Indian national Deep Joshi is one of the awardees from the list of 2009 Magaysay awardees.

He won the award for “for his vision and leadership in bringing to the NGO movement in India and in truly combining ‘head’ and ‘heart’ in the transformative work of rural development.”

Nurturing Head and Heart to Combat Poverty: The PRADAN Story.

The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation is pleased to invite you all to the Presentation Ceremonies on the 51st year of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards on Monday, 31 August 2009, 4:30 pm at the Main Theater, Cultural Center of the Philippines.

The Lectures series of the awardees will be held from August 27, 2009 to September 2, 2009 at the Ramon Magsaysay Center, 1680 Roxas Blvd, Manila. Mr. Deep Joshi will speak on Friday the 28th of August at the RM center. He is the second speaker of the series of speakers. The timings are from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Further, they wish to extend this invitation to your friends and colleagues. All are welcome to share in the joy of these events. Invitation card is not required nor is any payment imposed...

Please confirm your attendance by calling The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation office at telephone nos. 521-3166 to 85 Loc 129 /138 or 139. Seating is limited, so please register in advance and do come early.

The other 5 winners are:

1. Ms. Ka Hsaw Wa of Burma
2. Ms. Krisana Kraisintu of Thailand
3. Mr. Yu Xiaogang of China
4. Mr. Ma Jun of China
5. Mr. Antonio Oposa Jr. of Philippines

To the 6 winners of the Magsaysay award for the year 2009, our heartiest congratulations