The Shiv Nadar Foundation has spent the past three decades investing more than US$1.2 billion to build primary, secondary, and higher education institutions across India.
VidyaGyan is a residential school established in 2009 to provide free, quality secondary school education to selected students from households with an income of less than approximately US$2,400 per year.
By giving better, faster, and more, Asian institutional philanthropies can help foster more equitable societies.
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