Sunil Mittal in 'Forbes' philanthropy heroes list

by nehalarya | March 5, 2009 at 04:40 am

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Sunil Mittal, who is the chairman and group chief executive of Bharti Enterprises, the magazine said he set up the Bharti Foundation in 2000 and contributed USD 22 million.

New York, March 05: Indian telecom giant Sunil Mittal and NRI businessman Anil Agarwal are among the four Indians featuring in the list of '48 Heroes of Philanthropy' compiled by business publication Forbes.

The other two Indians are Shiv Nadar, the chairman of HCL Technologies, and Rohini Nilekani, who supports many NGO activities. She is the wife of Infosys Technologies' co-founder Nandan Nilekani.

"Many opened up their chequebooks to help the victims of the Sichuan earthquake and the Myanmar cyclone in May. Many more donated to health, education, cultural and other causes," Forbes said in an accompanying report.

"The global financial crisis is hammering fortunes all over Asia, but the past year was still a good one for philanthropy as tycoons and more modest donors tried to maintain their charity commitments.