HCL’s Shiv Nadar named country’s most generous philanthropist

HCL founder Shiv Nadar topped as the most generous person in the country with an annual donation of Rs 1,161 crore, the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2022 revealed. Nadar, 77, has reclaimed the ‘India’s most generous’ title with a donation of Rs 3 crore per day, according to the report.

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Wipro’s Azim Premji, 77, slipped to the second position with an annual donation of Rs 484 crore after ruling at the top position for the last two consecutive years, it said. India’s richest man Gautam Adani, 60, ranked seventh in Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2022, with a donation of Rs 190 crore.

Top 10 in the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2022 is shown below:

Rank	Name	Donation (Rs cr)	Primary cause	Company
1(+1)	Shiv Nadar & family	1,161	Education	HCL Technologies
2(-1)	Azim Premji & family	484	Education	Wipro
3(-)	Mukesh Ambani & family	411	Education	Reliance Industries
4(-)	Kumar Mangalam Birla & family	242	Healthcare	Aditya Birla
5*	Susmita and Subroto Bagchi	213	Healthcare	Mindtree
5*	Radha and NS Parthasarathy	213	Healthcare	Mindtree
7(+1)	Gautam Adani & family	190	Disaster Relief	Adani
8(+1)	Anil Agarwal & family	165	Disaster Relief	Vedanta
9(-4)	Nandan Nilekani	159	Societal Thinking	Infosys
10(+1)	AM Naik	142	Healthcare	Larsen & Toubro

Top 10 New entrants in EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2022:

Rank	Name	Donation (Rs cr)	Age	Primary Cause	Company
1	Susmita and Subroto Bagchi	213	65	Healthcare	Mindtree
1	Radha and NS Parthasarathy	213	61	Healthcare	Mindtree
3	Ajit Isaac	115	55	Healthcare	Quess Corp
4	Rakesh Gangwal	100	69	Education	InterGlobe Aviation
5	Girdhari Lal Bawri, Rajendra Agarwal and Banwari Lal Bawri	41	–	Education	Macleods Pharmaceuticals
6	Naveen Jindal & family	38	52	Education	Jindal Steel & Power
7	Ashok Soota	26	79	Disaster Relief	Happiest Minds Technologies
8	Govind Dholakia	15	75	Disaster Relief	Shree Ramkrishna Exports
9	Madhukar Parekh, Ajay Parekh & Kalpana Parekh	10	–	Disaster Relief	Pidilite Industries
10	Anil Rai Gupta & family	9	53	Disaster Relief	Havells India

Important points in the report

• The report further revealed that in India a total of 15 individuals made an annual donation of over Rs 100 crore, 20 donated over Rs 50 crore and 43 over Rs 20 crore.
• Based on the place of residence, Mumbai led with 33 per cent of the list of most generous people in the country, followed by New Delhi accounting for 16 per cent, and Bengaluru at 13 per cent.
• The pharmaceutical industry has the largest number of philanthropists in the list, accounting for 20 per cent, followed by chemicals and petrochemicals at 11 per cent.
• The average age of philanthropists on the list is 69 years, which is two years older than last year’s.

About the Hurun Report:

The Hurun Report is based on a survey of India’s most successful entrepreneurs, including those from the Hurun India Rich List 2022, meticulously cross-referencing the results with media reports and charitable foundations. In the course of the research, Hurun Report also attended non-profit-related seminars, as well as meeting with scholars, experts, philanthropists, and senior members of charitable foundations.

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