4 Indians Make It To The Forbes Asia Philanthropy List

About 58-year-old Ajay Piramal, a serial entrepreneur and pharma tycoon, Forbes said he has donated $6 million over the past four years to his Piramal Foundation.

75-year old Desh Bandhu Gupta, Founder and Chairman of drug-maker Lupin, is also among the four Indians on this Forbes list. Endowing his charitable foundation past year with $3.3 million, Gupta has earmarked another $20 million to be spent over the next five years.

Youngest among the four Indians is 45-year Ashish Dhawan, a Harvard MBA and former Goldman Sachs banker.

Dhawan, who stepped down from private equity major ChrysCapital in 2012 to set up Central Square Foundation, has pledged $8.5 million to the foundation.

He has also donated $3.5 million to the newly established Ashoka University, which aims to provide a world-class, liberal arts education at an affordable cost.

Others on the list include Malaysian airline major AirAsia chief Anthony Fernandes, Australian billionaires Andrew Forrest and James Packer, Indonesia's business leader Tahir and Japan's Hiroshi Mikitani (Chairman and CEO of Rakuten).
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