Just in: Indians Harish Hande and Nileema Mishra win the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award. Hande was awarded for bringing solar power to rural India. The Ramon Magsaysay Award also known as Asias Nobel Prize is an award designed to honour people who have shown integrity in government, rendered courageous service to the people, and propagated pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. The prize was created in memmory of Ramon Magsaysay, the late president of the Philippines.