Azim Premji retains ‘India’s most generous’ tag, donates ₹27 crore per day Complete list
Hurun India and EdelGive on Thursday released the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021. Indian business tycoon Azim Premji has retained the top spot among India’s philanthropic billionaires for the second time. The founder of software major Wipro donated ₹9,713 crore during the financial year 2020-21, which comes out to ₹27 crore per day.
HCL’s Shiv Nadar has once again retained the second position in the list with an annual donation of Rs 1,263 crore showing a growth of 59 per cent. Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and his family occupied the third spot in the philanthropy list with an annual donation of Rs 577 crore.
According to Hurun India and EdelGive, despite the cut-off being up 54%, there is only one new face in India’s top 10 this year. The three individuals, led by Shiv Nadar and then led by Mukesh Ambani and Bajaj & family, still make India the top 10 five years later.
The top 10 in the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021 are shown below
| Post |
Name |
Donation |
Change % |
primary cause |
company |
3 year donationN (Rs. in crore) |
|
1(-) |
Azim Premji and family |
9,713 |
23% |
Education |
Wipro |
18,070 |
|
2(-) |
shiv nadar and family |
1,263 |
59% |
Art, Culture and Heritage |
HCL Technology |
2,884 |
|
3(-) |
mukesh ambani and family |
577 |
26% |
Education |
Reliance Industries |
1,437 |
|
4(-) |
Kumar Mangalam Birla And Family |
377 |
47% |
Health care |
Aditya Birla |
732 |
|
5(+2) |
Nandan Nilekani |
183 |
15% |
social thinking |
Infosys |
546 |
|
6(+2) |
Hinduja family |
166 |
25% |
Education |
Hinduja |
351 |
|
7(+3) |
Bajaj family |
136 |
83% |
Health care |
Bajaj |
341 |
|
8(+1) |
gautam adani and family |
130 |
48% |
disaster relief |
Adani |
302 |
|
8(-3) |
Anil Agarwal and family |
130 |
-40% |
disaster relief |
Vedanta |
458 |
|
10(+24) |
Burman family |
114 |
502% |
Health care |
Dabur India |
151 |
This is the 8th annual ranking of the most generous people in India and is ahead of the Hurun India Rich List, a ranking of the 1,007 richest people in India, which was released in September 2021 for the tenth year. This year’s EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021 includes individuals who have donated Rs 5 crore or more during the period under review.
Anas Rehman Junaid, Managing Director and Chief Researcher, Hurun India said, “Entrepreneurs from the pharmaceutical and software and services sectors, who are the top wealth creators in the Hurun India Rich List 2021, interestingly also topped in terms of cumulative value of donations. have achieved.” , said.
The EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List highlights India’s remarkable donors and captures the growing importance of individual donors in India’s philanthropic landscape towards nation-building.
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