Sunny Varkey tops Forbes Asia's Heroes of Philanthropy list, 6 other Indians featured
9 years, 6 months ago

Sunny Varkey tops Forbes Asia's Heroes of Philanthropy list, 6 other Indians featured

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Seven Indians feature in Forbes Asia’s ninth Heroes of Philanthropy list, highlighting most noteworthy contributions to philanthropy from 13 countries across Asia Pacific. Houston: Seven Indians feature in Forbes Asia’s ninth Heroes of Philanthropy list, highlighting most noteworthy contributions to philanthropy from 13 countries across Asia Pacific. Kerala-born entrepreneur Sunny Varkey, who in June pledged about half of his $2.25 billion dollar fortune to charity as part of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet-led Giving Pledge initiative, tops the list of philanthropists in the region. Another Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy’s son Rohan is on the list for donating a whopping $5.2 million to Harvard University Press for promoting ancient Indian literary classics.

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Nandan Nilekani, 6 other Indians feature in Forbes Asia's new list of philanthropists
9 years, 6 months ago

Nandan Nilekani, 6 other Indians feature in Forbes Asia's new list of philanthropists

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Houstan: Seven Indians, including three Infosys co-founders and a Dubai-based education entrepreneur, feature in the latest Forbes Asia edition in a new group of philanthropists from 13 countries for their noteworthy contributions. Infosys co-founders Senapathy Gopalakrishnan, Nandan Nilekani and SD Shibulal feature in the Forbes Asia's 9th list of philanthropists in the Asia-Pacific region for their individual contributions to health …

Dubai based Indian entrepreneur to donate half of his wealth to charity | IndiaTV News
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Dubai based Indian entrepreneur to donate half of his wealth to charity | IndiaTV News

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DUBAI: A 58-year-old Dubai-based Indian education entrepreneur has pledged to give away more than half of his wealth for helping teachers around the world by signing a popular philanthropic campaign. Kerala-born Sunny Varkey joins the likes of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and fellow Indian Wipro chairman Azim Premji by signing Bill Gates's "The Giving Pledge" campaign. The Giving Pledge was …

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