4 Indians make it to Forbes philanthropy list

Thursday, March 5, 2009, 17:07 [IST]

New York, Mar 5: Four Indians including telecom tycoon Sunil Bharti Mittal and NRI businessman Anil Agarwal made it to the '48 Heroes of Philanthropy' list compiled by Forbes Magazine.

Chairman of HCL Technologies, Shiv Nadar and Rohini Nilekani, wife of Infosys Co-founder Nandan Nilekani are the other two Indians featured in the Forbes list. The magazine in a report stated that many of these personalities have opened up their chequebooks to help the victims of the Sichuan earthquake and the Myanmar cyclone in May. Many had donated to health, education, cultural and other causes added the magazine.

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Topics: forbes magazine, sunil bharti mittal, shiv nadar, rohini nilekani, nandan nilekani, infosys technologies, anil agarwal, telecom, hcl, sichuan earthquake, myanmar cyclone

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