# Shiv Nadar awarded 2013 BNP Paribas Grand Prix for Individual Philanthropy

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/10/14/shiv-nadar-awarded-2013-bnp-paribas-grand-prix-individual-philanthropy/
- Published: 2013-10-14T09:43:08+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Global private bank BNP Paribas Wealth Management has awarded the 2013 BNP Paribas
Grand Prix for Individual Philanthropy to Shiv Nadar for the work of his [Shiv Nadar Foundation](http://www.shivnadarfoundation.org).**

Supporting educational change in India, the Foundation has established universities,
colleges and schools across the country. These include the Shiv Nadar University
and VidyaGyan, an experiment in leadership development through free residential 
education to underprivileged rural children.

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Francois Debiesse, Chairman 
of The Fondation de l’Orangerie for Individual Philanthropy, a grant-making foundation
set up by BNP Paribas Wealth Management, said: “We believe that [this] is a very
powerful model for every developing nation that would play a key role in contributing
to nation building. I congratulate Mr Nadar and the Foundation for this truly exemplary
work.”

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BNP Paribas Wealth Management instituted the [BNP Paribas Awards for Individual Philanthropy](https://wealthmanagement.bnpparibas.com/public/en/about-us-our-philanthropy-approach-prize-2013)
in 2008 with a view to disseminating information and raising general awareness of
the growing global phenomenon of philanthropic giving.

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