiwanese
Ying Ruocheng ❖, Chinese
Yoon Suk-joong ❖, Korean
1966
1968
1964
2001
1976
1986
1969
1993
1981
1984
1974
1980
1962
1975
2003
1967
1997
1971
1958
1991
2004
2004
1988
2006
1983
1978
1973
2002
1992
1996
2007
1987
2003
1963
1985
1960
Ahmad Syafii Maarif, Indonesian
Anzorena, Eduardo Jorge, Argentinian
Aquino, Corazon C. ❖, Filipino
Arputham, Jockin, Indian
Asian Institute of Management (AIM), Philippine-based
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand-based
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Indonesia-based
Bayanihan Folk Arts Center, Philippines
Caulfield, Genevieve ❖, American
College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines
Los Baños (UPLB), Philippines
Committee for Coordination of Investigations of the
Lower Mekong Basin (Mekong Committee), Cambodia-based
Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere (CARE), US-based
Fisher, Welthy Honsinger ❖, American
Hirayama, Ikuo ❖, Japanese
Holck-Larsen, Henning ❖, Danish
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR), Philippine-based
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippine-based
Iwamura, Noboru ❖, Japanese
Kang, Augustine Jung-ryul, Korean
Kawakita, Jiro ❖, Japanese
Masterson, William F. ❖, American
Matsumoto, Shigeharu ❖, Japanese
Mother Teresa ❖, Yugoslav-born Indian
McGlinchey, Patrick James, Irish
Nakamura, Tetsu, Japanese
Nasu, Shiroshi ❖, Japanese
Ogata, Sadako, Japanese
Okita, Saburo ❖, Japanese
Operation Brotherhood ●, Philippines
Press Foundation of Asia (PFA), Philippine-based
Ramdas, Laxminarayan, Indian
Rehman, Ibn Abdur, Pakistani
Royal Project, Thai
Ruit, Sanduk, Nepalese
Schwartz, Aloysius ❖, American
Soedjatmoko ❖, Indonesian
Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL), US-based
Sunim, Pomnyun, Korean
SyCip, Washington Z., American
Takami, Toshihiro, Japanese
Tang Xiyang, Chinese
Timm, Richard William, American
Toyama, Seiei ❖, Japanese
United States Peace Corps in Asia, US-based
Watson, Harold Ray, American
Yen, Y. C. James ❖, Chinese
❖ Deceased
●
Defunct
EMERGENT LEADERSHIP
2013 MAGSAYSAY AWARDEES
2004
2012
2015
2007
2007
2001
2008
2014
2009
2006
2003
2011
2001
2002
2005
Domingo, Ernesto, Filipino
Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi
(Corruption Eradication Commission), Indonesia
Sarabi, Habiba, Afghan
Lahpai Seng Raw, Burmese
Shakti Samuha, Nepal
Abadiano, Benjamin, Filipino
Ambrosius Ruwindrijarto, Indonesian
Chaturvedi, Sanjiv, Indian
Chen Guangcheng, Chinese
Chung To, Chinese
Dita Indah Sari, Indonesian
Galappatti, Ananda, Sri Lankan
Halasan, Randy, Filipino
Ka Hsaw Wa, Burmese
Kejriwal, Arvind, Indian
Lopes, Aniceto Guterres, Timorese
Mishra, Nileema, Indian
Oung Chanthol, Cambodian
Pandey, Sandeep, Indian
Yoon Hye-ran, Korean
2014 MAGSAYSAY AWARDEES
Hu Shuli, Chinese
Masoudi, Omara Khan, Afghan
Saur Marlina Manurung, Indonesian
The Citizens Foundation, Pakistan
Wang Canfa, Chinese
2009 MAGSAYSAY AWARDEES
Joshi, Deep, Indian
Krisana Kraisintu, Thai
Ma Jun, Chinese
Oposa, Antonio Jr., Filipino
Yu Xiaogang, Chinese
2010 MAGSAYSAY AWARDEES
Akiba, Tadatoshi, Japanese
Bernido, Christopher, Filipino
Bernido, Maria Victoria, Filipino
Fu Qiping, Chinese
Huo Daishan, Chinese
Khan, A.H.M. Noman, Bangladeshi
Pan Yue, Chinese
2011 MAGSAYSAY AWARDEES
Alternative Indigenous Development
Foundation, Inc. (AIDFI), Philippines
Hande, Harish, Indian
Hasanain Juaini, Indonesian
Koul Panha, Cambodian
Tri Mumpuni, Indonesian
2012 MAGSAYSAY AWARDEES
Chen Shu-Jiu, Taiwanese
Davide, Romulo, Filipino
Francis, Kulandei, Indian
Hasan, Syeda Rizwana, Bangladeshi
Koma Yang Saing, Cambodian
07.20.2015
2015 MAGSAYSAY AWARDEES
Chanthavong, Kommaly, Laotian
Fernando-Amilbangsa, Ligaya, Filipino
Gupta, Anshu, Indian
Kyaw Thu, Burmese
2015 Ramon Magsaysay Awards Week
MEDIA EVENTS
TIME
TBA
EVENT
26 AUGUST 2015 (Wednesday)
Arrival of the 2015 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees
VENUE
Ninoy Aquino International
Airport (NAIA)
27 AUGUST 2015 (Thursday)
10:30am - 11:15am
Media Interview with Mr. Sanjiv Chaturvedi
11:15am - 12:00nn
Media Interview with Mr. Anshu Gupta
12:00nn - 1:15pm
Media Interview with Mrs. Kommaly Chanthavong
Lower Ground Conference Room,
Ramon Magsaysay Center
Lower Ground Conference Room,
Ramon Magsaysay Center
Lower Ground Conference Room,
Ramon Magsaysay Center
28 AUGUST 2015 (Friday)
9:00am - 11:00am
Kommaly Chanthavong (Laos) Lecture
9:00am – 9:45am
Media Interview with Mrs. Ligaya FernandoAmilbangsa
9:45am - 10:30am
Media Interview with Mr. Kyaw Thu
1:30pm – 3:30pm
Anshu Gupta (India) Lecture
Magsaysay Hall,
Ramon Magsaysay Center
Lower Ground Conference Room,
Ramon Magsaysay Center
Lower Ground Conference Room,
Ramon Magsaysay Center
TBA
31 AUGUST 2015 (Monday)
7:30am - 8:30am
Wreath Laying at the Tomb of
President Ramon Magsaysay
Manila North Cemetery
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Media Registration for the 2015
Ramon Magsaysay Award Presentation Ceremonies
Lobby (right side),
Cultural Center of the Philippines
4:30pm – 6:00pm
2015 Ramon Magsaysay Award
Presentation Ceremonies
Main Theater,
Cultural Center of the Philippines
1 SEPTEMBER 2015 (Tuesday)
10:00am - 12:00nn
Kyaw Thu (Myanmar) Lecture
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Sanjiv Chaturvedi (India) Lecture
Lower Ground Conference Room,
Ramon Magsaysay Center
Magsaysay Hall,
Ramon Magsaysay Center
2 SEPTEMBER 2015 (Wednesday)
10:00am – 12:00nn
Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa (Philippines) Lecture
Magsaysay Hall,
Ramon Magsaysay Center
For more information, please contact:
Communications and Publications Unit
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