Two Indian philanthropists Harish Hande and Nileema Mishra were presented with the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Awards in Manila on Wednesday. Harish Hande, a Karnataka born entrepreneur, was cited for his efforts to provide affordable solar power to more than one million poor. Harish Hande co-founded SELCO INDIA, a social venture, to eradicate poverty by promoting sustainable technologies in rural India. SELCO INDIA has installed solar lighting systems in over 1 lakh 20,000 households in the rural areas of Gujarat and Karnataka. Maharashtra born Nileema Mishra has established a center that provides small loans to farmers, plus self-help projects for small villages. At the ceremony, she stressed on the need for self-sufficiency and social reform. The Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation, based in the central Philippine province of Negros Occidental, was also cited for its work in combating rural poverty. Other winners of the 2011 Ramon Magsaysay Awards include Cambodian Koul Panha, the founder of a group that advocates for free and fair elections in his country's nascent democracy; Indonesian entrepreneur Tri Mumpuni, who has built community-run hydropower plants in rural communities; and her compatriot Hasanain Juaini, who has established an Islamic boarding school for girls. The winners each received a medallion and a cash prize.