Philanthropy Quotes by Rohini Nilekani

I was always clear that I didn't want to just do pure charity. My thinking was definitely about looking at the levers in society…

— Rohini Nilekani

My mission is to put a book in every child's hand.

— Rohini Nilekani

No single institution or effort can effectively create solutions for societal problems.

— Rohini Nilekani

Addressing governance issues are important because whichever silo you work in, be it education, microfinance, sanitation, food or health, you would eventually hit governance…

— Rohini Nilekani

As with oil, water exploitation raises an inter-generational debt that will be hard to repay.

— Rohini Nilekani

Often, our laws and policies reflect patriarchal biases that can trap men in stereotypes - for example, the idea of guarding the modesty of…

— Rohini Nilekani

What role can such philanthropy play in a society like ours? For one, philanthropic capital can go where markets will not go and where…

— Rohini Nilekani

It was only in 2001 that I set up a foundation, Arghyam. That was pretty much to learn the ropes of how to give,…

— Rohini Nilekani

Indian philanthropy doesn't take enough risk.

— Rohini Nilekani

History has shown us many times that if the state repressively forces the redistribution of wealth and social justice, it becomes dangerous both for…

— Rohini Nilekani

Everything does not have to be a commodity.

— Rohini Nilekani

As citizens, we have to co-create good governance, we cannot outsource it and hope to be passively happy consumers. Like everything worth its while,…

— Rohini Nilekani

It is one thing to obey a government order. It is quite another to succumb to resurrected irrational fears, especially of 'the other.'

— Rohini Nilekani

In India, while there are some initiatives working with and for adolescent girls, there are too few state sponsored programmes for adolescent boys, be…

— Rohini Nilekani

The Giving Pledge is not meant to be prescriptive or restrictive.

— Rohini Nilekani