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ramon magsaysay award news

‘Educate Girls’ NGO to begin working with school dropouts in Maha

Mumbai, India - Dec. 5, 2025: Rinku Jeengar, along with her son Yuraj from Pali and Urmila, from Bikaner, exceptional learners from three states were felicitated for scoring 75% and above in their examinations, while celebrating, 18th Foundation Day of Educate Girls, at YB Chavan Centre, Nariman Point in Mumbai, India, on Friday, December 5, 2025. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times) (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)
Published on Dec 06, 2025 06:14 am IST

Indian non-profit Educate Girls receives prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award

In this photo provided by the Ramon Magsaysay Awards Foundation, Ujwal Thakar, second from left, Safeena Husain, Safeena Husain, 3rd from left, and Gayatri Nair Lobo, center, from the Foundation to Educate Girls Globally based in India, receive the 67th Ramon Magsaysay Award.
Updated on Nov 08, 2025 05:53 pm IST

The woman behind Educate Girls: Safeena Husain’s ‘incredible’ journey to Ramon Magsaysay Award

The woman behind Educate Girls: Safeena Husain’s ‘incredible’ journey to Ramon Magsaysay Award
Published on Sept 02, 2025 04:36 am IST

Indian NGO wins Magsaysay Award: Founder Safeena Husain left US for grassroots

Safeena Husain, left, founder and board member of the Foundation to Educate Girls, talks to a group in Rajasthan, India.
Updated on Aug 31, 2025 09:04 pm IST

Educate Girls NGO becomes first Indian organisation to win Ramon Magsaysay Award

Educate Girls, the first Indian organisation to win the 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Award.
Updated on Aug 31, 2025 04:57 pm IST

Magsaysay Award for 'Educate Girls' a historic moment for India: non-profit's founder Safeena Husain

Magsaysay Award for 'Educate Girls' a historic moment for India: non-profit's founder Safeena Husain
Updated on Oct 07, 2025 09:40 am IST

Leadership | Giving voice to children of incarcerated parents

No child should be punished for the crimes of their parent. Yet in every country, these children face stigma, fractured families, interrupted education, and emotional trauma. (India Vision Foundation)
Published on Jul 19, 2025 07:51 pm IST

Nirmala Sitharaman hails anime director Miyazaki on winning Magsaysay Award

Sitharaman highlighted two of his renowned films, ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ and 'Kiki's Delivery Service', calling them “masterpieces” that she could watch repeatedly.
Published on Sept 01, 2024 07:21 pm IST

HT This Day: August 1, 1992 -- Magsaysay award for Pandit Ravi Shankar

HT This Day: August 1, 1992 -- Magsaysay award for Ravi Shankar (HT)
Updated on Jul 31, 2024 04:13 pm IST

Assam-based oncologist among winners of 2023 Ramon Magsaysay Award

Oncologist Ravi Kannan. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Sept 01, 2023 01:48 am IST

‘To her, patients always came first’: Cancer care pioneer dies at 93

**EDS: FILE PHOTO** New Delhi: In this undated Aug. 31, 2005 file photo, renowned oncologist and chairperson of the Adyar Cancer Institute Dr V Shanta. Shanta passed away at the age of 93 on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. (PTI Photo)(PTI01_19_2021_000038B)
Published on Jan 20, 2021 12:02 am IST

The Ramon Magsaysay awards, Asia’s version of Nobel Prize awards cancelled

The Ramon Magsaysay awards are named after Ramon Magsaysay, the third president of the Republic of the Philippines after World War II.
Updated on Jun 09, 2020 05:40 pm IST

‘Caste gets into every nook and corner of relationships’

TM Krishna
Updated on Mar 12, 2020 05:04 pm IST

TM Krishna’s book launch scrapped over its ‘political overtones’

TM Krishna, a reputed Carnatic music singer, was to release his latest book, Sebastian & Sons: A brief history of Mrdangam Makers, on February 2 at the Rukmini Arangam auditorium of Kalakshetra.
Updated on Jan 31, 2020 03:06 am IST

‘Charity takes away dignity, biggest blot in solving problem of poverty,’ says Goonj founder

Anshu Gupta, 48, founder of the non-profit Goonj and Ramon Magsaysay Award 2015 winner
Updated on Nov 23, 2019 04:07 am IST

Journalist Ravish Kumar wins 2019 Ramon Magsaysay Award

Journalist Ravish Kumar on Friday was awarded this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award, regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize.
Published on Aug 02, 2019 09:37 am IST

Indian who inspired Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots role among winners of Magsaysay Award

Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation president Carmencita Abella poses with pictures of this year’s awardees, regarded as an Asian version of the Nobel Peace Prize, in Manila, Philippines, Thursday.
Updated on Jul 26, 2018 06:49 pm IST