A Rich Businessman’s Philanthropic Journey of Donating Rs 208 Crore

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Donations of Rs 208 crore

Gururaj Deshpande, Sudha Murty’s brother-in-law, has made generous donations of Rs 208 crore to various charitable causes. Image credits: social media

Donations for educational purposes

Gururaj Deshpande primarily donates to educational institutions and has recently established Deshpande Centre for Technological Innovation. Image credits: social media

In 1993, he sold his first company Coral Networks for $15 million.

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Cascade Communications

Subsequently, he founded Cascade Communications in 1997 which was later sold for $3.7 billion. Image credits: social media

Family

Gururaj Deshpande is the husband of Sudha Murty’s sister Jaishree Deshpande. Jaishree is also the co-founder of the Deshpande Centre for Technological Innovation at MIT. Image credits: social media

Background

Gururaj Deshpande was born in Hubli, Karnataka. His father served as a Labour Commissioner in the Government of India. Image credits: social media

Education

Gururaj Deshpande earned a BTech degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras. He then went on to pursue studies in Canada. Image credits: social media

Working with

Presently, he is the Chairman of A123Systems, Sycamore Networks, Tejas Networks, HiveFire, Sandstone Capital, and Sparta Group. He also serves as a board member in Airvana. Image credits: social media Find Next One