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How Indian philanthropists are channeling their wealth to deepen democracy and governance

Strategic Philanthropy | Nov 4, 2014

Philanthropist Rohini Nilekani believes mainstream media is weighed down by many handicaps and, therefore, wants to cocreate an entirely new media platform primarily funded by donor money.

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Trust is the Absolute Foundation of Any Partnership: Q&A with Rohini Nilekani

Rohini Nilekani is a fierce believer in the power of being an active, participatory citizen. She quips that her friends could get irritated with her Gandhigiri, as she went about picking up waste which people had thrown on the road or requested people to stand in line at bus stops right from her childhood days. Today, […]
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Building the Indian philanthropic sector - what can we learn? | India Conference at Harvard 2021

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