Ela Bhatt

Indian cooperative organiser (1933–2022)

Ela Bhatt

Bhatt in 2013

Born| (1933-09-07)7 September 1933

Ahmedabad, Bombay Presidency, British India

Died| 2 November 2022(2022-11-02) (aged 89)

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Nationality| Indian
Education| B.A., LL.B.; Diploma of Labor and Cooperatives;
Alma mater| Sarvajanik Girls High School, Surat; M.T.B. College, Surat; Afro-Asian Institute of Labor and Cooperatives, Tel Aviv
Occupation(s)| Lawyer, philanthropist
Organization(s)| SEWA, The Elders
Known for| Founded SEWA
Spouse| Ramesh Bhatt
Awards| Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan, Ramon Magsaysay Award, Right Livelihood Award, Niwano Peace Prize, Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
12 May 1986 – 26 September 1988
Constituency| Nominated

Website| sewa.org

Ela Ramesh Bhatt (7 September 1933 – 2 November 2022) was an Indian cooperative organiser, activist and Gandhian,[1] who founded the Self-Employed Women's Association of India (SEWA) in 1972, and served as its general secretary from 1972 to 1996. She was the chancellor of the Gujarat Vidyapith from 7 March 2015 to 19 October 2022.[2] A lawyer by training, Bhatt was a part of the international labour, cooperative, women, and micro-finance movements and won several national and international awards, including the Ramon Magsaysay Award (1977), Right Livelihood Award (1984) for "helping home-based producers to organise for their welfare and self-respect" and the Padma Bhushan (1986).[3]

## Early life and background

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Bhatt was born at Ahmedabad in India. Her father, Sumantrai Bhatt, was a successful lawyer, while her mother, Vanalila Vyas, was active in the women's movement and also remained secretary of All India Women's Conference, which in turn was founded by Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay.[citation needed]

The middle child of three sisters, her childhood was spent in Surat, where she attended the Sarvajanik Girls High School from 1940 to 1948. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the M.T.B. College (South Gujarat University) in Surat in 1952. Following graduation, she entered L.A. Shah Law College in Ahmedabad. In 1954, she received her degree in law and a gold medal for her work on Hindu law.[4]

## Career

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Bhatt started her career teaching English for a short time at SNDT Women's University, better known as SNDT, in Mumbai. In 1955 she joined the legal department of the Textile Labour Association (TLA), India's oldest unions for textile workers, in Ahmedabad.[5]

### TLA and SEWA

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In 1956, Ela Bhatt married Ramesh Bhatt (now deceased). After working for sometime with the Gujarat government, Ela was asked by the TLA to head its women's wing in 1968. She went to Israel where she studied at the Afro-Asian Institute of Labour and Cooperatives in Tel Aviv for three months, receiving the International Diploma of Labor and Cooperatives in 1971. She was very much aware that thousands of female textile workers worked elsewhere to supplement the family income, but state laws protected only industrial workers and not these self-employed women.

With the co-operation of Arvind Buch, then-president of the TLA, she undertook to organise these self-employed women into a union under the auspices of the Women's Wing of the TLA. Then in 1972 the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) was established with Buch as president and she served as its general-secretary from 1972 to 1996.[6]

### The Elders: 2007–2022

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On 18 July 2007 in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Graça Machel, and Desmond Tutu convened a group of world leaders to contribute their wisdom, independent leadership and integrity to tackle some of the world's toughest problems. Mandela announced the formation of this new group, The Elders, in a speech he delivered on the occasion of his 89th birthday.[citation needed]

Kofi Annan served as Chair of The Elders and Gro Harlem Brundtland as deputy chair. The Elders work globally, on thematic as well as geographically specific subjects. The Elders' priority issue areas include the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, the Korean Peninsula, Sudan and South Sudan, sustainable development, and equality for girls and women.[7]

Bhatt was particularly involved in The Elders' initiative on equality for women and girls, including on the issue of child marriage. In February 2012, Bhatt travelled to Bihar, India with fellow Elders Desmond Tutu, Gro Harlem Brundtland and Mary Robinson. Together, the Elders visited Jagriti, a youth-led project aimed at preventing child marriage, and encouraged the state government's efforts to tackle the issue.[8][9]

A Gandhian practitioner of non-violence, Bhatt also travelled to the Middle East with Elders delegations in August 2009[10] and October 2010.[11][12]

In a blog post written for The Elders' website following the group's visit to Gaza in October 2010, Bhatt stated that non-violent struggle against injustice requires "more hard work than fighting" and that "it is the coward who uses weapons."[13]

The Elders are independently funded by such donors as Sir Richard Branson and Jean Oelwang (Virgin Unite), Peter Gabriel (The Peter Gabriel Foundation), Kathy Bushkin Calvin (United Nations Foundation), Jeremy Coller and Lulit Solomon (J. Coller Foundation), Niclas Kjellström-Matseke (Swedish Postcode Lottery), Jeff Skoll and Sally Osberg (Skoll Foundation), and Marieke van Schaik (Dutch Postcode Lottery), among others. Mabel van Oranje, former CEO of The Elders, sits on the Advisory Council in her capacity as Advisory Committee Chair of Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage.[14]

## Personal life

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Ela Bhatt married Ramesh Bhatt in 1956, with whom she had two children, Amimayi (b. 1958) and Mihir (b. 1959).[4] She lived in Ahmedabad, Gujarat with her family. She died on 2 November 2022, at the age of 89.[15]

## Awards and recognition

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Bhatt was one of the founders of Women's World Banking in 1979 with Esther Ocloo and Michaela Walsh, and served as its chair from 1980 to 1998. She has served as Chair of the SEWA Cooperative Bank, of HomeNet, of the International Alliance of Street Vendors,[16] and was formerly on the board of directors of WIEGO.[6] She was also a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation.[citation needed]

Bhatt was granted an honorary Doctorate degree in Humane Letters by Harvard University in June 2001. In 2012, she received a Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa from Georgetown University and an honorary doctorate from Université libre de Bruxelles in Brussels, Belgium.[17] She also held honorary doctorates from Yale and the University of Natal.[citation needed]

Ela Bhatt was also awarded the civilian honour of Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1985, and the Padma Bhushan in 1986. She was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership in 1977 and the Right Livelihood Award in 1984.[citation needed]

Bhatt was chosen for the Niwano Peace Prize in 2010 for her work empowering poor women in India.[citation needed]

In November 2010, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton honoured Bhatt with the Global Fairness Initiative Award for helping move more than a million poor women in India to a position of dignity and independence.[citation needed]

Ela Bhatt was honoured with the prestigious Radcliffe Medal on 27 May 2011 on Radcliffe Day for her efforts in helping uplift women, which has had a significant impact on society.[18]

In November 2011, Ela Bhatt was selected for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2011 for her lifetime achievements in empowering women through grassroots entrepreneurship.[19]

In June 2012, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton identified Ela Bhatt as one of her 'heroines'. She said, "I have a lot of heroes and heroines around the world and one of them is Ela Bhatt, who started an organisation called the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA) in India many years ago".[20]

## Writings

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Bhatt's book has been translated into Gujarati, Urdu, Hindi and is currently being translated into French and Tamil.[citation needed]

* Bhatt, E. R. (2006). We are poor but so many: the story of self-employed women in India. Oxford, Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-516984-0
* Bhatt, E.R. (2015). Anubandh : Building Hundred Mile Communities. Ahmedabad, Navjeevan Publishing House. ISBN 9788172296759[21]

## References

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1. ^ Duncan, Natricia (27 June 2014). "Empowering Indian women through employment". The Guardian.
2. ^ "Chancellors of Gujarat Vidyapith". Gujarat Vidyapith. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
3. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
4. ^ a b "Awardees Biography". Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
5. ^ "Ela Bhatt | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
6. ^ a b "WIEGO Board of Directors Bios". WIEGO. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
7. ^ "The Elders: Our Work". TheElders.org. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
8. ^ "The Elders: Momentum is building to tackle child marriage in India". TheElders.org. 9 February 2012. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
9. ^ Ela Bhatt (6 February 2012). "Welcoming my fellow Elders to India". TheElders.org. Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
10. ^ Ethan Bronner (28 August 2009). "In Village, Palestinians See Model for Their Cause". New York Times. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
11. ^ "East Jerusalem residents, 'Elders' meet". CNN.com. 21 October 2010. Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
12. ^ "'The Elders' call to lift Gaza blockade". Jerusalem Post. 17 October 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
13. ^ Ela Bhatt (19 October 2010). "What would Gandhi say?". TheElders.org. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
14. ^ "Donors". TheElders.org. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
15. ^ "SEWA founder Elaben Bhatt passes away". Desh Gujarat. 2 November 2022. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
16. ^ "International Alliance of Street Vendors". Archived from the original on 4 July 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
17. ^ "Three cheers for Gujarat's big ben," Times of India, Ahmedabad, 12 May 2012. Available at
18. ^ "Ela R. Bhatt to Receive Radcliffe Medal". Harvard Magazine. 28 April 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
19. ^ Ela Bhatt selected for Indira Gandhi Prize Times of India. 20 November 2011.
20. ^ Ela Bhatt is Hillary Clinton's 'heroine' Times of India. 22 June 2012.
21. ^ "Ela Ben's '100-mile communities'..." tribuneindia.com. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.

## Further reading

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* India's 50 Most Illustrious Women (ISBN 81-88086-19-3) by Indra Gupta

## External links

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Wikiquote has quotations related to Ela Bhatt.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ela Bhatt.

* SEWA.org, Official website
* Ela Bhatt – Truthseeker, an interview with Culture Unplugged
* An Empire for Poor Working Women, Guided by a Gandhian Approach NY Times Profile
* Biography, National Resource Centre for Women, Government of India Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
* Biography of Ela Bhatt on the official site of the Magsaysay award
* Ela Bhatt's biography on The Elders' website Archived 10 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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Recipients of Padma Shri in Social Work

1950s|

* Mary Clubwala Jadhav (1955)
* Thackkadu Natesasastrigal Jagadisan (1957)
* R. S. Subbalakshmi (1958)
* Sailabala Das (1959)
* Lakshman Singh Jangpangi (1959)

1960s|

* Nanabhai Bhatt (1960)
* Bina Das (1960)
* Sophia Wadia (1960)
* Kamalabai Hospet (1961)
* Mithuben Petit (1961)
* N. Ramaswami Ayyar (1962)
* Mother Teresa (1962)
* Brij Krishna Chandiwala (1963)
* Leela Sumant Moolgaokar (1963)
* Leela Sumant Moolgaokar (1963)
* Ambujammal (1964)
* Mona Chandravati Gupta (1965)
* Lakshmi Mazumdar (1965)
* Gordhandas Bhagwandas Narottamdas (1965)
* John Richardson (1965)
* Manibhai Desai (1968)
* Bhaurao Gaikwad (1968)
* Shalini Moghe (1968)
* Sis Ram Ola (1968)
* Kalyan Singh Gupta (1969)
* Mangru Ganu Uikey (1969)

1970s|

* Indumati Chimanlal Sheth (1970)
* Maniben Kara (1970)
* Baba Amte (1971)
* Robin Banerjee (1971)
* Lila Ramkumar Bhargava (1971)
* Savita Behen (1971)
* Pandurang Dharmaji Jadhav (1971)
* Yudhvir Singh (1971)
* Avabai Bomanji Wadia (1971)
* Badri Prasad Bajoria (1972)
* Kanta Saroop Krishen (1972)
* Iyyanki Venkata Ramanayya (1972)
* Chandraprabha Saikiani (1972)
* Sarojini Varadappan (1973)
* Queenie H. C. Captain (1974)
* L. Kijungluba Ao (1976)
* Bishambhar Nath Pande (1976)
* Ismail Ahmed Cachalia (1977)
* Dhani Prem (1977)

1980s|

* Kunwar Singh Negi (1981)
* Bhagat Puran Singh (1981)
* Claire Vellut (1981)
* Swami Kalyandev (1982)
* Shiv Dutt Upadhyaya (1982)
* M. P. Nachimuthu (1983)
* Omem Moyong Deori (1984)
* Zainulabedin Gulamhusain Rangoonwala (1984)
* Ela Bhatt (1985)
* Ratnappa Kumbhar (1985)
* Anutai Wagh (1985)
* Chandi Prasad Bhatt (1986)
* Mahasweta Devi (1986)
* Krishan Dev Dewan (1986)
* Tushar Kanjilal (1986)
* Avdhash Kaushal (1986)
* Narayan Singh Manaklao (1986)
* Bunker Roy (1986)
* Begum Zaffar Ali (1987)
* Jaya Arunachalam (1987)
* Darshan Singh Vohra (1988)
* Mithu Alur (1989)
* Vedaratnam Appakutti (1989)
* Rajmohini Devi (1989)
* Krishnammal Jagannathan (1989)
* Mag Raj Jain (1989)
* Edward Kutchat (1989)

1990s|

* Anna Hazare (1990)
* Renana Jhabvala (1990)
* Silverine Swer (1990)
* Silverine Swer (1991)
* Vimla Dang (1991)
* T. G. K. Menon (1991)
* Jagdish Kashibhai Patel (1991)
* D. Y. Patil (1991)
* Sundaram Ramakrishnan (1991)
* Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti (1991)
* Shanthi Ranganathan (1992)
* C. Rokhuma (1992)
* Vidyaben Shah (1992)
* Leonarda Angela Casiraghi (1998)
* Antony Padiyara (1998)
* Shantha Sinha (1998)
* Kanta Tyagi (1998)
* Acharya Ramamurti (1999)
* T. Sailo (1999)
* Natwar Thakkar (1999)

2000s|

* Neidonuo Angami (2000)
* Jagan Nath Kaul (2000)
* Patricia Mukhim (2000)
* Janaky Athi Nahappan (2000)
* Hanumappa Sudarshan (2000)
* Rabindra Nath Upadhyay (2000)
* Tulasi Munda (2001)
* Norma Alvares (2002)
* Prakash Amte (2002)
* Kiran Martin (2002)
* Prema Narendra Purao (2002)
* Sivananda Rajaram (2002)
* Verna Elizabeth Watre Ingty (2003)
* Queenie Rynjah (2004)
* Hema Bharali (2005)
* Nana Chudasama (2005)
* Lalsawma (2005)
* Theilin Phanbuh (2005)
* Gladys Staines (2005)
* Suwalal Bafna (2006)
* Anil Prakash Joshi (2006)
* Sudha Murty (2006)
* Sudha Varghese (2006)
* Melhupra Vero (2006)
* Runa Banerjee (2007)
* S. M. Cyril (2007)
* M. A. Yusuff Ali (2008)
* Sheela Borthakur (2008)
* Karuna Mary Braganza (2008)
* V. R. Gowrishankar (2008)
* Kshama Metre (2008)
* Kutikuppala Surya Rao (2008)
* Madan Mohan Sabharwal (2008)
* Vikramjit Singh Sahney (2008)
* Bilkees Latif (2009)
* Keepu Tsering Lepcha (2009)
* C. K. Menon (2009)
* Joseph H. Pereira (2009)
* Sunil Kanti Roy (2009)
* Mitraniketan Viswanathan (2009)

2010s|

* Anu Aga (2010)
* J. R. Gangaramani (2010)
* Deep Joshi (2010)
* Sudha Kaul (2010)
* Ayekpam Tomba Meetei (2010)
* Kurian John Melamparambil (2010)
* Sudhir M. Parikh (2010)
* Kranti Shah (2010)
* Baba Sewa Singh (2010)
* Mamraj Agrawal (2011)
* Jockin Arputham (2011)
* Nomita Chandy (2011)
* Martha Chen (2011)
* Azad Moopen (2011)
* Sheela Patel (2011)
* Anita Reddy (2011)
* Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor (2011)
* Shamshad Begum (2012)
* Reeta Devi (2012)
* P. K. Gopal (2012)
* G. Muniratnam (2012)
* Niranjan Pranshankar Pandya (2012)
* Uma Tuli (2012)
* S. P. Varma (2012)
* Phoolbasan Bai Yadav (2012)
* Binny Yanga (2012)
* Jharna Dhara Chowdhury (2013)
* S. K. M. Maeilanandhan (2013)
* Nileema Mishra (2013)
* Reema Nanavati (2013)
* Manju Bharat Ram (2013)
* Narendra Dabholkar (2014)
* Mukul Chandra Goswami (2014)
* Durga Jain (2014)
* J. L. Kaul (2014)
* Mathur Savani (2014)
* Ashok Bhagat (2015)
* Janak Palta McGilligan (2015)
* Meetha Lal Mehta (2015)
* Veerendra Raj Mehta (2015)
* Bimla Poddar (2015)
* Madeleine Herman de Blic (2016)
* Madhu Pandit Dasa (2016)
* Ajoy Kumar Dutta (2016)
* Damal Kandalai Srinivasan (2016)
* Sunitha Krishnan (2016)
* Sundar Menon (2016)
* Arunachalam Muruganantham (2016)
* P. Gopinathan Nair (2016)
* Sudharak Olwe (2016)
* Girish Bharadwaj (2017)
* Appasaheb Dharmadhikari (2017)
* Bipin Ganatra (2017)
* Karimul Haque (2017)
* Anuradha Koirala (2017)
* Suhas Vitthal Mapuskar (2017)
* Daripalli Ramaiah (2017)
* Balbir Singh Seechewal (2017)
* Damodar Ganesh Bapat (2018)
* Sitavva Joddati (2018)
* Subhasini Mistry (2018)
* Sulagitti Narasamma (2018)
* Abdullah Bin Othman (2018)
* Sampat Ramteke (2018)
* Draupadi Ghimiray (2019)
* Bulu Imam (2019)
* Friederike Irina Bruning (2019)
* Chinna Pillai (2019)
* Shabbir Sayyad (2019)
* Jyoti Kumar Sinha (2019)
* Saalumarada Thimmakka (2019)
* Jamuna Tudu (2019)
* Muktaben Pankajkumar Dagli (2019)

2020s|

* Jagdish Lal Ahuja (2020)
* Popatrao Baguji Pawar (2020)
* Usha Chaumar (2020)
* Lia Diskin (2020)
* Sangkhumi Bualchhuak (2020
* Tulsi Gowda (2020)
* Harekala Hajabba (2020)
* Tetsu Nakamura (2020)
* S. Ramakrishnan (2020)
* Sayed Mehboob Shah Qadri (2020)
* Mohammed Sharif (2020)
* Ramjee Singh (2020)
* Agus Indra Udayana (2020)
* Sundaram Verma (2020)
* Sindhutai Sapkal (2021)
* Girish Prabhune (2021)
* Prabhaben Shah (2022)
* Savaji Bhai Dholakia (2022)
* Gamit Ramilaben Raysingbhai (2022)
* Om Prakash Gandhi (2022)
* K. V. Rabiya (2022)
* Srimad Baba Balia (2022)
* Prem Singh (2022)
* Baba Iqbal Singh Ji (2022)
* S Damodaran (2022)
* Basanti Devi (2022)
* Bhiku Ramji Idate (2023)
* Bikram Bahadur Jamatia (2023)
* Ramkuiwangbe Jeme Newme (2023)
* Hirabai Lobi (2023)
* Moolchand Lodha (2023)
* Gajanan Jagannath Mane (2023)
* Uma Shankar Pandey (2023)
* V. P. Appukutta Poduval (2023)
* Vadivel Gopal and Masi Sadaiyan (2023)
* Sankurathri Chandra Sekhar (2023)
* Laxman Singh (2023)
* Palam Kalyanasundaram (2023)
* Karma Wangchu (Posthumous) (2023)
* Parbati Barua (2024)
* Dukhu Majhi (2024)
* Chami Murmu (2024)
* Shankarbaba Pundlikrao Papalkar (2024)
* KS Rajanna (2024)
* Sangthankima (2024)
* Gurvinder Singh (2024)
* Somanna (2024)
* Maya Tandon (2024)
* Sano Vamuzo (2024)
* Jageshwar Yadav (2024)
* Bhim Singh Bhavesh (2025)
* Chaitram Deochand Pawar (2025)
* Jumde Yomgam Gamlin (2025)
* Libia Lobo Sardesai (2025)
* Radha Bahin Bhatt (2025)
* Suresh Harilal Soni (2025)
* Vinayak Lohani (2025)

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Niwano Peace Prize laureates

* Hélder Câmara (1983)
* Homer A. Jack (1984)
* Zhao Puchu (1985)
* Philip A. Potter (1986)
* World Muslim Congress (1987)
* Etai Yamada (1989)
* Norman Cousins (1990)
* Hildegard Goss-Mayr (1991)
* A. T. Ariyaratne (1992)
* Neve Shalom (1993)
* Paulo Evaristo Arns (1994)
* M. Aram (1995)
* Marii Hasegawa (1996)
* Corrymeela Community (1997)
* Maha Ghosananda (1998)
* Community of Sant'Egidio (1999)
* Kang Won-yong (2000)
* Elias Chacour (2001)
* Samuel Ruiz García (2002)
* Scilla Elworthy (2003)
* Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative (2004)
* Hans Küng (2005)
* Rabbis for Human Rights (2006)
* Cheng Yen (2007)
* Prince Hassan bin Talal (2008)
* Gideon Byamugisha (2009)
* Ela Bhatt (2010)
* Sulak Sivaraksa (2011)
* Rosalina Tuyuc (2012)
* Gunnar Stålsett (2013)
* Dena Merriam (2014)
* Esther Ibanga (2015)
* Center for Peace Building and Reconciliation (2016)
* Munib Younan (2017)
* Adyan Foundation (2018)
* John Paul Lederach (2019)
* Pomnyun (2020)
* Shih Chao-hwei (2021)
* Michael Lapsley (2022)
* Rajagopal P. V. (2023)

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Padma Bhushan award recipients (1980–1989)

1980|

* Sunil Gavaskar

1981|

* Vainu Bappu
* Prafulla Desai
* A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
* Gopinath Mohanty
* Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyaya
* Amritlal Nagar
* Mrinal Sen
* Avabai Bomanji Wadia

1982|

* Jasbir Singh Bajaj
* S. Balachander
* Gottipati Brahmayya
* Rani Gaidinliu
* Khadim Hussain Khan
* Stella Kramrisch
* Jal Minocher Mehta
* Grace Morley
* Syed Zahoor Qasim
* Kamal Ranadive
* P. N. Pattabhirama Sastri
* Jhabarmal Sharma
* Ajit Ram Verma

1983|

* Richard Attenborough
* Doraiswamy Iyengar
* V. G. Jog
* K. Sankaran Nair
* Prem Nazir
* Swraj Paul, Baron Paul
* Dr. Rajkumar
* K. G. Ramanathan
* Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala
* Subodh Chandra Sengupta
* Adi M. Sethna
* Arun Kumar Sharma
* Benudhar Sharma
* Bhalindra Singh
* Umrao Singh

1984|

* Horace Alexander
* Michael Ferreira
* Sivaji Ganesan
* Jnan Prakash Ghosh
* Kotha Satchidananda Murthy
* Hosur Narasimhaiah
* Sripada Pinakapani
* Ishwari Prasad
* B. C. Sanyal
* Marie Seton
* Archana Sharma
* Obaid Siddiqi
* Natwar Singh
* Ganda Singh
* Vijay Tendulkar
* Baldev Upadhyaya

1985|

* Durga Das Basu
* Shiba P. Chatterjee
* Eknath Vasant Chitnis
* Virender Lal Chopra
* Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon
* Santidev Ghosh
* Bhimsen Joshi
* Tribhuvandas Luhar
* Sadat Abul Masud
* Kalanidhi Narayanan
* Bernard Peters
* Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
* Gopala Ramanujam
* S. Ramaseshan
* Vuppuluri Ganapathi Sastry
* Amarjit Singh
* Gurbachan Singh Talib
* Bhalchandra Udgaonkar
* Srinivasan Varadarajan

1986|

* Pushpa Mittra Bhargava
* Ela Bhatt
* Manohar Lal Chibber
* Nasir Aminuddin Dagar
* V. Krishnamurthy
* Jean Riboud
* Sidney Dillon Ripley
* Rajeev Sethi
* Martand Singh
* C. Venkataraman Sundaram
* Badri Nath Tandon
* Gulshan Lal Tandon
* R. K. Trivedi

1987|

* Balamani Amma
* Kishori Amonkar
* Nikhil Banerjee
* Roddam Narasimha
* R. D. Pradhan
* Annada Shankar Ray
* Julio Ribeiro
* Man Mohan Sharma
* Laxmi Prasad Sihare
* Farokh Udwadia
* Mohammad Yunus

1988|

* 19th Kushok Bakula Rinpoche
* Ram Prakash Bambah
* Kartar Singh Duggal
* Ashok Sekhar Ganguly
* Abid Hussain
* Shreyans Prasad Jain
* Kelucharan Mohapatra
* Bal Ram Nanda
* Akkineni Nageswara Rao
* Pratury Trirumala Rao
* Renuka Ray
* B. V. Sreekantan
* Satya Pal Wahi

1989|

* Fenner Brockway, Baron Brockway
* Banoo Jehangir Coyaji
* Girija Devi
* K. K. Hebbar
* Girilal Jain
* Anna Rajam Malhotra
* M. V. Mathur
* Ashesh Prosad Mitra
* Russi Mody
* Suresh Shankar Nadkarni
* Narinder Singh Randhawa
* Yoshio Sakurauchi
* Lakshman Singh
* Prakash Narain Tandon

# Posthumous conferral

* 1954–1959
* 1960–1969
* 1970–1979
* 1980–1989
* 1990–1999
* 2000–2009
* 2010–2019
* 2020–2029

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Ramon Magsaysay Award winners of India

* Amitabha Chowdhury
* Anshu Gupta
* Aruna Roy
* Arun Shourie
* Arvind Kejriwal
* Baba Amte
* Banoo Jehangir Coyaji
* Bezwada Wilson
* Bharat Vatwani
* B. G. Verghese
* Chandi Prasad Bhatt
* C. D. Deshmukh
* Dara Nusserwanji Khurody
* Deep Joshi
* Ela Bhatt
* Gour Kishore Ghosh
* Harish Hande
* Jockin Arputham
* James Michael Lyngdoh
* Jayaprakash Narayan
* Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
* Kiran Bedi
* Kulandei Francis
* K. V. Subbanna
* Lakshmi Chand Jain
* Laxminarayan Ramdas
* Mabelle Arole
* Mahasweta Devi
* Mahesh Chandra Mehta
* Manibhai Desai
* Mandakini Amte
* Mother Teresa
* M. S. Subbulakshmi
* M. S. Swaminathan
* Nileema Mishra
* Palagummi Sainath
* Pandurang Shastri Athavale
* Prakash Amte
* P. K. Sethi
* Rajendra Singh
* Ravi Shankar
* Ravish Kumar
* R. K. Laxman
* Rajanikant Arole
* Sanjiv Chaturvedi
* Satyajit Ray
* Sombhu Mitra
* Sandeep Pandey
* Shantha Sinha
* Sonam Wangchuk
* T. M. Krishna
* T. N. Seshan
* Tribhuvandas Kishibhai Patel
* V. Shanta
* Verghese Kurien
* Vinoba Bhave

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The Elders

Chair|

* Juan Manuel Santos

Deputy Chairs|

* Ban Ki-moon
* Graça Machel

Members|

* Gro Harlem Brundtland
* Helen Clark
* Elbegdorj Tsakhia
* Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein
* Hina Jilani
* Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
* Denis Mukwege
* Mary Robinson
* Ernesto Zedillo

Former Members|

* Martti Ahtisaari
* Kofi Annan (former chair)
* Ela Bhatt
* Lakhdar Brahimi
* Fernando Henrique Cardoso
* Jimmy Carter
* Ricardo Lagos
* Nelson Mandela (founder)
* Aung San Suu Kyi
* Desmond Tutu (former chair)
* Muhammad Yunus
* Li Zhaoxing

Initiators|

* Peter Gabriel
* Richard Branson

Songs|

* Live and Let Live

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* FAST
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany
* United States
* Netherlands
* Norway

Academics|

* CiNii

Other|

* IdRef
* Yale LUX

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