In a major philanthropic gesture, a city-based realtor today donated Rs 100 crore to the Rotary Foundation here for various public projects, including water, sanitation, basic education and child health across the globe.
Son of a freedom fighter, D Ravishankar decided to give away a large chunk of his fortune to change the lives of economically disadvantaged section.
The announcement was made at an event here yesterday.
District Governor of RI district-3190, Suresh Hari, who is also the vice president of CREDAI Bengaluru, told PTI, "Ravishankar's father Kamesh was involved in Vinoba Bhave's Bhudaan movement (Land Gift movement). So his father had a history of donating all his land to the Vinoba Bhave movement and had gone to jail during freedom struggle."