Runa Khan is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, humanitarian, and author. She is the founder and executive director of Friendship, a social purpose organisation that delivers integrated healthcare, education, disaster response, and livelihood services to climate-affected and remote communities across Bangladesh. In November 2025, Friendship won The Earthshot Prize in the “Fix Our Climate” category—the first time a Bangladeshi organisation has received the award. In 2026, Khan received The Ramon Magsaysay Award for her decades of service to remote, river-eroded, and climate-vulnerable communities in Bangladesh.
- Occupation
- social entrepreneur
- Citizenship
- Bangladesh
- Born
- 1958, November 17, 1958
