GivingPi

The Community

Leading by example

The GivingPi network comprises of philanthropic families, committed to transforming India and taking us a step closer to a billion thriving.

Families within our network are driving equitable giving and value the collective benefits of being a part of a vibrant philanthropy ecosystem. Our members lean in with their own lived experiences, insights and connections, while aspiring to individually and collectively solve India’s development challenges.

To understand more about joining the network

The Founders Circle

Funding and supporting us
to realize the vision of GivingPi

H.S.H. Prince Max von und zu Liechtenstein

Chairman and CEO

LGT Group

Nikhil Kamath

Co-Founder

Zerodha & True Beacon

Nisaba Godrej

Executive Chairperson

Godrej Consumer Products Ltd.

Rajan Navani

Founder & CEO

JetSynthesys Pvt. Ltd.

Rohini Nilekani

Chairperson

Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies

Sunny (Gurpreet) Singh

Founder

RoundGlass

Tara Singh Vachani

Vice President

Max India Ltd.

We’re also extremely thankful to Ashish & Manisha Dhawan,
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Skoll Foundation
for their seed funding in making GivingPi a reality.

A glimpse of our community

Abhinav Bindra

Founder and Trustee

Abhinav Bindra Foundation

Abhishek Poddar

Founder-Trustee

Museum of Art and Photography (MAP)

Adam Khorakiwala

Head of Corporate Development

Switz Group

Aditi Kothari Desai

Vice Chairperson

DSP Investment Managers

Aditi Premji

Board Member

Sesame Workshop & Teach For India

Amit Chandra

Chairman

Bain Capital

Anand Rajaraman

Founding Partner

rocketship.vc

Anita Dongre

Director

House of Anita Dongre

Anjali Tendulkar

Director & Co-Founder

The Sachin Tendulkar Foundation

Anu Aga

Former Chairperson &
Non-Executive Director

Thermax Limited

Anupama Dalmia

Founder & Director

Seekho Sikhao Foundation

Ashish Dhawan

Founder & Chairperson

The Convergence Foundation

Deepak Chopra

Founder & CEO

Freedom Employability Academy

Desh Deshpande

Co-Founder

Deshpande Foundation

Donald Lobo

Director

Chintu Gudiya Foundation

Dr. Nalini Saligram

Founder & Chairperson

Arogya World

Gautam Chellaram

Chairman

KC Maritime

Govind Iyer

All India Chairperson

Social Venture Partners

Harish Shah

Managing Director

Signet Excipients Pvt. Ltd.

Jayanta Roy

Managing Director

Peerless Gen. Fin. & Inv. Ltd.

Karishma Shanghvi

Director

Sun Petrochemicals

Karishma Swali

Chairperson

Chanakya Foundation

Lata Krishnan

Co-Founder

American India Foundation

Leena Dandekar

Founder

Raintree Foundation

Luis Miranda

Chairman & Co-Founder

Indian School of Public Policy

Maya Patel

Executive Chair

Tarsadia Foundation

Meha Patel

Vice Chairperson

Zydus Lifesciences Limited

Mekin Maheshwari

Founder & CEO

Udhyam Learning Foundation

Nikunj Jhaveri

Chairman & Founder

Systems Plus

Nitya Khemka

Director

The Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation

Prashanth Prakash

Partner

Accel

Radha Goenka

Director

RPG Foundation

Radhika Bharat Ram

Founder and Chairperson

Karm Fellowship

Radhika Piramal

Executive Director & Vice Chairperson

VIP Industries Limited

Raj Mariwala

Director

Mariwala Health Initiative

Rati Forbes

Director

Forbes Marshall

Riddhima Yadav

GivingPi Ambassador & Climate Leader

Rizwan Koita

Co-Founder & Director

Koita Foundation

Rumana Hamied

Managing Trustee

Cipla Foundation

Sapphira Goradia

Executive Director

Vijay and Marie
Goradia Foundation

Shaifalika Panda

Trustee and Founder CEO

Bansidhar and Ila Panda Foundation

Shruti Deorah

Executive Director

India Energy & Climate Center

Sonal Sachdev Patel

CEO

GMSP Foundation

Tarak Woddi

Founder & CEO

Anicca Data Science Solutions

Vasvi Bharat Ram

Joint Chairperson

The Shri Ram Schools

Vikrant Bhargava

Managing Partner

Veddis Ventures

Vinti Lodha

Advisor

Lodha Group India

Vita Dani

Director

Dani Sports Foundation

Yeshwant Rao Holkar

Partner, Ahilya Experiences &

Board Member, REHWA Society

Zarina Screwvala

Co-Founder

Swades Foundation

A glimpse of our community

Abhinav Bindra

Founder and Trustee

Abhinav Bindra Foundation

Abhishek Poddar

Founder-Trustee

Museum of Art and Photography (MAP)

Adam Khorakiwala

Head of Corporate Development

Switz Group

Aditi Kothari Desai

Vice Chairperson

DSP Investment Managers

Aditi Premji

Board Member

Sesame Workshop & Teach For India

Amit Chandra

Chairman

Bain Capital

Anand Rajaraman

Founding Partner

rocketship.vc

Anita Dongre

Director

House of Anita Dongre

Anjali Tendulkar

Director & Co-Founder

The Sachin Tendulkar Foundation

Anu Aga

Former Chairperson &
Non-Executive Director

Thermax Limited

Anupama Dalmia

Founder & Director

Seekho Sikhao Foundation

Ashish Dhawan

Founder & Chairperson

The Convergence Foundation

Deepak Chopra

Founder & CEO

Freedom Employability Academy

Desh Deshpande

Co-Founder

Deshpande Foundation

Donald Lobo

Director

Chintu Gudiya Foundation

Dr. Nalini Saligram

Founder & Chairperson

Arogya World

Gautam Chellaram

Chairman

KC Maritime

Govind Iyer

All India Chairperson

Social Venture Partners

Harish Shah

Managing Director

Signet Excipients Pvt. Ltd.

Jayanta Roy

Managing Director

Peerless Gen. Fin. & Inv. Ltd.

Karishma Shanghvi

Director

Sun Petrochemicals

Karishma Swali

Chairperson

Chanakya Foundation

Lata Krishnan

Co-Founder

American India Foundation

Leena Dandekar

Founder

Raintree Foundation

Luis Miranda

Chairman & Co-Founder

Indian School of Public Policy

Maya Patel

Executive Chair

Tarsadia Foundation

Meha Patel

Vice Chairperson

Zydus Lifesciences Limited

Mekin Maheshwari

Founder & CEO

Udhyam Learning Foundation

Nikunj Jhaveri

Chairman & Founder

Systems Plus

Nitya Khemka

Director

The Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation

Prashanth Prakash

Partner

Accel

Radha Goenka

Director

RPG Foundation

Radhika Bharat Ram

Founder and Chairperson

Karm Fellowship

Radhika Piramal

Executive Director & Vice Chairperson

VIP Industries Limited

Raj Mariwala

Director

Mariwala Health Initiative

Rati Forbes

Director

Forbes Marshall

Riddhima Yadav

GivingPi Ambassador & Climate Leader

Rizwan Koita

Co-Founder & Director

Koita Foundation

Rumana Hamied

Managing Trustee

Cipla Foundation

Sapphira Goradia

Executive Director

Vijay and Marie
Goradia Foundation

Shaifalika Panda

Trustee and Founder CEO

Bansidhar and Ila Panda Foundation

Shruti Deorah

Executive Director

India Energy & Climate Center

Sonal Sachdev Patel

CEO

GMSP Foundation

Tarak Woddi

Founder & CEO

Anicca Data Science Solutions

Vasvi Bharat Ram

Joint Chairperson

The Shri Ram Schools

Vikrant Bhargava

Managing Partner

Veddis Ventures

Vinti Lodha

Advisor

Lodha Group India

Vita Dani

Director

Dani Sports Foundation

Yeshwant Rao Holkar

Partner, Ahilya Experiences &

Board Member, REHWA Society

Zarina Screwvala

Co-Founder

Swades Foundation

The why and the how

"The pandemic has signified the need for the reinvention of Indian philanthropy, focused on flexible and quick funding through creative approaches. The focus on family giving is an important part of the journey towards a more empathetic and generous society. GivingPi will be pivotal in building this long-term change through collaboration rooted in trust, co-creation and mutual learning.”

Rohini Nilekani

Chairperson, Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies

“As funders, we need to keep refining our giving journeys. GivingPi has an audacious vision to enable that by providing opportunities to learn from one another and build a stronger nation together.”

Tara Singh Vachani

Vice President, Max India Ltd.

“It is the need of the hour to grow India’s giving pie and we are on this journey together to accelerate and bring in the change that we wish to see. It gives me immense pleasure to be a part of the Founders Circle of GivingPi that aims to build an inclusive nation.”

Rajan Navani

Founder & CEO, JetSynthesys Pvt. Ltd.

“With the coalition of GivingPi's luminaries, our vision to fortify our belief that the future of philanthropy has to be designed intelligently is coming to fruition. The pandemic bore witness to the urgency on why we need to develop more efficient ways of collaboration, Giving Pi will be critical to these efforts.”

Nikhil Kamath

Co-Founder, True Beacon & Zerodha

The membership

We're opening our invite-only members cohort to a select group of 200 families.


Additionally, we’re onboarding a select group of Founders Circle members, who are passionate about building the family philanthropy movement in India and are willing to contribute towards the operating costs of GivingPi, while partnering with a founder’s ethos to evangelize and build the network.


Membership to GivingPi is invite-only, extended to families through the referral of existing members and contingent on the approval of the GivingPi membership committee.