Anand Mahindra donates USD 10 mn to Harvard University

Mumbai, Oct 4 In one of the "largest gift" for the Harvard''s Humanities Centre, the University today said that its alumnus and Mahindra and Mahindra''s

Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, Anand Mahindra, has given it USD 10 million in honour of his mother Indira Mahindra. The University has claimed that the

grant was the "largest gift" for the study of humanities in Harvard''s history and would advance the unique interdisciplinary collaborations led by Centre

Director, Homi Bhabha, a statement said.

Mahindra had graduated from Harvard in 1977 and earned an MBA degree in 1981. "This remarkable gift is a significant affirmation of the importance of the

humanities and the central place of the liberal arts in the University," Harvard University and Lincoln Professor of History''s President, Drew Gilpin Faust,

said.

Faust said that the grant had come at a time when it was vital to bring a humane and critical perspective to the urgent questions that confront the world.

"To address complex problems in an interdependent world, it is vital to encourage the cross-cultural and interdisciplinary exchange of ideas in an

international setting.

I am proud to be part of the intellectual legacy of India''s contribution to global thinking across the arts, culture, science, and philosophy. "I am

convinced of the need for incorporating social and humanistic concerns into the core values that inform the world of business and have sought to do so with

tremendous support from my peers and colleagues at work and beyond," Mahindra said.

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Monday the country could not have high economic growth and a rapid rise in carbon emissions now that the nation

was the number three emitter after China and the United States.