2015 Ramon Magsaysay Awardees Announced
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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: rmaf@rmaf.org.ph • 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: tinamolinavirina@gmail.com; fvirina@rmaf.org.ph 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: rmaf@rmaf.org.ph • 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: rmaf@rmaf.org.ph • 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 1963 1989 1973 1963 1975 1965 1997 2002 2006 1962 1998 1963 1962 2004 2007 2000 1994 1981 2001 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 Tina Viriña: fvirina@rmaf.org.ph; (02) 521-3166 to 75 loc 161; 0917-538-9134 Apple Deferia: mdeferia@rmaf.org.ph; (02) 521-3166 to 75 loc 180 Katrina Ventura: kventura@rmaf.org.ph; (02) 521-3166 to 75 loc 184