Share transfer to my foundation is donation: Azim Premji

Wipro chairman Azim Premji said he has already given more than 25 per cent of his personal wealth to charity, but acknowledged it isn't easy to use money well in philanthropy. I have very clear views on what I intend to give to charity and today ...

With Rs 22,000 crore (Rs 220 billion), Azim Premji could have bought Antilla, Mukesh Ambani's billion-dollar 27-floor home in south Mumbai, four times over. Instead, Premji, who is worth $11.2 billion (Rs 61,600 crore), according to Forbes, signed The Giving Pledge, a moral commitment (not a legal contract) initiated by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to get the world's billionaires to commit at least half of their wealth to charity, on February 19. He has, in two tranches, one in 2010 and the ...

Azim Premji University will introduce specialisations in leadership management and pedagogy and curriculum in its Masters in Education programme from the coming academic year. In January, a memorandum was signed between Azim Premji Foundation and the ...

11:41 (IST) More From Market In one of the biggest philanthropic initiatives, HCL founder Shiv Nadar on Thursday donated over Rs 580 crore he earned by selling his 2.5 per cent stake in the company owned by him and his family. The amount was raised ...

A sample study conducted in the Shorapur educational block in Yadgir district has found that more than 25 per cent of the out-of-school children were never enrolled in schools. This is a pointer to the fact that the promise of "free and compulsory ...

PNC Menon, the founder of Sobha Group of Companies, with an estimated fortune of USD 600 million plans to give half of his personal wealth to charity, a news report says. Dubai-based Menon, a first generation entrepreneur who began his professional career by ...

What made you start the Giving Back Foundation in 2010? For the last quarter of a century, I have been involved in charitable works with various organisations. I even wrote a book called Giving Back, which shares 75 inspirational stories of giving ...

India's education system is making gains in increasing literacy and providing primary education to its population, but many—especially the poor—still get left behind. To better meet the needs of all students, a team of faculty from MSU has been ...

Twenty-two-year-old Rishab loves "Smart Substances," such as self-healing cement and bio glasses. He says, "I wish to be a part of something like this dreamlike state in the future something that appears totally unbelievable but turns out to be ...