Rohini Nilekani

With the approaching winter the air quality in many Indian cities, especially in Delhi, becomes a public health hazard. Something so fundamental…

— Rohini Nilekani

As a philanthropist, I fund a lot of NGOs.

— Rohini Nilekani

In the ideal world, philanthropy should be redundant or at least it should be at the edges, as innovation or risk capital.…

— Rohini Nilekani

We all require equal access to the justice system.

— Rohini Nilekani

People have to clearly see the connection between their family's health and their sanitation habits.

— Rohini Nilekani

Climate change and air pollution know no borders, and antibiotics resistance respects no boundaries. Bacteria from Africa can make people in America…

— Rohini Nilekani

India's water challenges are intractable, messy and perennial.

— Rohini Nilekani

The young men of India need us to do more for them. And we need to do it for men in their…

— Rohini Nilekani

A low-water economy should rest on the principle that water be left in its natural state in the environment as much as…

— Rohini Nilekani

Millions of Indians have moved from just surviving or accepting life as it used to be to imagining a life where they…

— Rohini Nilekani

Once you are wealthy, you are in a nice comfort zone and want to stay there. So I always look in the…

— Rohini Nilekani

I felt very uncomfortable when I became wealthy. One of my ways of dealing with it was to give it forward right…

— Rohini Nilekani

Children's ability to learn is infinite when they are engaged.

— Rohini Nilekani

As ordinary citizens, we don't spend much time reading about and thinking through the creation of new laws or amendments of old…

— Rohini Nilekani

We must incorporate climate modelling in future plans and investments. Whether it is policies on crop procurement, skilling and job creation, urbanisation…

— Rohini Nilekani

India's waste problem is gigantic, and with its economy growing steadily, it will be compounded manifold.

— Rohini Nilekani

Personal philanthropy must be separated from corporate philanthropy. Personal philanthropy is more about giving back to society, or giving forward, as it…

— Rohini Nilekani

Frontiersman ideas of individualism stand exposed as we realise just how much our actions impact others.

— Rohini Nilekani

One size doesn't fit all, and I don't have a monopoly over good ideas.

— Rohini Nilekani

As we draw bad fumes into our nostrils, let our suffering lungs issue a call to serious action. Let's fight for all,…

— Rohini Nilekani

As we celebrate a culture of giving, however, we must also sharpen the question of how extreme wealth generation happens in the…

— Rohini Nilekani

In India, the concentration of wealth is in a few hands.

— Rohini Nilekani

We have to get smarter about our cities. Especially when it comes to the most basic of public services - water supply.

— Rohini Nilekani

Water is ultimately a finite resource. With all finite resources, there is a continuous need for sustainable and equitable management, by capping…

— Rohini Nilekani

India is a groundwater civilization. Almost all Indians use groundwater, directly or indirectly, each day.

— Rohini Nilekani