With a donation of ₹7,904 crore, Azim Premji, the founder and president of Wipro, topped the list of philanthropists in India for 2020. He donated ₹22 crore per day. “On April 1, the Azim Premji Foundation, Wipro and Wipro Enterprises pledged ₹Rs 1,125 crore to address the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. This is in addition to Wipro’s annual CSR activities and the Azim Premji Foundation’s regular philanthropic spending, “according to EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2020.
“Azim Premji is a role model for Indian philanthropy and continues to inspire other entrepreneurs to donate,” said Anas Rahman Junaid, Managing Director and Principal Investigator for Hurun India.
HCL Technologies’ Shiv Nadar came in second on the list. Swim donated ₹795 million rupees for charitable causes. Mukesh Ambani, President and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Ltd and the richest man in Asia, kept third place by donating ₹458 crore. “On March 30, 2020, Reliance Industries announced a donation of ₹500 crore to the PM CARES Fund and ₹Rs 5 crore each for the Maharashtra Chief Minister Relief Fund and Gujarat Chief Minister Relief Fund to support their struggles against COVID-19, “the report said.
With a donation of ₹276 crore, Kumar Mangalam Birla & family ranked fourth on the EdelGive Hurun India 2020 philanthropy list. Fifth position was held by Vedanta founder and president Anil Agarwal & family who donated ₹215 crore. In September 2014, Anil Agarwal pledged 75% of his wealth to charity, according to the report.
Hurun India and EdelGive released the EdelGive Hurun India 2020 Philanthropy List on Tuesday. “The EdelGive Foundation has partnered with Hurun India to create this report to understand philanthropic giving in the country from a data and evidence standpoint. Hurun India said. Donations were measured at the value of their cash or cash equivalents from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020.
“Binny Bansal is the first philanthropist under 40 to make the philanthropy list,” said lead researcher Hurun India. At least 21 people on EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2020 have donated ₹5 million rupees or more in your personal capacity. “One of the central goals of the Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List is to tell more stories about philanthropists who have donated in their personal capacity,” he added.
“The preferred cause of India’s leading philanthropists has been education, although poverty alleviation has grown dramatically to become the second most popular cause this year,” said Managing Director Hurun India.
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