NGO Goonj founder Anshu Gupta and AIIMS former CVO Sanjeev Chaturvedi awarded the Raman Megsaysay Award for 2014.
Social worker Anshu Gupta and former AIIMS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi on Wednesday won the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay awards for "enterprising leadership" and for exposing corruption. The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation said Gupta was 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". The award citation also credited Gupta with "reminding the world that true giving always respects and preserves human dignity". The foundation said Chaturvedi was being recognized for "his exemplary integrity, courage and tenacity in uncompromisingly exposing and painstakingly investigating corruption in public office, and his resolute crafting programmes and system improvements to ensure that government honourably serves the people of India".
