Yamini Kaushal
2 min readJul 30, 2014

Answering Your Questions about Niraj Goel

In a perfect world, everyone would have enough resources and there would be no illness or poverty. However, the world of ours is not a perfect one and there is starvation, poverty and scarcity is everywhere. Horrible diseases, some of which even don’t have a cure, are rampant and help is nowhere to be seen. In such a scenario, charities and philanthropists like Niraj Goel play an important role in the emancipation of the poor and needy.

In the times of terrible suffering, the contributions of Niraj Goel, a successful Indian entrepreneur with offices all across the globe is worth mentioning. One would wonder who Niraj Goel is and what his personal interest in philanthropy is! Well, there are a number of questions that would pop in everyone’s mind on the mention of this benevolent individual, who has done a lot for the humanity, yet has gone completely unnoticed.

Here are some of such questions that one would have about Goel.

Who is Niraj Goel?

Well, this is the first question anyone would have about him. He is an extremely successful entrepreneur from India and settled in Singapore. He is among the richest Indians and the youngest one to achieve the feat.

What does Goel or any other philanthropist gets in return for his or her philanthropic activities?

Well, philanthropists do not get anything in return for their services. Altruism is one of the basic principles of philanthropy and the individual in question does not get or even expect in return, just like Niraj Goel.

How is Niraj Goel helping the society?

Goel is doing a number of wonderful things for the society. He has set up multiple foundations for helping the kids to go to school, poor to get medical facilities and the senior citizens to lead dignified lives. Besides the three foundations, Goel is also helping technology companies to expand their operations via a SGD 1.5 billion dollar worth corpus ‘Singapore Innovation League‘ that aims to take 500 companies under its wings and provide them necessary funding. The league was launched on July 4th, 2014.