Assam-based oncologist ___________ is amongst the winners of 2023 Ramon Magsaysay Award.

The correct answer is Ravi Kannan . Key Points Oncologist Ravi Kannan, the director of Assam’s Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (CCHRC), has been named one of the four winners of the 2023 Ramon Magsaysay Award, considered Asia's equivalent of the Nobel prize. A recipient of India’s fourth-highest civilian award, the Padma Shri, Ravi Kannan described the award as an honor for his entire hospital team. Kannan relocated to Silchar from Chennai in 2007 along with his wife, Seeta, to take over CCHRC. Prior to his work at CCHRC, Kannan was a surgeon at Chennai's Adyar Cancer Institute and was recognized with a Padma Shri award for his contributions to the health sector. Believing in the necessity of local healthcare facilities, Kannan has been instrumental in establishing clinics in Assam’s Karimganj, Hailakandi, and Dima Hasao for facilitating patient follow-ups. He boosted CCHRC's follow-up ratio from below 50% to over 90%, and supervised the first microvascular surgery of a cancer patient in the Northeast in 2012.