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2021 Indiaspora Philanthropy Leaders List

United States of America

First Name(s) Last Name(s) Affiliation(s) Region Monte Ahuja Chairman and CEO, MURA Holdings, LLC USA Anna and Raj Asava Founders, HungerMitao USA Executive Chairman, Mastercard Chairman, International Chamber of Commerce Founding trustee, U.S.- Strategic Partnership Forum Ajay Banga Co-founder, Cyber Readiness Institute USA Founder and CEO, Living Essentials (5-Hour Energy) Founder, Billions in Change Manoj Bhargava Founder and Prime Funder, The Hans Foundation USA Aneel: Co-founder and CEO, Workday Aneel and Allison Bhusri Allison: Founder, Lemonade Capital USA Sumir Chadha Co-founder and Managing Director, WestBridge Capital Partners USA Deepak Chopra Founder and CEO, Freedom Employability Academy USA Co-founders, Syntel Bharat and Neerja Desai and Sethi Founders, Desai Sethi Foundation USA Desh: President and Chairman, Sparta Group LLC; Founder, Cascade Communications and Sycamore Networks ; Co-founder, Deshpande Foundation Jaishree: Treasurer, Sparta Group LLC; Co-founder and Trustee, Desh and Jaishree Deshpande Deshpande Foundation; USA Anil: Co- founder, Simply Hired, Habitera, and AtWeb; Co-founder, India Community Center Gautam: Co-founder & CEO, Simply Hired; Co-founder, India Anil and Gautam Godhwani Community Center USA Prabhu and Poonam Goel Co-founders, Foundation for Excellence USA Vijay: Founder, Vinmar International Ltd; Goradia Capital Co-founder, Pratham Vijay and Marie Goradia Marie: Co-founder, Pratham USA Chairman, Aptiv PLC, Avantor Inc Raj Gupta Founder, Ujala Foundation USA Founder, Junglee & Kosmix Founding investor, Efficient Frontier Venky Harinarayan Co-founder, Cambrian Ventures USA Frank: Founder, FI Investment Group Founder, QSS Group Frank and Debbie Islam and Driesman Debbie: Vice President, Frank Islam and Debbie Driesman Foundation USA Vinod: Founder, Khosla Ventures Neeru: Vinod and Neeru Khosla Co-founder and Executive Director, CK-12 Foundation USA Lata: Co-founder, Krishnan-Shah Family Office Founder & Co-chair, American India Foundation Lata and Ajay Krishnan and Shah Ajay: Co-founder and Managing Partner, Silver Lake Sumeru USA Dinakar: Founding Partner, TPG-Axon Capital Co-founder, SMA Foundation Dinakar and Loren Singh and Eng Loren Eng: Co-founder, SMA Foundation USA Founder & Managing Director, Raj Associates Deepak and Neera Raj Chairman, Pratham USA and Indian Philanthropy Alliance USA Rajaraman and Founding Partner, Rocketship.vc Anand and Kaushie Adiseshan USA Founder and former CEO, Sierra Atlantic Co-founder, Raju Reddy Kakatiya Sandbox USA Rao and Satya Remala Founders, Satya and Rao Remala Foundation USA Nalini Saligram Founder and CEO, Arogya World USA Manu and Rika Shah Co-founders: MSI, Sarva Mangal Family Trust USA Founder, CEO, and Chief Architect of Vistex; Founder, Vistex Sanjay Shah Foundation USA Ram Shriram Chair and Trustee, Dhanam Foundation USA Chandrika: Founder and Chair, Tandon Capital Associates Chandrika and Ranjan Tandon Ranjan: Founder and Chairman, Libra Advisors USA Founder and CEO, SymphonyAI Group Romesh Wadhwani Founder and Chairman, Wadhwani Foundation USA Managing Partner, SWAT Capital Founder Donor, WISH Foundation (Wadhwani Initiative for Sustainable Sunil Wadhwani Healthcare) USA India

First Name(s) Last Name(s) Affiliation(s) Region Gautam Adani Founder and Chairman, India Former Chairperson, Thermax India Anu Aga Founder Trustee, Teach for India Founder, Vedanta Resources Founder India Anil Agarwal and Trustee, Vedanta Foundation Nita Ambani Founder and Chairperson, Reliance Foundation India Head, Bajaj Group; India Chairman, Foundation Chairman, India Chancellor, Birla Institute of Technology & Science Kumar Mangalam Birla Director, G.D. Birla Medical Research and Education Foundation Archana Chandra: CEO & Board Member of Jai Vakeel Foundation & India Research Centre Amit Chandra: Founder & Chairman of Bain Capital’s India office Amit and Archana Chandra Co-founders, A.T.E. Chandra Foundation Founder, Chairman, and Managing Director, Persistent Systems India Anand Deshpande Founder, deAsra Foundation Founder and Chairman, Central Square Foundation India Ashish Dhawan Ashoka University Sanjiv Goenka Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group India Co-founder, India Kris Gopalakrishnan Chairman and Co-founder, Axilor Ventures Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. India Chairman, Mahindra Group Anand Mahindra Trustee, K.C. Mahindra Education Trust Founder and Executive Chairperson, India Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Founder, Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Centre Sudhir - Chairman, Torrent Group India Samir - Chairman, Torrent Group Sudhir and Samir Mehta Sudhir & Samir - Directors, UNM Foundation Businessman and Philanthropist India Cyrus Pallonji Mistry Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ltd. Founder, HCL Enterprise India Shiv Nadar Founder, Shiv Nadar Foundation CEO, Larsen & Toubro India Founder, Naik Charitable Trust AM Naik Chairman, National Skill Development Corporation Rohini: Founder & Chairperson, Arghyam India Founder & Chairperson, Pratham Books Board of Trustees, ATREE Board Member, Science Gallery Bengaluru Co-Founder & Director, EkStep Nandan: Co-Founder & Chairman, Infosys Ltd. Nandan and Rohini Nilekani Co-Founder & Director, EkStep Chairman, Manipal Global Education Services India Former CRO, Infosys Mohandas Pai Trustee & Co-Founder, Akshara Part Foundation Chairman, India Ajay Piramal Founder, Piramal Foundation Adar: CEO, Serum Institute India Board Member, Global Vaccine Alliance Founder, Villa Poonawalla Foundation Natasha: Executive Director, Serum Institute of India Adar and Natasha Poonawalla Chairperson, Serum Life Sciences Founder & Chairman, India Azim Premji Founder, Azim Premji Foundation Ronnie: Co-Founder, Swades Foundation India Ronnie and Zarina Screwvala Zarina: Co-founder, Managing Trustee & Director, Swades Foundation Vidya Shah CEO, EdelGive Foundation India SD: Co-Founder, Infosys Ltd. India Co-Founder, Axilor Ventures Board of Trustees Member, Boston University Kumari: Founder & Chairperson, Shibulal Family Philanthropic Initiatives Kumari and SD Shibulal Trustee, Infosys Science Foundation Chairman, Tata Industries India Honorary Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons, Tata Industries, , and Chairman, Sir Ratan Tata Trust Chairman, Council of Management of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Ratan Tata Research

United Kingdom First Name(s) Last Name(s) Affiliation(s) Region Founder & CEO, Emergent Telecom Ventures UK Advisory Board Member, Oxford Foundry Chairman, International Advisory Council of the Trust Chairman, iShia Foundation Mohamed Amersi Founder, Amersi Foundation Simon: CEO, B&M UK Chai, Manchester India Partnership Shalni: CEO, Savannah Wisdom Board Member, British Asia Trust Simon and Shalni Arora Board Member, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Co-Founder, Blenheim Chalcot UK Manoj Badale Founding Chairman, British Asian Trust CEO, Southhall Travel UK Kuljinder Bahia Founder’s Circle, British Asian Trust Founder, Ebookers.com UK Founder, Chikitsa Founder, Shiksha Dinesh Dhamija Chairman Emeritus, TiE Non-executive chairman, UK Yusuf Hamied Hamied Scholars Programme, Cambridge University Co-Chaiman, UK GP Hinduja Co-Chairman, Hinduja Foundation President, Cantor Fitzgerald L.P. UK Anshu Jain Trustee, Chance to Shine Uday: Vice Chairman of the SUN Group UK Uday and Nitya Khemka Nitya: Director at The Nand and Jeet Khemka Foundation Nik: Founder and Chairman of Morningside Pharmaceuticals Ltd. UK Founder, Randal Charitable Foundation Nik and Moni Kotecha Moni: Founder, Randal Charitable Foundation Lakshmi Mittal Executive Chairman, ArcelorMittal UK Vin Murria Founder, PS Foundation UK Partner and Global Head of Structured Finance Investing and Lending, UK Ganesh Ramani Goldman Sachs Founders, Lifestyle Care UK Ramesh and Pratibha Sachdev Founders, GMSP Foundation Harish Salve Queen's Counsel, Blackstone Chambers UK Nirmal Sethia Founder, Nirmal Sethia Foundation UK Sarosh Zaiwalla Founder, Zaiwalla & Co UK Singapore

First Name(s) Last Name(s) Affiliation(s) Region Founder, Chairman, & CEO, The Caravel Group Singapore Harindarpal Banga Founder, Caravel Foundation Founder & Executive Chairman, QI Group Singapore Founder, RYTHM Foundation Vijay Eswaran Founder, Vijayaratnam Foundations Founder, AirAsia Singapore Co-Founder, Tune Group Tony Fernandes Trustee, AirAsia Foundation CEO & Director, DBS Group Singapore Piyush Gupta DBS Foundation David Harilela Director, Harilela Hotels Company Ltd. Singapore Chairman, Khattar Holdings Singapore Sat Pal Khattar Life Trustee, SINDA Sri Prakash: Co-Founder & Group Chairman, Indorama Group Singapore Founder, IVL Foundation Aloke: Head, Indorama Ventures (IVL) Sri Prakash and Aloke Lohia Founder, IVL Foundation Ninian Mogan Lourdenadin Major Shareholder, MBf Holdings Singapore Managing Director & Co-Head (India), Warburg Pincus Singapore Pulak Prasad Founder, Nalanda Capital Executive Director, Thakral Group Singapore Chairman, SGAN (Venture Capital arm of Thakral Group) Non-resident Ambassador of Singapore to Denmark Karan Singh Thakral Board member, ASEAN India Business Council

Canada

First Name(s) Last Name(s) Affiliation(s) Region Soham Ajmera Founder, Soham & Sheila Ajmera Family Prostate Center Canada Raksha: CEO & Co-Founder, Bhayana Family Foundation Canada Madan and Raksha Bhayana Madan: Secretary & Co-Founder, Bhayana Family Foundation Bob Dhillon Founder, President & CEO, Mainstreet Equity Corp Canada President & CEO, dgMarket International Inc. Canada Aditya Jha Founder and Chairman, POA Educational Foundation Dan Mishra Executive Chairman, Finexo Labs Canada Gulshan and Pyarali Nanji Founders, Gulshan & Pyarali G. Nanji Family Foundation Canada Anju: CIO, Cargojet Airways Canada Anju and Ajay Virmani Ajay: President & CEO, Cargojet Airways Prem Watsa Founder, Fairfax Financial Canada

United Arab Emirates

First Name(s) Last Name(s) Affiliation(s) Region Founder, Babyshop and Landmark Group Micky Jagtiani Founder, Landmark International Foundation for Empowerment (LIFE) UAE Surender Kandhari Founder & Chairman, Al Dobowi Group UAE Founder & Chairman, KEF Holdings Faizal Kottikollon Co-founder & Vice Chairperson, Faizal & Shabana Foundation UAE PNC and Sobha Menon Founder, Sobha Developers & Sobha Realty UAE Founder, Nikai Group Donor, Dubai Autism Center Paras Shahdadpuri Donor, Al Noor Training Center for Children with Special Needs UAE Co-Founder, Al Shirawi Group Mohan Valrani Donor, Rashid Centre for Children with Special Needs UAE Sunny: Founder & Chairman, GEMS Education Sunny and Sherly Varkey Founder, Varkey Foundation UAE Shamsheer and Shabeena Vayalil Founder, VPS Healthcare UAE

Australia

First Name(s) Last Name(s) Affiliation(s) Region NV Chandran Founder and Trustee, The East-West Foundation of India Australia Co-Founder and Chairman, The Chappell Foundation Ltd. Darshak Mehta President & Co-founder, Learning for a Better World Trust Australia