India's Bharti family pledges $1b to philanthropy

India's Bharti family pledges $1b to philanthropy

Sunil Bharti Mittal’s move to pledge Rs7,000 crore to philanthropy comes days after Infosys chairman Nandan Nilekani and wife Rohini pledged at least half their wealth to charity. Photo: Mint

Billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittal has pledged 10% of his family’s wealth, amounting to Rs7,000 crore, to the Bharti Foundation, a large part of which will be used to set up the Satya Bharti University, which seeks to offer free science and technology education to the poor.

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