“Lessons We Can Learn From The Philanthropy Of Ashish Dhawan”, Swarajya, 08 Oct 2026.
“In my previous article, I appealed to you to take inspiration from Gautam Adani’s ₹100 crore commitment to the Bharat Knowledge Graph and an Indology mission. I also proposed a Renaissance Pledge: setting apart a portion of your wealth for the subtle work of India’s intellectual and cultural renewal.
In this letter, I want to talk about Ashish Dhawan, whose work I have followed for many years. He belongs to what we call the Economic Right. Dhawan studied economics and applied mathematics at Yale, earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and worked in finance, including at Goldman Sachs.
I first came across him during the dot-com boom. Dhawan and his friend from Andhra Pradesh, Raj Kondur, had established Chrysalis Capital, subsequently known as ChrysCapital. Raj used to have interests in Hyderabad and we had some common friends. At that time I myself was in the process of establishing an incubator and therefore followed their progress very closely. While Raj left in the initial phase itself, Dhawan shifted the firm’s focus to sector-agnostic private equity and subsequently built a highly successful fund. Being in the same field myself, I continued following his work, on and off………..”
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