Which Indian organisation won the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2025, and why was the win historically significant?
- Goonj — first NGO from India to win the award
- Teach For India — first educational organisation from India to win
- Educate Girls — first Indian organisation ever to receive the award
- Pratham — for improving rural literacy across five Indian states
Answer: Educate Girls — it was the first Indian ORGANISATION (as distinct from an individual) to receive the award
Educate Girls, an NGO focused on enrolling out-of-school girls in rural India, won the 2025 Ramon Magsaysay Award. This made it the first Indian organisation to receive the prize. India has had approximately 60+ individual winners since 1958, but this was the first time an organisation from India received the honour. The NGO was founded in 2007 by Safeena Husain.