HCL co-founder Shiv Nadar is the country’s biggest philanthropist. Shiv and his family donated Rs 2,153 crore last year i.e. in the financial year 2023-24. That is, Rs 5.90 crore was given daily. This information has been given in the Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2024. The Nadar family is at the top of this list released on Thursday, November 7. Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and his family are at number two. Ambani donated Rs 407 crore in the financial year 2023-24. The Bajaj family has secured the third position in the list by donating Rs 352 crore. This is 33% more than in 2023. The top 10 personalities in the list of philanthropists donated a total of Rs 4,625 crore, which is about 53% of the total donations in the list. Krishna Chivukula and Sushmita & Subroto Bagchi have secured 7th and 9th position in the list. 6 out of the top 10 donors donated more money to education under their CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility). Vivek Vakil of Asian Paints is the youngest donor Among the young donors in the list, 35-year-old Vivek Vakil associated with Asian Paints is the youngest donor. He has donated Rs 8 crore. At the same time, the youngest donor of last year (2023), Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath (38), has come at number three this year. Nikhil, along with his brother and Zerodha CEO Nitin Kamath (45), donated Rs 120 crore. ———————————————————- Also read this news related to the philanthropists of the financial year 2023… Shiv Nadar donated Rs 5.6 crore daily in 2023: Nadar tops Hurun India Philanthropy List, Nikhil Kamath is the youngest philanthropist Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2023 was released on Thursday. In this, HCL co-founder Shiv Nadar has retained his top position. He donated Rs 2,042 crore in the financial year 2023. That is, he donated Rs 5.6 crore every day. He is followed by Wipro founder-chairman Azim Premji, who donated Rs 1,774 crore. Click here to read the full news…
