No words are enough to describe the rare act of Philanthropy of Wipro chairman Azim Prem who will give about Rs 8846 crore from his personal wealth to improve school education. This act is unique in the sense that most of the times our captains of industry donate money to Western universities or for raising such Public schools and Universities which are either money spinners or remain the preserve of elite class only.
But, here I will like to remind that while Mr. Azim Prem Ji has donated part of his huge wealth for this noble cause there have been such instances when people not only donated all their assets but all devoted their whole life for the cause of education and one such personality was Swami Shardhanand of Arya Samaj, an advocate by profession, who in the year 1901 sold off all his assets running in to lacs at that time to set up Gurukul Kangri Haridwa. This University was visited by Mahatma Gandhi also in the year-1915 and Mahatma had only adulations for the holistic approach to system of education followed there.But this is in no way to belittle the heroics of Azim Premji. May more and more emulate him.
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