Agarwal’s post referenced a longstanding pledge made between father and son to support several social priorities, such as food access, education for children, empowering women, and secure employment for young Indians. Agarwal renewed the promise to devote over 75% of group earnings to initiatives that benefit society.
Vedanta Group chairman Anil Agarwal’s son Agnivesh died of a heart attack in a New York hospital on Wednesday at the age of 49. The incident followed a skiing accident in the United States, after which he had been convalescing at Mount Sinai Hospital.
“My beloved son, Agnivesh, left us far too soon. He was just 49 years old, healthy, full of life, and dreams. Following a skiing accident in the US, he was recovering well in Mount Sinai Hospital, New York. We believed the worst was behind us. But fate had other plans, and a sudden cardiac arrest snatched our son away from us,” Agarwal said in a heartfelt post shared on X, formerly Twitter.
“Today is the darkest day of my life. No words can describe the pain of a parent who must bid goodbye to his child. A son is not meant to leave before his father. This loss has shattered us in ways we are still trying to comprehend,” he added.
