Sanjiv
Chaturvedi and Anshu Gupta from India have been awarded prestigious Ramon
Magsaysay Award for 2015.A total of five people have been given this prize
which is also known as “Nobel of Asia”. Sanjiv Chaturvedi has been honored for exemplary integrity, tenacity and courage
in uncompromisingly exposing and investigating corruption in public office. He
served as a Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) at AIIMS and was in news for exposing
corruption and banned drug supply. Anshu Gupta is the founder of Goonj ,an NGO working
to give proper clothing to poors by creating awareness among the mass. He has
been awarded for creative vision in transforming the culture of giving in India
and for his enterprising leadership in treating in cloth as a sustainable
development resource for the poor.
ABOUT THE RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD
1)
It is named after former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay and given by
Philippine Govt annually.
2)
Given to the Asian individuals achieving excellence in their respective fields
namely leadership, Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts and
Peace .
3)
Arvind Kejrival, Kiran Bedi, Satyajeet Ray are among the noted recipients .
AWARD
Medallion
bearing the likeness of the late President Ramon Magsaysay, cash prize and a
certificate.
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Author: Palak Tiwari, a freelancer writer based in Bhopal
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