Hurun India and EdelGive recently released the 8th Annual EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021. The ranking, which is released every year, charts most generous person in country. This year, the Nilekani family of Infosys continued its track record, with co-founder Nandan Nilekani donating Rs 183 crore for social thinking in FY 2021, finishing fifth on the list. Besides them, Rohini Nilekani, Kris Gopalakrishnan and SD Shibulal – all from Infosys Group – donated Rs 69 crore, Rs 50 crore and Rs 35 crore respectively. Billionaires Nandan Nilekani and Rohini Nilekani signed the ‘Giving Pledge’ in 2017 which is a network of the wealthiest individuals who dedicate their wealth to philanthropy.
A press release by EdelGive and Hurun India said, “With a donation of Rs 183 crore, Infosys’s Nandan Nilekani, 66, ranks 5th in the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021. Nandan Nilekani on Social Thinking in FY21 donated Rs 138 crore for
Chairperson of Rohini Nilekani Philanthropy and co-founder of EkStep, a non-profit education platform, Rohini Nilekani donated Rs 69 crore in her personal capacity, according to the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List. She topped the list of nine women featured in the chart. Rohini Nilekani has thus earned the title of India’s most generous woman. She was followed by Leena Gandhi Tiwari of USV who donated Rs 24 crore, and Anu Agha of Thermax who donated Rs 20 crore.
In 2017, when Nandan and Rohini Nilekani signed The Giving Pledge, created by Bill & Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett, they wrote in a letter that they were inspired by the ideals of the Bhagavad Gita. “
“We thank Bill and Melinda for creating this unique opportunity to realize a moral aspiration inspired by the Bhagavad Gita – ‘Karmanye va dhikaraste ma phaleshu kadachana, ma karma phaleturbhurm te sangostavakarmani.’ “We have the right to do our duty, but doing so has no automatic right to the fruit. It is important that we do not fall into inaction for fear that we may not be able to receive a direct reward. To this ideal we pledge.”
In a Forbes article published in May this year, Rohini Nilekani wrote, “Charitable organizations have to keep their budgets relatively flexible to be able to respond to the temporary disasters that befall us, wave upon wave. I am not a pessimist, but a realist.”
“We have enough data over the past 10 years to see how market-related emergencies like drought, public health emergency or financial crisis affected us. Planning for what you can’t plan is becoming increasingly important for charities.”
Wipro’s Azim Premji retained the title of ‘India’s most generous’ for the second time in a row with a donation of Rs 9,713 crore. According to press releases by EdelGive and Hurun India, the Wipro chairman and founder donated Rs 27 crore daily to social causes.
Shiv Nadar of HCL Technologies stood second. According to the EduGive Hurun India list, Nadar donated Rs 1,263 in the financial year 2021. The Big Bull, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala earned the title of most generous new entrant. This very few stock market investor donated Rs 50 crore as per the list.
“It is our endeavor to highlight India’s remarkable donors and capture the growing importance of individual donors in India’s philanthropic landscape towards nation-building. Donations were measured by the value of their cash or cash equivalents from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021. This is the eighth year on the list and it continues from the Hurun India Rich List, a ranking of India’s 1,007 richest people. For the tenth year in September 2021,” Hurun India and EdelGive said in a press release.
This year’s list includes individuals who donated Rs 5 crore or more during the period under review. “This year, the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2021, gives us yet another momentous opportunity to gain a deeper insight into the mind-sets and motivations that drive philanthropy in India as it is a paradigm shift. -Transfer emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic.” Vidya Shah, Executive President, EdelGive Foundation said.
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