LOS ANGELES,CA - Ambassador Sanjay Panda, Consul General of India, San Francisco, during his recent visit to here, launched Inder Singh’s latest booklet Philanthropy in Indian American Community. The booklet gives a brief account of Indian American philanthropists who have donated substantial amounts – about one million dollars or more – for causes dear to their hearts in India or America. The booklet also talks about those who volunteered...
their time, service, and knowledge in the spirit of advancing the causes they loved. They believed that volunteering too is about giving and helping other individuals or institutions to make a meaningful contribution to a better society.
The booklet includes philanthropic contributions only of Indian Americans even though there are some Indians based in India or elsewhere who have donated substantial amount to universities in America. Donation by the Government of India to Harvard University to establish fellowships in honor of Prof. Amartya Sen, or Vivekananda Visiting Professorship at the University of Chicago or similar gifts to other universities or outfits, if any, have also not been included. The author has researched information in the booklet from various sources, including the internet and newspapers.
He regularly writes and speaks on the Indian Diaspora and is at present the Executive Trustee of Global Organization of People of Indian Origin Foundation. A complimentary copy of the booklet is available for download at www.Indianamericanheritagefndn.com/Publication.
The booklet includes philanthropic contributions only of Indian Americans even though there are some Indians based in India or elsewhere who have donated substantial amount to universities in America. Donation by the Government of India to Harvard University to establish fellowships in honor of Prof. Amartya Sen, or Vivekananda Visiting Professorship at the University of Chicago or similar gifts to other universities or outfits, if any, have also not been included. The author has researched information in the booklet from various sources, including the internet and newspapers.
He regularly writes and speaks on the Indian Diaspora and is at present the Executive Trustee of Global Organization of People of Indian Origin Foundation. A complimentary copy of the booklet is available for download at www.Indianamericanheritagefndn.com/Publication.
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