September 25, 2025
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IDR | The limits of AI in social change

– Gautam John, CEO, Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies More actors—from grantmaking to service delivery—are exploring the use of AI. However, the excitement around scale and efficiency often overshadows a critical question: What does it mean to bring machine-generated abstraction into systems built on trust, context, and relationship? In systems of social change, we grapple with an enduring tension: connection versus abstraction. Connection […]

July 17, 2025
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Alliance Magazine | What if we funded justice differently?

Justice has often been philanthropy’s stepchild. In numerous donor forums I’ve attended, we’ve eagerly rallied around education, health, and livelihoods. However—when the conversation turns to justice, ensuring people can access their rights, challenge injustice, or navigate the legal system—the energy shifts. Justice is perceived as peripheral, abstract, or difficult to measure. Many funders treat it […]

June 1, 2025
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AARP International | Rohini Nilekani writes: A Commentary on Aging in India

In 2025, India had the largest population of young people of any country in the world. Within a couple of decades, it will have the largest cohort of people age 60+. This will not be just a demographic transition; it will also mark a seismic cultural shift — and India will need to find ways […]

May 27, 2025
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Press Release : Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies, Dalberg Advisors and Ashoka Changemakers launch landscape study on Ageing and Longevity in India

The report takes stock of the latest data, programs and narratives on aging in India, and hopes to catalyze action in the longevity space, through recommendations made for civil society organizations, policy makers, and philanthropy.    Bengaluru, India, May 27th, 2025: Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies launches an all-inclusive report on aging and longevity in India. Produced […]

June 25, 2024
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Systemic Solutions for Systems Change

Gautam John (CEO, RNP) speaks about the need to design solutions that are scalable, systemic, and involve the community at an event hosted by The Convergence Foundation in partnership with Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies, Centre for Exponential Change, and India Impact Sherpas on ‘Creating Systemic Impact’. The event brought together thought-leaders and philanthropists to discuss what systems […]