Whistleblower bureaucrat Sanjiv Chaturvedi and NGO Goonj founder Anshu Gupta have been chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay award for the year 2015. The award is given to five Asians for the their exemplary work every year.
The Ramon Magsaysay award citation says –Anshu Gupta: Foundation recognises 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.
Sanjeev Chaturvedi: For emergent leadership Foundation recognizes his exemplary integrity, courage and tenacity in uncompromisingly exposing and painstakingly investigating corruption in public office, and his resolute crafting of programme and system improvements to ensure that govt honourably serves the people of India.
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