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12-02-2010, 04:40 PM
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 Kiran Nadar Kiran Nadar, wife of HCL Technologies co-founder Shiv Nadar, recently opened a museum on the outskirts of New Delhi. 
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12-02-2010, 04:41 PM
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 Rohini Nilekani Rohini Nilekani, wife of IT major Infosys' co-founder Nandan Nilekani donated $ 40 million over the years to support causes such as education, microfinance, health care and environment.
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12-02-2010, 04:41 PM
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 Shiv Nadar HCL Technologies co-founder Shiv Nadar started the SSN Trust, named after his late father, in 1994. Its $ 30 million endowment is used mainly to fund SSN Institutions, which are aimed at providing affordable higher education, offering $ 1 million in scholarships each year. A 250-acre campus in South India includes an engineering college and a software-engineering school that collaborates with Carnegie Mellon University. Recently established the Shiv Nadar Foundation to build the Shiv Nadar University on a 290-acre campus in North India and set up 8 public secondary schools for rural children with the government of Uttar Pradesh state.
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