Akshaye Widhani named CEO of Yash Raj Films India’s biggest film production house, Yash Raj Films (YRF), announced today that Akshaye Widhani has been named the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately. Akshaye Widhani most recently served as the Senior VP- Finance and Business Affairs and the Head of Operations, YRF Studios. Akshaye joined YRF at the age of 22 and has been associated with YRF for 17 years. He has been responsible for setting up and running several business verticals for YRF. Akshaye started his career at YRF as a studio manager, in charge of setting up operations for YRF Studios in 2005. Thereafter, he has gradually taken up leadership roles in corporate finance, strategy and operations. Akshaye is a graduate from the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University with a dual major in Finance and Entrepreneurship. He is a philanthropist at heart and has been spearheading the recent initiatives for The Yash Chopra Foundation. Akshaye says, “I am incredibly honored and humbled to assume the role of CEO of Yash Raj Films, a company in which I have spent the last 17 years of my life learning. I’m happy that I had a front-row seat as a member […]
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Some countries around the world are notably generous, and being rich is not a requirement. World Giving Index The World Giving Index (WGI) is an annual report published by the Charities Aid Foundation. The report is the world’s largest survey of charitable endeavors from around the world. The 10th annual report analyzes data from the past ten years, uncovering trends in people’s charitable actions through times of economic crisis, economic recovery, and geopolitical unrest. The report looks at three aspects of giving behavior: Helped a stranger Donated money to a charity Volunteered time to an organization The report surveyed over 1.3 million people in 125 countries to collect this data. Of the three giving behavior aspects, helping a stranger is the most commonly performed worldwide, with more than 2.5 billion people having helped a stranger in the last ten years. After ten years of surveying the charitable actions of over 100 countries, CAF has concluded that no one trait that indicates a country’s generosity. The top charitable countries represent different levels of wealth, cultures, religions, and geographies. For example, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Indonesia are all classified by the United Nations as lower-middle-income-countires; however, they are all in the top ten most charitable countries in […]
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