Ramon Magsaysay Award is also known as the Nobel Award of the Asian Continent. It was introduced in April 1957 for the honor of the late president of the Philippines, “Ramon Magsaysay”. It is Asia’s premier prize, and highest nobility honored to only great spirits who serve selfless service to the society, Asia, and the world and contributes some great solutions for the development of human life. Over the past five decades, the award has been awarded to a minimum of three hundred outstanding men, women, and organizations of which the complete list has been mentioned below.
Every year, the trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation select the awardees. They are presented with a medallion with an embossed image of Ramon Magsaysay facing right in profile and a certificate. The award ceremony is organized in Manila, the Philippines, on much-esteemed Philippine President’s birthday that is August 31st.
In 2019, the award given to 5
individuals included India’s most Influential journalist Ravish Kumar. Other
recipients of this award include Myanmar’s Ko Swe Win (journalist), Thailand’s
Angkhana Neelapajit (human rights activist), Philippines’ Raymundo Pujante
Cayabyab (musician), and South Korea’s Kim Jong-Ki, an activist working on
violence and mental health issues in youth.
The award is given in 6 categories named as
Government Service
Public Service
Community Leadership
Journalism, Literature, and Creative
Communication Arts
Peace and International Understanding
Emergent Leadership
Acharya Vinoba Bhave is the first receiver of the Ramon Magsaysay award in India for community leadership. The list of Ramon Magsaysay Award Winners 2020 will soon be updated on this page.
Ramon Magsaysay Award Winners (List of All Recipients Till The Date)
Ramon
Magsaysay Award Winners (Indian)
Name
Year
Awarded
Category
Vinobha Bhave
1958
Community Leadership
Chintaman Deshmukh
1959
Government Services
Amitabha Chowdhury
1961
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Mother Teresa
1962
Peace and International Understanding
Dara Khurody
1963
Community Leadership
Verghese Kurien
1963
Community Leadership
Tribhuvandas Patel
1963
Community Leadership
Welthy Fisher
1964
Peace and International Understanding
Jayaprakash Narayan
1965
Public Service
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
1966
Community Leadership
Satyajit Ray
1967
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Moncompu Sambasivan Swaminathan
1971
Community Leadership
M.S. Subbalakshmi
1974
Public Service
Boobli George Verghese
1975
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Henning Holck-Larsen
1976
Peace and International Understanding
Ela Ramesh Bhatt
1977
Community Leadership
Mabelle Arole
1979
Community Leadership
Rajanikant Arole
1979
Community Leadership
Gour Kishore Gosh
1981
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Pramod Karan Sethi
1981
Community Leadership
Chandi Prasad Bhatt
1982
Community Leadership
Manibhai Desai
1982
Public Service
Arun Shourie
1982
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Rasipuram Lakshman
1984
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Muralidhar Amte
1985
Public Service
Lakshmi Chand Jain
1989
Public Service
K.V. Subbanna
1991
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Ravi Shankar
1992
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Banoo Jehangir Coyaji
1993
Public Service
Kiran Bedi
1994
Government Services
Pandurang Athavale
1996
Community leadership
Tirunellai Seshan
1996
Government Services
Maheshweta Devi
1997
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Jockin Arputham
2000
Peace and International Understanding
Aruna Roy
2000
Community Leadership
Rajendra Singh
2001
Community Leadership
Sandeep Pandey
2002
Emergent Leadership
James Michael Lyngdoh
2003
Government Services
Shantha Sinha
2003
Government Services
Lakshminarayan Ramdas
2004
Peace and International Understanding
V. Shantha
2005
Public Service
Arvind Kejriwal
2006
Emergent Leadership
Palagummi Sainath
2007
Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts
Mandakini Amte,
Mr. Prakash Amte
2008
Community Leadership
Community Leadership
Deep Joshi
2009
Community Leadership
Neelima Mishra
2011
Emergent Leadership
Harish Hande
2011
Community Leadership
Kulandei Francis
2012
Emergent Leadership
Anshu Gupta & Sanjiv Chaturvedi
2015
Emergent Leadership
Bezwada Wilson,
Thodur Madabusi Krishna
2016
Human rights activist,
Carnatic music
Bharat Vatwani,
Sonam Wangchuk
2018
Restoring health and dignity to troubled lives
Education for community progress
Ravish Kumar
2019
Journalist (“Prime Time” show on NDTV)
Magsaysay awardees
– Emergent Leadership
Year
Recipient
Nationality or Base Country
1996
Pandurang Shastri Athavale
India
2001
Oung Chanthol
Cambodia
2001
Dita Indah Sari
Indonesia
2002
Sandeep Pandey
India
2003
Aniceto Guterres Lopes
East Timor
2004
Benjamin Abadiano
Philippines
2005
Hye-Ran Yoon
South Korea
2006
Arvind Kejriwal[1]
India
2007
Chen Guangcheng
China
2007
Chung To
United States in Hong Kong
2008
Ananda Galappatti
Sri Lanka
2009
Ka Hsaw Wa
Myanmar
2011
Nileema Mishra
India
2012
Ambrosius Ruwindrijarto
Indonesia
2014
Randy Halasan
Philippines
2015
Sanjiv Chaturvedi
India
2016
Thodur Madabusi Krishna[2]
India
Ramon Magsaysay Award
Winners – Government Service
Year
1959
Recipient
Nationality or Base Country
1961
Jose Vasquez Aguilar
Philippines
1962
Raden Kodijat
Indonesia
1963
Francisca Reyes-Aquino
Philippines
1964
Akhtar Hameed Khan
Pakistan
1965
Yukiharu Miki
Japan
1966
Puey Ungphakorn
Thailand
1967
Phon Sangsingkeo
Thailand
1968
Keo Viphakone
Laos
1969
Kwoh-Ting Li
Taiwan
1971
Hsu Shih-chu
Taiwan
1972
Ali Sadikin
Indonesia
1973
Goh Keng Swee
Singapore
1974
B. C. Shekhar
Malaysia
1975
Hiroshi Kuroki
Japan
1976
Mohamed Suffian Mohamed Hashim
Malaysia
1977
Elsie Tu
United Kingdom in Hong Kong
1978
Bejamin Galstaun
Indonesia
1979
Dato Shahrum bin Yub
Malaysia
1980
Raden Wasito
Indonesia
1981
Muhammed Alias
Malaysia
1982
Prawase Wasi
Thailand
1983
Arturo Alcaraz
Philippines
1984
Su Nan-cheng
Taiwan
1985
Ta-You Wu
Taiwan
1987
Tan Sri Noordin
Malaysia
1988
Haji Hanafiah
Malaysia
1989
Miriam Santiago
Philippines
1991
Zakiah Hanum
Malaysia
1992
Alfredo R. A. Bengzon
Philippines
1993
Chamlong Srimuang
Thailand
1994
Võ Tòng Xuân
Vietnam
1995
Kiran Bedi
India
1996
Morihiko Hiramatsu
Japan
1997
T. N. Seshan
India
1998
Anand Panyarachun
Thailand
1999
Syed Adibul Hasan Rizvi
Pakistan
2000
Tasneem Ahmed Siddiqui
Pakistan
2001
Jesse Robredo
Philippines
2002
Yuan Longping
China
2003
Hilario G. Davide, Jr.
Philippines
2004
James Michael Lyngdoh
India
2005
Haydee Yorac
Philippines
2006
Jon Ungpakorn
Thailand
2007
Ek Sonn Chan
Cambodia
2008
Jovito R. Salonga
Philippines
Ramon Magsaysay
Award Winners – Public Service
Year
Recipient
Nationality
or Base Country
1958
Mary H. Rutnam
Sri Lanka
1959
Joaquin Vilallonga
Spain in Philippines
1959
Tee Tee Luce
Myanmar
1960
Henry Holland
United Kingdom in Pakistan
1960
Ronald Holland
United Kingdom in Pakistan
1961
Nilawan Pintong
Thailand
1962
Horace Kadoorie
United Kingdom in Hong Kong
1962
Lawrence Kadoorie
United Kingdom in Hong Kong
1963
Helen Kim
South Korea
1964
Augustine Nguyen Lac Hoa
South Vietnam
1965
Jayaprakash Narayan
India
1966
Kim Yong-ki
South Korea
1967
Sithiporn Kridakorn
Thailand
1968
Seiichi Tobata
Japan
1969
Kim Hyung-Seo
South Korea
1971
Pedro Orata
Philippines
1972
Cecile Guidote
Philippines
1972
Gilopez Kabayao
Philippines
1973
Antonio Fortich
Philippines
1973
Benjamin Gaston
Philippines
1974
M.S. Subbulakshmi
India
1975
Phra Parnchand
Thailand
1976
Hermenegild Fernandez
France in Sri Lanka
1977
Fe del Mundo
Philippines
1978
Prateep Ungsongtham Hata
Thailand
1979
Chang Kee-ryo
South Korea
1980
Ohm Dae-sup
South Korea
1981
Johanna Nasution
Indonesia
1982
Manibhai Desai
India
1983
Fua Hariphitak
Thailand
1984
Thongbai Thongpao
Thailand
1985
Baba Amte
India
1986
Abdul Sattar Edhi
Pakistan
1986
Bilquis Edhi
Pakistan
1987
Hans Jassin
Indonesia
1988
Masanobu Fukuoka
Japan
1989
Lakshmi Chand Jain
India
1991
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
Thailand
1992
Angel Alcala
Philippines
1993
Banoo Jehangir Coyaji
India
1994
Mechai Viravaidya
Thailand
1995
Asma Jahangir
Pakistan
1996
John Woong-Jin Oh
South Korea
1997
Mahesh Chandra Regmi
Nepal
1998
Sophon Suphapong
Thailand
1999
Rosa Rosal
Philippines
2000
Liang Congjie
China
2001
Wu Qing
China
2002
Ruth Pfau
Pakistan
2003
Gao Yaojie
China
2004
Jiang Yanyong
China
2005
Teten Masduki
Indonesia
2005
V. Shanta
India
2006
Park Won-soon
South Korea
2007
Kim Sun-tae
South Korea
2008
Center for Agriculture and Rural Development Mutually Reinforcing
Institutions
Philippines
2008
Therdchai Jivacate
Thailand
Ramon Magsaysay
Award Winners-Journalism,
Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts
Year
Recipient
Nationality or base country
1958
Robert Dick
United Kingdom in Philippines
1958
Mochtar Lubis
Indonesia
1959
Tarzie Vittachi
Sri Lanka
1959
Edward Michael Law-Yone
Myanmar
1961
Amitabha Chowdhury
India
1962
Chang Chun-ha
South Korea
1964
Richard Wilson
United Kingdom in Hong Kong
1964
Kayser Sung
China in Hong Kong
1965
Akira Kurosawa
Japan
1967
Satyajit Ray
India
1968
Tôn Thất Thiện
South Vietnam
1969
Mitoji Nishimoto
Japan
1971
Prayoon Chanyavongs
Thailand
1972
Yasuji Hanamori
Japan
1973
Michiko Ishimure
Japan
1974
Zacarias Sarian
Philippines
1975
Boobli George Verghese
India
1976
Sombhu Mitra
India
1977
Mahesh Chandra Regmi
Nepal
1978
Yoon Suk-joong
South Korea
1979
L. T. P. Manju Sri
Sri Lanka
1980
F. Sionil José
Philippines
1981
Gour Kishore Ghosh
India
1982
Arun Shourie
India
1983
Fr. Marcelline Jayakody
Sri Lanka
1984
R. K. Laxman
India
1985
Lino Brocka
Philippines
1986
Radio Veritas
Philippines
1987
Diane Ying
Taiwan
1988
Ediriweera Sarachchandra
Sri Lanka
1989
James Reuter
Philippines
1991
K. V. Subbanna
India
1992
Ravi Shankar
India
1993
Bienvenido Lumbera
Philippines
1994
Abdul Samad Ismail
Malaysia
1995
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Indonesia
1996
Nick Joaquin
Philippines
1997
Mahasweta Devi
India
1998
Ruocheng Ying
China
1999
Raul Locsin
Philippines
1999
Lin Hwai-min
Taiwan
2000
Atmakusumah Astraatmadja
Indonesia
2001
W. D. Amaradeva
Sri Lanka
2002
Bharat Koirala
Nepal
2003
Sheila Coronel
Philippines
2004
Abdullah Abu Sayeed
Bangladesh
2005
Matiur Rahman
Bangladesh
2006
Eugenia Duran Apostol
Philippines
2007
Palagummi Sainath
India
2008
Akio Ishii
Japan
2019
Ravish Kumar
India
Ramon Magsaysay
Award Winners -Peace and International Understanding
Year
Recipient
Nationality
or Base Country
1958
Operation Brotherhood
Philippines
1960
Y.C. James Yen
Taiwan
1961
Genevieve Caulfield
United States in Thailand
1962
Mother Teresa
India
1963
Peace Corps
United States
1964
Welthy Fisher
United States in India
1965
Bayanihan Folk Arts Center and its Supporting Entities
Philippines
1966
Mekong Committee and Cooperating Entities
Cambodia
1967
Shiroshi Nasu
Japan
1968
Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere (CARE)
Philippines
1969
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
United States in Philippines
1971
Saburo Okita
Japan
1973
Summer Institute of Linguistics
Philippines
1974
William Masterson
Philippines
1975
Patrick James McGlinchey
Ireland in South Korea
1976
Henning Holck-Larsen
Denmark in India
1977
College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines at Los Baños
(UPLB)
Philippines
1978
Soedjatmoko
Indonesia
1979
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Indonesia
1980
Shigeharu Matsumoto
Japan
1981
Augustine Joung Kang
South Korea
1983
Aloysius Schwartz
United States in South Korea
1984
Jiro Kawakita
Japan
1985
Harold Ray Watson
Philippines
1986
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR)
Philippines
1987
Richard William Timm
Bangladesh, United States
1988
The Royal Project
Thailand
1989
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
Thailand
1991
Press Foundation of Asia
Philippines
1992
Washington SyCip
Philippines, United States
1993
Noboru Iwamura
Japan
1994
Eduardo Jorge Anzorena
Argentina in Japan
1995
Asian Institute of Management (AIM)
Philippines
1996
Toshihiro Takami
Japan
1997
Sadako Ogata
Japan
1998
Corazon Aquino
Philippines
2000
Jockin Arputham
India
2001
Ikuo Hirayama
Japan
2002
Pomnyun
South Korea
2003
Tetsu Nakamura
Japan
2003
Seiei Toyama
Japan
2004
Laxminarayan Ramdas
India
2004
Ibn Abdur Rehman
Pakistan
2006
Sanduk Ruit
Nepal
2007
Tang Xiyang
China
2008
Ahmad Syafi’i Maarif
Indonesia
Ramon Magsaysay
Award Winners- Uncategorized
Year
Recipient
Nationality
or Base Country
2009
Antonio Oposa, Jr.
Philippines
2009
Krisana Kraisintu
Thailand
2009
Deep Joshi
India
2009
Ma Jun
China
2009
Yu Xiaogang
China
2010
Tadatoshi Akiba
Japan
2010
Huo Daishan
China
2010
A.H.M. Noman Khan
Bangladesh
2010
Christopher Bernido
Philippines
2010
Ma. Victoria Carpio-Bernido
Philippines
2010
Pan Yue
China
2010
Fu Qiping
China
2011
Hasanain Juaini
Indonesia
2011
Tri Mumpuni
Indonesia
2011
Harish Hande
India
2011
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