The 17th edition of Forbes Asia's Heroes of Philanthropy list was released on Thursday. The unranked list highlights “business leaders who are donating from their fortunes."

Forbes Asia's Heroes of Philanthropy

The annual list does not include corporate philanthropy except for privately-held companies where the individual is a majority owner. Here’s a look at some of the notable names:

Co-founder of Zerodha, Nikhil Kamath, joined the Giving Pledge initiative in June. In his pledge letter, the 37-year-old wrote he is mainly interested in climate change, energy, education, and health.

Kamath's YouTube podcast series 'WTF is' has been giving away up to Rs 10 million ($120,000) to a charity picked by audience members.

Co-founder and chairman of Infosys, Nandan Nilekani, have made it to the list for donating Rs 3.2 billion (USD 38 million) to his alma mater IIT Bombay.

Since 1999, Nilekani has given Rs 4 billion in total to the institute. In the past year, he donated an additional Rs 1.6 billion to educational causes.

KP Singh, chairman emeritus at DLF, divested his remaining direct stake after stepping down in 2020 in the real estate firm to fund philanthropic causes, as per Forbes.

After previously setting up the K.P. Singh Foundation Trust and the K.P. Singh Charitable Foundation Trust, Singh launched the KP Singh Foundation in 2020

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