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Word of the Day: EleemosynaryWord of the Day: Eleemosynary is more than just a complex term; it is a reflection of humanity’s long-standing commitment to helping others...
Nilekanomics for a knowledge economyEndowments like this month's ₹315 crore donation by Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani to his alma mater Indian Institute of Technology (II...
Adani family pledges ₹60,000 crore towards charityLast year, he shared the eighth spot with Vedanta Group chairman Anil Aggarwal on the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List with donations...
Covid-19 has made world realise importance of public systems: Azim PremjiPremji, among the most generous philanthropists in the world, said businesses were not doing enough for society
Mindtree co-founder Subroto Bagchi, wife Susmita commit Rs 340 crore to a cancer facility in OdishaWith this, Subroto Bagchi joins his industry peers, such as Wipro’s Azim Premji and Infosys’s N.R. Narayana Murthy, and other co-founders o...
How a family office functionsFamily offices are wealth management advisory firms that serve ultra-high net worth investors and provide financial advice and solutions.
1st-generation entrepreneurs - Premji, Nilekani, NRN - make Bengaluru India's philanthropy capitalIndia Inc bosses help younger good Samaritans create a new culture of giving.
Why millionaires are giving away their wealthSince 2009, India has added over 100 million donors, large and small, according to Bain & Company’s philanthropy report, but there’s very l...
Budget 2015: RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan disapproves inheritance tax ideaSpecifically speaking on inheritance tax idea, he said: "I think rather than bringing people down, our focus should be on taking people up.
Typical uber-rich philanthropist donates $25 million during lifetimeThe United States is a particularly important centre of major giving. UHNW philanthropists in the US are most numerous, most generous and g...
India Inc honchos to talk philanthropy with Bill Gates at an event hosted by Azim PremjiAt an event hosted by Premji, the first Indian to join Gates and Buffett’s Giving Pledge club, they will discuss how to put wealth on socia...
Philanthropy: Indians give just 1.5-3% of their annual incomesA Bain report indicates that under the right conditions, giving in India can reach significant and impactful proportions.
NS Raghavan on way to change Indian philanthropyWhat NSR hopes to do is chaperone Indian philanthropy from a charitable, crisis-alleviation mode to a sector that can perhaps take on, and ...
The black hole of philanthropyBefore Indian philanthropy can become a potent force for change, we need to know many things about it. Unfortunately, there's too little in...
Buffett, Gates encourage Indian billionaires towards charity driveBillionaires like Premji, Murthy, Nadar, KP Singh & Jhunjhunwala joined leading Indian entrepreneurs in a meeting with Gates and Buffett.
- Warren Buffett Effect: GMR's founder GM Rao pledges Rs 1,540 crore, others to follow suit
GMR founder has committed his funds to Group's charitable wing GMR Varalakshmi Foundation, which is present across India and abroad.
- Super-rich worry most about love, work and children: Study
A study found that the rich "turn out to be a generally dissatisfied lot, whose money has contributed to deep anxieties involving love, wor...
- Chinese billionaires shun Gates-Buffett's philanthropy dinner
Chinese billionaires have shunned the invitation of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett for a charity get-together for a fear of parting with the...
- Lessons in charity: India Inc says no to Buffett, Gates
As Warren Buffett and Bill Gates petition Indian companies to share wealth for charity, Indrani Rajkhowa Banerjee wonders what’s stopping u...
- I'm an accidental philanthropist: Rohini Nilekani
In conversation with ET, Ms Nilekani, chairperson of two charitable foundations, Arghyam and Pratham Books explains why strategic philanthr...