The Assam-based surgical oncologist Dr. R Ravi Kannan has won Ramon Magsaysay Award 2023. He won the award for revolutionising the treatment of cancer in Assam through his people-centered and pro-poor programmes, the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation said. The award was announced yesterday. Dr. Kannan worked at the Cancer Institute in Chennai before he moved to Silchar in 2007 to join the Cachar Cancer Hospital.
 
The Magsaysay Award, established in 1957, seeks to reward individuals for integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism in democratic societies. It is often referred to as the Nobel Prize of Asia.