Edelgive Harun India Philanthropy 2021
- Harun India and Edel Give released list of most generous individuals in India 2021.
- This is 8th annual ranking by them. This will highlights list of contributors towards nation building
- Azim Premji retains – India’s Most Generous title for the second year consecutive. He donated Rs. 27 Crore per day. The Azim Premji Foundation allocated funds from Rs. 1,125 Crore to Rs. 2,125 Crore to expand work on vaccination across ten states in India.
- Shiv Nadar, Chairman of HCL Tech donates Rs. 70 Crore for COVID relief.
- Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Ambani supply over 1000 MT of medical grade liquid oxygen per day ( 11% of India’s total production ). He supplied almost 55,000 MT of medical grade liquid oxygen across country free of cost.
- Birla group supplies Rs. 50 Crore for masks, PPE kit and ventilators for India.
- Nandan Nilekani and Rohini Nilekani committed to donating half of their wealth towards philanthropy.
- A M Naik, former chairman of L & T is at the 11thposition and he has taken pledged to give away 75% of his income for charitable purposes.
Rank |
Name |
Donates in 2021 |
Company Name |
1 |
Azim Premji |
Rs.9,713 Crore |
Wipro |
2 |
Shiv Nadar |
Rs. 1,263 Crore |
HCL Tech |
3 |
Mukesh Ambani |
Rs. 577 Crore |
Reliance Industries |
4 |
Kumar Mangalam Birla |
Rs. 377 Crore |
Aditya Birla |
5 |
Nandan Nilekani |
Rs. 183 Crore |
Infosys |
6 |
Hinduja Group |
Rs. 166 Crore |
Hinduja |
7 |
Bajaj Family |
Rs. 136 Crore |
Bajaj |
8 |
Gautam Adani & Family |
Rs. 130 Crore |
Adani |
9 |
Anil Agrawal & Family |
Rs. 130 Crore |
Vedanta |
10 |
Burman Family |
Rs. 114 Crore |
Dabur India |
11 |
A M Naik |
Rs. 112 Crore |
Former Chairman of L & T |
Edelgive Harun India Philanthropy 2021
New Entrant in this year
Name |
Donates |
Company |
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala |
Rs. 50 Crore |
Rare enterprises |
Hasmukh Chudgar & Family |
Rs. 29 Crore |
Intas Pharmaceuticals |
Rajiv Kumar & Ravinder Kumar |
Rs. 28 Crore |
FMCG |
Akshay Kumar |
Rs. 26 Crore |
Actor |
Nitin Kamath & Nikhil Kamath |
Rs. 25 Crore |
Zerodha |
Dilip Sanghavi |
Rs. 15 Crore |
Sun Pharmaceuticals |
Amitabh Bachchan |
Rs. 15 Crore |
Actor |
Radha Vembu |
Rs. 12 Crore |
Zoho |
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