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Abstract Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become the fundamental aspect of modern business practices by incorporating social, environmental and ethical obligations into their decision-making process. This study explores the CSR spending patterns of the top ten CSR contributing Indian companies and looks at their contributions towards sustainable development and societal welfare. The required information has been gathered from the annual reports of the relevant companies. National CSR Portal as well as the websites of the companies has been primarily used for the sector-wise allocation of the CSR funds. A table showing the total sector-wise CSR expenditure and the percentage share of each sector out of the total CSR spent have been represented with the help of a graph to determine the core areas. The findings reveal that a significant amount of CSR funds had been disbursed by the companies on two activities i.e., Education, Special Education and Vocational Skills (34.29%) and Eradicating Hunger, Poverty and Malnutrition, Healthcare, Sanitation and Safe Drinking Water (25.33%). The CSR activities where the top ten Indian companies spent the least of their CSR funds were Protection of National Heritage, Art and Culture (0.78%), Gender Equality and Women Empowerment (0.68%) and Benefit of Armed Force Veterans, War Widows/Dependants (0.45%). Companies need to change a compliance-focused approach and include CSR into their primary business strategies to make sure their efforts help communities over an extended period. Businesses can boost stakeholder trust, increase their social impact, and promote sustainable development by fostering innovation, transparency, and cooperative collaborations. This will ultimately result in a society that is more robust and equitable. Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), National CSR Portal, Top Ten CSR contributing Indian companies, Core Areas of CSR. JEL Code: M14