India's Most Generous Individuals Feature On EdelGive Hurun List 2022 | IN PICS

Shiv Nadar, founder, HCL, bagged the top spot as the most generous person in the country with an annual donation of Rs 1,161 crore. Nadar (77) has reclaimed the 'India's most generous' title with a donation of Rs 3 crore per day. Nadar’s primary donations were in the education sector. [Image Credit: HCL TECH]

IT giant Wipro's former chairman, Azim Premji (77), slipped to the second position with an annual donation of Rs 484 crore after ruling at the top position for the past two consecutive years. [Image Credit: Getty]

Reliance Industries’ Chairman Mukesh Ambani, owner of the world's largest oil refining complex and the Mumbai-based conglomerate's other businesses, was ranked third with an annual donation of Rs 411 crore. Ambani’s primary donations were in the education sector. [Image Credit: Getty]

Kumar Mangalam Birla, chairman of Aditya Birla Group, donated Rs 242 crore this year, positioning him as the fourth most generous individual. Birla donated most of the sums into the healthcare sector. [Image Credit: Aditya Birla Group]

With donations of Rs 213 crore each, Subroto Bagchi and N S Parthasarathy, co-founders of Mindtree, a global technology consulting and services company, bagged the combined fifth position into the Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2022. Renowned philanthropist couples have jointly donated Rs 425 crore to the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). [Image Credit: IISC]

India’s richest man, Gautam Adani (60), ranked seventh in Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2022, with a donation of Rs 190 crore. Adani’s primary donations this year was for disaster relief, according to Edelgive Hurun India. [Image Credit: Getty]

Anil Agarwal, chairman of Vedanta Resources, donated a total sum of Rs 165 crore this year, making him the eight most generous individual in India. Agarwal created the Vedanta Foundation to carry out philanthropic programs and activities. [Image Credit: Getty]

Nandan Nilekani, the co-founder of tech giant Infosys and its non-executive chairman since August 2017, bagged the ninth spot on the list with a donation of Rs 159 crores. [Image Credit: Getty]

A M Naik (80), group chairman of Larsen and Toubro, donated Rs 142 crore this year, making him country's most generous professional manager, according to the EdelGive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2022. [Image Credit: Getty]