New Delhi: Author Rashmi Bansal has collaborated with Accelerate Indian Philanthropy (AIP) for her latest book, Live to Give – Inspiring Stories of Wealth with Purpose. The book, published by Bushfair Publications, was launched in Delhi on 6 October, with events in Mumbai and Bangalore scheduled for later this month.
According to the press statement, Live to Give documents the journeys of 16 Indian philanthropists whose work spans education, healthcare, livelihoods, culture, mental health, and systemic change.
Those featured include Ajit Issac, Ankit Nagori, Binny Bansal, Dr Sunita Maheshwari, Harsh Mariwala, Pramod Bhasin, Kumari and S.D. Shibulal, Rekha and the late Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Rekha and Rizwan Koita, Sanjiv Kumar and Setika Singh, Sanjiv Saraf, Shabana and Faizal Kottikollon, Sunil Wadhwani, Susmita and Subroto Bagchi, and Swathi Kantamani and Vikrant Bhargava.
The book is organised into three sections—Prana, Gyaan, and Daan. According to the statement, these sections reflect ‘hands-on engagement, strategy-led problem solving, and trust-based giving respectively’. Each chapter explores why and how India’s philanthropists give, tracing their personal motivations and approaches.
The book’s launch coincides with a period of expanding wealth creation in India, the statement said. Citing the Knight Frank Wealth Report 2025, it noted that the number of Indians with assets exceeding $10 million is expected to cross 93,000 by 2028. The M3M Hurun India Rich List 2025, released earlier this month, reported over 350 billionaires in India—six times the figure recorded when the list was first published. Their combined wealth, estimated at Rs 67 lakh crore, is close to half of India’s GDP.
According to the statement, the Edelgive-Hurun India Philanthropy List 2024 recorded Rs 8,700 crore in total giving by 203 philanthropists, with the top 100 contributing Rs 8,000 crore. The figures, the statement said, show a rising trend of individuals translating wealth into social impact.
In the statement, Bansal said Live to Give aims to highlight what wealth can achieve when directed by purpose and hopes it encourages others to see giving as “a second calling”. AIP founder and The Convergence Foundation CEO Ashish Dhawan said India’s giving culture has long existed but the present moment offers the scope to “transform philanthropy into a catalyst for large-scale change”.
According to the statement, Accelerate Indian Philanthropy is a not-for-profit peer network founded in 2021 to promote strategic philanthropy among India’s wealth creators and diaspora.