Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2025 has been released. According to this list, this year 191 people of the country have donated a total of Rs 10,380 crore. The special thing is that in the last 3 years, the culture of donation in the country has increased by 85 percent. In such a situation, let us tell you today who is the biggest philanthropist of India and how much money do these philanthropists donate every year?
Shiv Nadar became the biggest donor
According to Hurun 2025, this year again HCL Technologies founder Shiv Nadar has become the country’s biggest philanthropist. 80-year-old Shiv Nadar has donated a total of Rs 2,708 crore in the year 2025. Which means that on an average he has donated around Rs 7.4 crore every day. This is the fourth consecutive time that Shiv Nadar and his family have become India’s biggest philanthropists. His donation has increased by 26 percent compared to last year. According to the information, he has spent most of his money on schemes related to education, art and cultural through Shiv Nadar Foundation.
Mukesh Ambani became the second highest donor
Mukesh Ambani’s name comes second in this list of donations. Mukesh Ambani has donated Rs 626 crore in 2025. Mukesh Ambani has made this donation in areas like education, health, rural development and women empowerment. Mukesh Ambani’s donations are also increasing every year.
Bajaj family at number three
Bajaj family has been at third position in terms of donations this year. He has donated a total of Rs 446 crore, which is an increase of 27 percent compared to last year. Bajaj family has been working in the field of education, health and rural development for a long time.
These are the other donors who donated the most.
Kumar Mangalam Birla is at fourth place in this year’s Hurun 2025 list, who has donated Rs 440 crore. At the fifth position is Gautam Adani, who has donated Rs 386 crore, which is about 17 percent more than last year. Nandan Nilekani is at sixth position who donated Rs 365 crore. After this the Hinduja family donated Rs 298 crore. Rohini Nilekani is at eighth position, who has donated Rs 204 crore. Apart from this, Sudhir and Sameer Mehta are at ninth position with donation of Rs 189 crore and Cyrus and Aadar Poonawala are at tenth position with donation of Rs 173 crore.
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