Smart Philanthropy – The Science Of Giving

August 26, 2006
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Corporate givers like Rohini Nilekani make every buck count.
India Inc. and its residents are waking up to the difference between charity and philanthropy. That could, as several works-in-progress demonstrate, result in some good.
Thinking woman’s philanthropy: Rohini Nilekani with some of the beneficiaries of the microfinance initiative Sanghamitra, of which she is a part.

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