2014 Indian Philanthropists, Azim Premji Tops The List

BENGALURU: A simple act of kindness creates an endless ripple that comes back to you. Earning millions of rupees is not that great a deed in today’s fast growing business world. But to have a heart to give back as much as possible to the less privileged people whose only strife in life is to earn their daily bread. In India there is no lack of such under privileged people who are in need of a basic living; what we lack here is those who have no  heart to spend a penny for them. Against all odds here we have some great minds who also have the great heart to spare a share of their income for a better society.

The Shangai based Hurun Research Institute ranked a list of Indian Philanthropists according to the amount of donations in one year period. The following are some well known philanthropists who are in the Hurun Institute’s ‘India Philanthropy List’:

Azim Premji:

Azim Premji , chief of Bengaluru based multinational Wipro topped the list. A huge sum of 12, 316 crores of his personal foundation went into the Azim Premji’s foundation which is mainly engaged in giving to the bodies working for education. In fact almost four-fifths of the donations made by the members in the list goes for education, which makes it the most favored cause of donation. In 2014, Azim Premji was ranked 4 in ‘India Rich List’ with an own fortune of 86, 100 crores. Apparently Premji gave as much as six times more than the person who is followed by him in the list. Premji topped this list even in 2013.

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