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Premji pledges 34% Wipro shares for philanthropy
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SME Times News Bureau | 13 Mar, 2019
India's IT czar and Wipro Chairman Azim Premji has earmarked 34 per cent
of Wipro Ltd shares worth Rs 52,750 crore ($7.5 billion) for his
philanthropic activities, a statement said on Wednesday.
"Azim
Premji has increased his commitment to philanthropy, by irrevocably
renouncing more of his personal assets and earmarking them to the
endowment, which supports Azim Premji Foundation's philanthropic
activities," the city-based Foundation said in a statement.
With
his new commitment, Premji's total contribution to the philanthropic
endowment corpus is Rs 145,000 crore ($21 billion), which includes 67
per cent of economic ownership of Wipro Ltd, it said.
The
Foundation works in the education sector, aiming to improve the quality
of public schooling system, and supports other non-profit organisations
working in the field through multi-year financial grants.
"Currently
the field work in education is spread across Karnataka, Uttarakhand,
Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Puducherry, Telangana and Madhya Pradesh, along
with some work in the northeastern states," the statement said.
As
many as 150 not-for-profit organisations working for the marginalised
sections across the country have received the grants from the Foundation
over the past five years.
"Over the coming years, the
Foundation's activities are expected to scale up significantly. The team
driving the field work in education is expected to grow significantly
from the current 1,600 people," it added.
The Foundation, which
also runs the Azim Premji University in Bengaluru which offers
undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate courses in education and human
development, will also expand, it said in the statement.
"The
university will expand to have 5,000 students with 400 faculty members
across multiple programmes. Thereafter, another university in the
northern part of India may be set up," it said.
The expansion aims to contribute to developing a more just, equitable, humane and sustainable society in India, it added.
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