Ravish Kumar has won the prestigious ‘Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019’, known as the highest honours in Asia. He is one of the five recipients of the award, the other winners are Ko Swe Win from Myanmar, Angkhana Neelapaijit from Thailand, Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab from Philippines and Kim Jong-Ki from South Korea. https://twitter.com/MagsaysayAward/status/1157122862110502912 Kumar …
Ravish Kumar has won the prestigious ‘Ramon Magsaysay Award 2019’, known as the highest honours in Asia.
He is one of the five recipients of the award, the other winners are Ko Swe Win from Myanmar, Angkhana Neelapaijit from Thailand, Raymundo Pujante Cayabyab from Philippines and Kim Jong-Ki from South Korea.
https://twitter.com/MagsaysayAward/status/1157122862110502912
Kumar is NDTV India’s Senior Executive Editor and one of India’s most influential TV journalists. He won the honour for his news show, ‘Prime Time’, which deals with real-life, under-reported problems of ordinary people. Also, for his undaunted courage while harnessing journalism to give voice to the voiceless.
#RavishKumar #2019RamonMagsaysayaward #RamonMagsaysayaward pic.twitter.com/nbA0LiVna7
— NDTV (@ndtv) August 2, 2019
Named after former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay, these awards started in 1957 to represent courage, integrity and idealism. Every year, individuals or organisations in Asia who manifest selfless service and transformative influence are honoured.
In a time when TV journalism is losing its credibility, journalists like Ravish Kumar are the voice of reason. The 44 year-old journalist has joined the list with other notable Indian winners like RK Laxman, P Sainath, Arun Shourie and Kiran Bedi.
NDTV's #RavishKumar wins Magsaysay Award for his journalism.
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— NDTV (@ndtv) August 2, 2019
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