“Ramon Magsaysay Award (Asia’s Nobel Prize) for Indians” ―Professor M.S.Rao

"The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership." — Harvey S. Firestone

Ramon Magsaysay Award is  the Asia's highest honour given to Asians in six categories.  Established in 1957,  it is considered the Nobel Prize of Asia.  It is named after the third president of the Republic of the Philippines. In the same year (1957) Philippines lost Ramon Magsaysay in a plane crash on March 17.  The first Ramon Magsaysay Awards were given on August 31, 1958. The first awards were given to five outstanding individuals working in India, Indonesia, Philippines, Republic of China (Taiwan) and Sri Lanka, and a Philippine-based organization.

The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation gives the prize to Asian individuals achieving excellence in their respective fields. This prestigious award is given to 6 Asians every year for outstanding contributions in government service, public service, community leadership, journalism, literature and creative communication arts, peace and international understanding and emergent leadership.

During the 2000 Magsaysay Awards presentation ceremony, the Foundation announced the creation of a sixth Award category, Emergent Leadership. The Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership honors "individuals, forty years of age and below, doing outstanding work on issues of social change in their communities, but whose leadership is not yet broadly recognized outside of these communities." An award in this category was given for the first time in 2001. 

The award is conferred on those whose selfless service has offered their societies, Asia, and the world successful solutions to some of the most intractable problems of human development.

The Ramon Magsaysay Award is given to celebrate greatness of spirit and transformative leadership. Over three hundred outstanding men, women and organizations were given this prestigious award since its inception in 1957.  Awardees are selected annually by the trustees of the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation. Awardees are presented with a certificate and a medallion with an embossed image of Ramon Magsaysay.  The Award is presented to awardees in formal ceremonies in Manila, Philippines on August 31, the birth anniversary of Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay.  List of Indians who have received Ramon Magsaysay award are as follows: 

    Amitabha Chowdhury

    Kiran Bedi

    T N Seshan

    James Michael Lyngdoh

    Jayaprakash Narayan

    M.S. Subbulakshmi

    Manibhai Desai

    Baba Amte

    Lakshmi Chand Jain

    Banoo Jehangir Coyaji

    Mahesh Chandra Mehta

    V Shanta

    Vinoba Bhave

    Verghese Kurien India

    Dr. Dara N Khurody India

    Tribhuvandas Patel

    Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay

    M.S. Swaminathan

    Ela Bhatt

    Mabelle Arole India

    Rajanikant Arole

    Pramod Karan Sethi India

    Chandi Prasad Bhatt

    Pandurang Shastri Athavale

    Aruna Roy India

    Rajendra Singh

    Shantha Sinha

    Prakash Amte

    Mandakini Amte

    Amitabha Chowdhury

    Satyajit Ray

    Boobli George Verghese India

    Sombhu Mitra

    Gour Kishore Ghosh India

    Arun Shourie

    R. K. Laxman

    K.V. Subbanna India

    Ravi Shankar

    Mahasweta Devi

    Palagummi Sainath

    Mother Teresa

    Jockin Arputham

    Laxminarayan Ramdas

    Sandeep Pandey

    Arvind Kejriwal

    Nileema Mishra

    Deep Joshi

    Harish Hande

    Kulandei Francis

Conclusion

The people who received these prestigious awards have contributed their best in their respective areas. They worked for satisfaction, not for recognition.  Hence, excel in your area and contribute your best without looking for recognition to make a difference to the society.

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." — Margaret Mead

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Magsaysay_Award

http://www.rmaf.org.ph/newrmaf/main/

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