Azim Premji is the most generous Indian for third year running

He is followed by Nandan Nilekani and Narayan Murthy in Hurun India Philanthropy List

Azim Premji, who donated Rs 27,514 crore (Rs 275.14 billion) for education is the 'Most Generous Indian' for the third year running followed by Nandan Nilekani and Narayana Murthy in the second and third place, respectively.

As per the Hurun India Philanthropy List, which is a ranking of the most generous individuals from India, 70-year old Azim Hashim Premji was named as the most generous Indian as he donated Rs 27,514 crore for education.

The Azim Premji foundation is working for empowering education in India. The foundation works in eight states and has more than 350,000 schools.

Nandan, Rohini Nilekani and family came in second with a donation of Rs 2,404 crore (Rs 24.04 billion), towards the cause of urban governance, public policy and education while Narayana Murthy and family donated Rs 1,322 crore (Rs 13.22 billion) for encouraging entrepreneurship, social development and education.

10 most generous Indians

Rank	Name	Amount
1	Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro.	Rs 27,514 crore
Rank	Name	Amount
2	Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys and former chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India.	Rs 2,404 crore
Rank	Name	Amount
3	Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy, co-founder of Infosys.	Rs 1,322 crore
Rank	Name	Amount
4	K Dinesh, co-founder, Infosys, is now a full-time philanthropist.	Rs 1,238 crore
Rank	Name	Amount
5	Shiv Nadar, founder and chairman of HCL and the Shiv Nadar Foundation.	Rs 535 crore
Rank	Name	Amount
6	Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani, chairman, managing director, Reliance Industries.	Rs 345 crore
Rank	Name	Amount
7	Sunny Varkey, education entrepreneur and education philanthropist. He is based in Dubai.	Rs 326 crore
Rank	Name	Amount
8	Rohinton Soli "Ronnie" Screwvala, founder and CEO of UTV Group.	Rs 158 crore
Rank	Name	Amount
9	Rahul Bajaj, chairman of Indian conglomerate Bajaj Group.	Rs 139 crore
Rank	Name	Amount
10	Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry, chairman of Shapoorji Pallonji Group.	Rs 96 crore

The donations were measured by the value of their cash or cash equivalent from November 1, 2014 to October 31, 2015.

As per Hurun Research, there were 36 individuals, down from 50 in 2014, who donated Rs 10 crore or more. Interestingly, there were 12 new entrants and 26 drop outs.

With a donation of Rs 35 crore, Rohan Murthy (32) of Infosys is the youngest philanthropist on the list; oldest being Pallonji Mistry (86) of Shapoorji Pallonji who donated Rs 96 crore.

According to Charity Aid Foundation UK, as per the World Giving Index, India came down in its ranking from 93rd in 2013 to 106 in 2014, demonstrating an overall reduction in Indian philanthropy.

"Despite weak corporate earnings in 2015 compared to last year, the increasing speed of wealth creation seems to promise a bright future for Indian philanthropy", Hurun Report India business head Anas Rahman Junaid said.

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