India’s Kulandei Francis was awarded the year 2012 Ramon Magsaysay Award for his

visionary zeal and profound faith in community energies and his sustained programmes in pursuing the holistic economic empowerment of women and their families

steadfast passion in placing the power and discipline of science in the hands of farmers

passionate commitment as a journalist to restore the rural poor to India’s consciousness, moving the nation to action

convincing validation of free and fair elections as the foundation and best hope of secular democracy in strife- torn India