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Mahindra Humanities Center At Harvard

Anand Mahindra has donated $10 million, the largest gift for the study of humanities in Harvard’s history.

By LIFS January 12, 2011 at 12:59 PM

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Harvard University alum Anand Mahindra ’77, M.B.A.’81, managing director of Mahindra & Mahindra, one of India’s largest industrial houses, has donated $10 million, the largest gift for the study of humanities in Harvard’s history, to support its Humanities Center, which is being renamed the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard.

Anand Mahindra

Mahindra said: “To address complex problems in an interdependent world, it is vital to encourage the cross-cultural and interdisciplinary exchange of ideas in an international setting. I am proud to be part of the intellectual legacy of India’s contribution to global thinking across the arts, culture, science, and philosophy. I am convinced of the need for incorporating social and humanistic concerns into the core values that inform the world of business and have sought to do so with tremendous support from my peers and colleagues at work and beyond.”

Center director Homi Bhabha said: “The humanities teach us the careful arts of interpretation and extend our understanding of the lives, works, and histories of others. We humanists build communities, not models. Anand Mahindra’s gift will enhance the Humanities Center’s presence as the crossroads of the Harvard community, encouraging the traffic of ideas across the campus and beyond.”

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