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Brahmal Vasudevan & Shanthi Kandiah: The Only Malaysians To Be Listed in Forbes Asia’s 2022 Heroes of Philanthropy

by Nanthini Suresh
December 8, 2022
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In the 16th edition of the annual list of Forbes, they have unveiled a list Asia’s Heroes of Philanthropy for the year 2022. This highlights the region’s top philanthropists who have demonstrated a strong personal commitment to causes such as education and the environment. For this year, Forbes have chosen a group of 15, with nine new entrants to the list.

The unranked list highlights individual altruists in the Asia-Pacific region who are donating from their own fortunes and giving personal time and attention to their select causes.

With that being said, private equity firm Creador’s Founder, Chief Executive Officer Brahmal Vasudevan, and his lawyer wife, Shanthi Kandiah joined the ranks of Forbes Asia’s 2022 Heroes of Philanthropy list along with 14 luminaries that includes India’s richest person Gautam Adani, and Hong Kong-based private equity billionaire Jean Salata.

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They are the only Malaysians who have made it into the list this year. 

The Malaysia’s power couple support local communities in Malaysia and India through the Creador Foundation, a non-profit organisation they co-founded in 2018.

According to Forbes, in May this year, Brahmal and Shanthi pledged to donate RM50 million ($11 million) to help build a teaching hospital at the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) Kampar campus in Perak state.

This couple stepped in to help bridge a funding gap on learning that UTAR had only raised half the amount needed to build the nonprofit facility which, once completed in 2023, will also provide affordable healthcare.

Vasudevan said “We are delighted that this has spurred others to join this cause and it appears the project is now fully funded,”

Additionally, in May, this couple also donated £25 million (RM134,067,773.12) to Imperial College London (one of the largest gifts in its history) to create the eponymous Brahmal Vasudevan Institute for Sustainable Aviation to pioneer technologies to help the aviation industry transition to zero pollution.

“We felt that the creation of this institute could hopefully make a meaningful impact on studying ways of reducing, if not achieving, zero pollution one day,” says Vasudevan, who earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the college in 1990.

You may click HERE to check out the full list of Forbes Asia’s 2022 Heroes of Philanthropy.

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Filed Under Asia's Heroes of PhilanthropyBachelor’s Degree in Aeronautical EngineeringBrahmal VasudevanChief Executive Officer Brahmal VasudevanCreadorCreador FoundationFORBESGautam AdaniHong KongImperial College LondonJean SalataMalaysiansUniversiti Tunku Abdul RahmanUTAR
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